Dawn (newspaper)
Dawn is Pakistan's oldest, leading and most widely read English-
language newspaper and is the country's newspaper of record.[3] It is
Dawn
one of the country's three largest English-language dailies and the
flagship of the Dawn Group of Newspapers. Dawn is published by
Pakistan Herald Publications, which also owns the magazine Herald,
the information technology magazine Spider, and the advertising
marketing and media magazine Aurora.
It was founded by Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Delhi,
India, on 26 October 1941 as a mouthpiece for the Muslim League.
The first issue was printed at Latifi Press on 12 October 1942.[4] The
newspaper has offices in Karachi (Sindh), Lahore (Punjab), and the
federal capital Islamabad, and representatives abroad.[5] As of 2010,
it has a weekday circulation of over 109,000.[6] The CEO of Dawn
group is Hameed Haroon, and the current Zaffar Abbas. On 24
March 2016, it became the first newspaper to oppose the resumption
of the death penalty in Pakistan.[7]
The 1 January 2015 front page of
Dawn
Contents
Type Daily newspaper
Pre-Independence history Format Broadsheet
Features Owner(s) Dawn Media Group
Relations with WikiLeaks Founder(s) Muhammad Ali
Leak controversy Jinnah[1]
See also Editor Zaffar Abbas
References Founded 26 October 1941
External links Political liberal, centrist and
alignment progressive[2]
Language English
Pre-Independence history
Headquarters Karachi, Pakistan
Dawn began as a weekly publication, published in New Delhi in ISSN 1563-9444 (https://
1941.[1] Under the instruction of Jinnah, it became the official organ [Link]/s
of the All India Muslim League in Delhi, and the sole voice of the earch?fq=x0:jrnl&q=
Muslims League in the English language, reflecting and espousing n2:1563-9444)
the cause of the independence of Pakistan. Jinnah summed up the
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paper's purpose when he stated:
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"The Dawn will
mirror faithfully
the views of
Hindustan's
Muslims and
the All
Hindustan
Muslim League
in all its
activities:
economic,
educational and
social and more
particularly
political,
throughout the
country
fearlessly and
independently
and while its
Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of policy will be,
the Dawn Newspaper no doubt,
mainly to
advocate and
champion the
cause of the
Muslims and
the policy and
programme of
the All
Hindustan
Muslim League,
it will not
neglect the
cause and
welfare of the
peoples of this
sub-continent
generally".[8]
Dawn became a daily newspaper in October 1944 under the leadership of its editor, Pothan Joseph, who
later resigned in 1944 to take up the position of the government's Principal Information Officer in part
because of differences with Jinnah over the Pakistan Movement. He was succeeded by Altaf Husain who as
the journal's editor, galvanised the Muslims of India for independence by his editorials, which earned him
the ire of the Congress Party and of Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy and Governor General of the British
Raj both of whom wanted a united India.
In 1947, senior Dawn staff led by Altaf Husain set off for Karachi to launch a local edition starting 15
August 1947.
Features
Dawn regularly carries syndicated articles from western newspapers like The Independent, The Guardian,
the Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.
On Sundays, the weekend advertiser carries three sections namely "Ad Buzz", "Career", and "Real
Estate".[9]
Relations with WikiLeaks
On 19 May 2011, Dawn Media Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Julian Assange,
founder of WikiLeaks, for the exclusive first use in Pakistan of all the secret US diplomatic cables related to
political and other developments in the country.[10]
An announcement printed in the newspaper and posted on the website read:
The Dawn Media Group and Julian Assange, Chief Executive of Sunshine Press Productions,
the publishing arm of WikiLeaks, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the
exclusive first use in Pakistan of all the secret US diplomatic cables related to political and
other developments in the country.[10]
Leak controversy
A Dawn staffer's story, "Act against militants or face international isolation, civilians tell military", became
a big scandal due to which Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid resigned from his post, following a
preliminary investigation established a 'lapse' on his part vis-à-vis the publication of the 'planted' story.[11]
See also
Dawn News
List of newspapers in Pakistan
Abbas Nasir
References
1. Long, Roger D. (27 August 2017). "Dawn Delhi I: Genesis of a Newspaper" ([Link]
com/news/1354278). [Link]. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
2. Durrani, Ammara (2009), "Pride and Proliferation: Pakistan's Nuclear Psyche After A. Q.
Khan", South Asian Cultures of the Bomb: Atomic Publics and the State in India and Pakistan,
Indiana University Press, p. 103
3. "Dawn joins Asia News Network" ([Link] The Daily
Star. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
4. Jinnah, Mahomed Ali (1976). Plain Mr. Jinnah ([Link]
AMAAJ&dq=%22Latifi+Press%22&q=Latifi). 1. Royal Book Company (on GoogleBooks
website). p. 236. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
5. "Our International Business Representatives" ([Link]
tp://[Link]/fixed/group/[Link]). Dawn Media Group. Archived from the original (http://
[Link]/fixed/group/[Link]) on 30 June 2006. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
6. "The Inside Pages: An Analysis of the Pakistani Press" ([Link]
[Link]) (PDF). Center for Strategic and International Studies. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
7. Editorial (24 March 2016). "Death penalty" ([Link]
y). [Link]. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
8. Aqeel-uz-zafar Khan. "Jinnah and the Muslim press" ([Link]
0314/[Link] JANG
Newspaper Group. Archived from the original ([Link]
g/14aug2004/[Link]#2) on 10 January 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
9. "Advertise DAWN" ([Link] [Link]. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
10. Announcement, Memorandum of Understanding between Dawn Media Group and Sunshine
Press Productions ([Link] Dawn (newspaper),
Published 19 May 2011, Retrieved 29 July 2017
11. "Govt forms inquiry committee to probe 'Dawn leaks' " ([Link]
vt-forms-inquiry-committee-probe-dawn-leaks/). The Express Tribune. 7 November 2016.
Retrieved 29 July 2017.
External links
Official website ([Link]
Book Dawn Newspaper Advertisement ([Link]
Retrieved from "[Link]
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