Daily Mashriq

Daily Mashriq (Pashto: روﺯنامه مشرق) is an Urdu-language daily newspaper published from Peshawar, provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[1] The newspaper was founded in 1963 by Inayat Ullah Khan.[2] Muhammad Iqbal Khawaja is the current Chief Editor of Daily Mashriq, Lahore.[3]

History

In 1964, the newspaper was nationalized by the military regime of Ayub Khan and subsequently, it became part of the National Press Trust (NPT), which was established to manage nationalized independent newspapers in order free media.[1]

In 1967, the NPT re-launched the paper from Peshawar and another edition from Karachi.[1][4] In 1972, the third edition from Quetta was added.[1] It remained in government hands until the government of Benazir Bhutto abolished the NPT in 1994 and privatized all newspapers.[1]

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References
  1. "Mashriq". pakistan.mom-rsf.org.
  2. "Hafeez Sarwar — my father". The Express Tribune. 2013-03-28. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  3. "Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Khawaja Interview with Chief Editor Daily Mashriq Lahore | Lady Aitchison Hospital". lah.punjab.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  4. "APNS elects Sarmad Ali as new president". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  5. "Intizar Hussain – the seller of dreams". The Express Tribune. 2016-02-02. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  6. "Hasan Abidi passes away". DAWN.COM. 2005-09-07. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
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