| Daily Khabrain | |
| Foundation: | 26 September 1992 |
| Founder: | Zia Shahid |
| Type: | Daily newspaper |
| Format: | Tabloid |
| Language: | Urdu |
| Owners: | Khabrain Group of Newspapers |
Daily Khabrain (Urdu: {{nastaliq|روزنامہ خبریں) is a Pakistani daily newspaper based in Lahore.[1] The Daily Khabrain is published by the Khabrain Group of Newspapers. It is published simultaneously from Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Multan, Hyderabad, Muzaffarabad South Punjab Bahawalpur and Sukkur.[2]
It is a member publication of All Pakistan Newspapers Society organization.[2]
Daily Khabrain was established following a split in the editorial staff of Daily Jangs Lahore office during the late 1980s.[1] Zia Shahid, among others, left to create Daily Pakistan, a publication funded by a group of investors known as members.[1]
Within a year, differences arose between Shahid and the senior editorial staff, prompting him to initiate Daily Khabrain in 1992.[1] [3] In this new venture, he transformed the business model, requiring potential reporters and distributors to purchase an upfront membership.[1]
The newspaper has displayed a proactive editorial stance.[1] It created teams to inspect various businesses for potential illegalities, which were then publicized.[1] In addition, it took on a role in moral policing, particularly for women and youth in educational institutions and marketplaces.[1]
In 1997, Daily Khabrain focused its efforts against Mohammed Yusuf Ali from Lahore, alleging that he proclaimed himself a prophet.[1] The term "kazzab", or liar, was used to label him.[1] In 2000, he was convicted on blasphemy charges and sentenced to death but was murdered in prison before the sentence could be carried out.[1] Purportedly, a reporter from Daily Khabrain was involved in smuggling a weapon into the prison for the murder.[1]
By the mid-1990s, the newspaper's sensationalist and nationalistic reporting style had propelled it to become the third largest daily in Punjab, following Daily Jang and Nawa-i-Waqt.[1]
Khabrain Group owns the following publications and television station: