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Daily Khabrain
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Khabrain Group of Newspapers
Founder(s)Zia Shahid
Founded26 September 1992
LanguageUrdu
Websitedailykhabrain.com.pk

Daily Khabrain (Urdu: 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]

History

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Daily Khabrain was established following a split in the editorial staff of Daily Jang's 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]

Editorial stance

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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

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Khabrain Group owns the following publications and television station:

  • Daily Khabraan, a Punjabi language newspaper[4]
  • Daily Khabroon, a Sindhi language newspaper[4]
  • Daily The Post[4]
  • Sahafat, defunct newspaper[4]
  • Channel 5, founded in 2012[4]

Ownership

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  • Zia Shahid family (63.9 percent)[4]
  • Aleem Chaudhry (8.2 percent)[4]
  • Muzzafar Un Nisa (2.7 percent)[4]

Notable columnist

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Khabrain". Reporters Without Borders.
  2. ^ a b 'Khabrain' newspaper listed as a member publication on All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) website Retrieved 22 October 2019
  3. ^ "Veteran journalist Zia Shahid passes away in Lahore". The Express Tribune. 12 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "Khabrain Group". pakistan.mom-gmr.org.
  5. ^ Profile of columnist Humayon Dar on Finance Accreditation Agency website Retrieved 22 October 2019
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