Jang Group of Newspapers

Jang Group of Newspapers

Jang Group of Newspapers (colloquially known as simply Jang Group) is Pakistan’s largest group of newspapers and the publisher of the Urdu newspaper the Daily Jang (جنگ), The News International, Mag Weekly, and Awam.

Mir Khalil ur Rehman was the founder of the group and his son, Mir Shakil ur Rehman, is the present head of the business house. It is based in Karachi.

Publications

Daily Jang ( جنگ)

The Daily Jang is the largest Urdu language newspaper in Pakistan. The Daily Jang is the Urdu language newspaper. The Daily Jang is published by the Jang Group of Newspapers. The Group's flagship Jang is Pakistan's national daily. It is published in Urdu from Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Quetta, Multan and London. It has a circulation of over 800,000 copies per day . Mir Khalil ur Rehman was the founder of the newspaper and now his younger son Mir Shakil ur Rehman is continuing the publication of this paper.

The News

The News International (ISSN|1563-9479) is the second largest English-language newspaper in Pakistan after Dawn. It is published simultaneously from Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad.The News has an ABC certified circulation of 140,000. It is published from Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi/Islamabad. An overseas edition is published from London that caters to the Pakistani community in the United Kingdom and plans first got underway in 1989 to start publication in New York City, United States with the assistance of New York based journalist and entrepreneur (and former Jang employee) Imran Anwar but were later shelved.

The current staff of The News comprise some of the best journalists of Karachi.

Editor, (Karachi): Talat Aslam, Editor Reporting: Kamal Siddiqi, City Editor: Gibran Peshimam, Chief Reporter: Zabe Azkar Hussain, Reporters: Parvez Abdullah, Fasahat Mohiuddin, Kamran Mansoor, Azeem Samar, Waqar Bhatti, Jamal Khursheed, Tahir Hasan Khan, Shamim Bano, Salis Bin Parvez, Xari Jalil, M. Zeeshan Azmat, Farooq Baloch, Aroosa Masroor, Jan Khaskheli, Imtiaz Ali, Gibran Ashraf andAisha Masood.

The News City Pages "City News" started officially as a supplement form on April 12, 2007. It marked a greater level of competition with other papers, especially Dawn.

Daily News

Daily News is widely circulated evening English newspaper. It is published from Karachi.

Daily Awam (روزنامہ عوام)

Daily Awam (Urdu: روزنامہ عوام) is widely circulated evening Urdu newspaper. It is published from Karachi.

Weekly Akhbar-e-Jehan

Weekly Akhbar-e-Jehan is the most popular weekly Urdu Language News magazine published by Jang Group of Newspapers. [http://www.akhbar-e-jehan.com AKHBAR-E-JEHAN]

MAG THE WEEKLY

MAG THE WEEKLY is the most popular weekly English Language News magazine published by Jang Group of Newspapers. [http://www.magtheweekly.com MAG THE WEEKLY]

TV Channels

They are running their own many tv channels in which news, music and sports are included. They're also providing the services in UK, USA, Canada, Middle East.
** Geo News A 24/7 News Channel
** AAG TV A Music Channel
** GEO Super A Sports Channel
** Geo TV An Entertainment Channel

Jang Group Online Editions

[http://www.jangpk.com Jang Group Website]
[http://www.akhbar-e-jehan.com WEEKLY AKHBAR-E-JEHAN]
[http://www.magtheweekly.com MAG THE WEEKLY FASHION MAGAZINE]
[http://ejang.jang.com.pk Daily Jang ePaper edition]
[http://search.jang.com.pk Daily Jang text version Website]
[http://www.thenews.com.pk The News International Website]
[http://www.mazhar.dk/pakistan/ Pakistan Multimedia links]


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