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The Nation (Pakistan)

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The Nation
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatPrint, online
Founder(s)Majid Nizami
PublisherNawa-i-Waqt Group of Publications by Majid Nizami Trust
EditorRameeza Nizami[1]
Founded1986
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersLahore, Pakistan
Websitewww.nation.com.pk

The Nation is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Majid Nizami Trust and based in Lahore, Pakistan.[2][3] Rameeza Nizami is the Executive Editor of The Nation. She is the adopted daughter of the renowned Pakistani journalist, the late Majid Nizami (3 April 1928 – 26 July 2014).[4]

It is published from Lahore, Islamabad, Multan and Karachi.

Nawa-i-Waqt Group

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Nawa-i-Waqt Group, which was founded in 1940 by Hameed Nizami (3 October 1915–22 February 1962) and edited by him until his death in 1962.[5] Nawa-i-Waqt newspaper was later led by Chief Editor Majid Nizami and his nephew, Editor Arif Nizami. Nawa-i-Waqt Group also publishes the Nawa-i-Waqt, an Urdu-language daily newspaper, and prints 4 weekly English and Urdu magazines. Waqt News was another Lahore-based, Urdu-language television channel that was part of the Nawa-i-Waqt Group.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "About Us". The Nation.
  2. ^ Yusuf, Zohra (April 30, 2018). "The enduring credibility of print". Dawn.
  3. ^ 'Pakistan paper sees sanctions as unjust', Comments made about a 1998 newspaper article from The Nation (Pakistan), on BBC News website Published 12 June 1998, Retrieved 22 November 2017
  4. ^ Obituary and profile of Majid Nizami on Dawn (newspaper) Published 27 July 2014, Retrieved 22 November 2017
  5. ^ Profile of Hameed Nizami on humsafar.info website Retrieved 16 Sep 2016
  6. ^ http://waqtnews.tv Waqt News TV Website, Retrieved 22 November 2017
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