The News International Explained

The News International
Type:Daily newspaper
Format:Broadsheet
Circulation:140,000
Founder:Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman
Owners:Jang Media Group
Publisher:Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman
Headquarters:Karachi, Pakistan
Issn:1563-9479
Language:English

The News International, published in broadsheet size, is one of the largest English language newspapers in Pakistan.[1] It is published daily from Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi/Islamabad.[2] An overseas edition is published from London that caters to the Pakistani community in the United Kingdom.[3]

Publication

The News International was launched in 1991.[4]

The News International and its Sunday version The News on Sunday is published by the Jang Group of Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Jang (جنگ), an Urdu language newspaper in Pakistan.[5] Mir Khalil-ur-Rehman was the founder of the newspaper and his younger son, Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, is the current chief executive officer and editor-in-chief.[6]

The financial section of The News International contains stories taken from the British daily Financial Times.[7] The weekend edition of The News International also contains a two-page magazine in the Chinese language that is produced and published by a Chinese company based in Islamabad.[7]

See also

References

  1. News: Brown . Paul . 2012-09-07 . Citizen Khan – view from abroad . en-GB . BBC News . 2022-06-09.
  2. Web site: All Pakistan Newspapers Society Home . 2022-06-09 . www.apns.com.pk.
  3. http://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/pk/216/4699/11933 Profile of Pakistani newspaper The News International on mondotimes.com website
  4. Web site: The enduring credibility of print. Zohra. Yusuf. April 30, 2018. Dawn.
  5. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-12965785 Pakistan profile – Media (in this article, read the list under 'Press' showing The News International)
  6. Web site: 2021-10-05 . Media giants, relatives of ex-servicemen among owners of offshore firms . 2022-06-09 . DAWN.com . en.
  7. Web site: Jang Group. pakistan.mom-rsf.org.