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List of newspapers in Pakistan
Comprehensive list of newspapers across Pakistan
Comprehensive list of newspapers across Pakistan
The total number of newspapers are 707 as of 2019 according to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Following is a list of newspapers in Pakistan.
| Newspaper | Type | Language | Location | Founded | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | ||||||
| 1 | *Pakistan Times* | |||||
| (Urdu: پاکستان ٹائمز) | Daily | English, Urdu | Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Peshawar, Gujranwala | 4 February 1947 | ||
| 2 | *Daily Qudrat* | Urdu and English | Quetta, Karachi, Islamabad | 2004 | Founded by Naimat Ullah Achakzai. | |
| 3 | *The Dayspring* | Fortnightly | English | Islamabad | 2018 | |
| 4 | Sindhi]]: پيهنجي اخبار) | Daily | Sindhi | Karachi, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Sukkur | 2018 | |
| 5 | *Daily Jhoke* | Saraiki | Multan, Khanpur, Dera Ismail Khan, Karachi | 1990 | ||
| 6 | *Daily Ibrat* | Sindhi | Hyderabad, Karachi, Sukkur, Lahore, Islamabad. | 1958 | International and regional news | |
| 7 | *Daily Jang* | |||||
| (Urdu: روزنامہ جنگ) | Urdu | Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Multan, London | 1946 | Second-oldest continuously published Urdu language newspaper in Pakistan | ||
| 8 | *Daily* *Nawa-i-Waqt* | Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Multan | 1940 | Oldest continuously published Urdu language newspaper in Pakistan | ||
| 9 | *Daily The Patriot* | English | Islamabad, Lahore | |||
| 10 | *Khabrain* | |||||
| (Urdu: خبریں) | Urdu | Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Hyderabad, Multan, Muzafarabad, Peshawer, Sukker | 1992 | |||
| 11 | *Daily Express* | |||||
| (Urdu: ایکسپریس) | Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Quetta, Peshawar, Multan | 1998 | International and regional news | |||
| 12 | *Daily Global Current News* | |||||
| (Urdu: گلوبل نیوز ) | Urdu / English | All Pakistan | 1992 | International and regional news | ||
| 13 | *BOL News* | |||||
| (Urdu: بول نیوز) | Urdu / English | All Pakistan | 2013 | International and regional news | ||
| 14 | *Daily Nai Baat* | Urdu | Lahore, Karachi, Multan, Peshawar, Quetta | 2011 | Current/political | |
| 15 | *Daily Sarhad* (Urdu: سرحد) | Peshawar | 1970 | |||
| 16 | *Business Recorder* | English | Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore | 1965 | Pakistan's first financial newspaper | |
| 17 | *Daily Times* | Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad | 2002 | |||
| 18 | *Dawn* | Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore | 1947 | Founded by Muhammad Ali Jinnah | ||
| 19 | *The Friday Times* | Weekly | Lahore | 1989 | Weekly newspaper | |
| 20 | *Bayan* | Daily | Urdu | Peshawar | 2017 | |
| 21 | *The Frontier Post* | English | Peshawar, Quetta and Lahore | 1985 | ||
| 22 | *The Nation* | Lahore, Karachi, and Islamabad | 1986 | |||
| 23 | *The News International* | Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad/Rawalpindi and London | 1991 | |||
| 24 | *Pakistan Observer* | Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Muzaffarabad and Quetta | 1988 | |||
| 25 | *The Post* | Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi | 2005 | Defunct | ||
| 26 | *Khalsa Akhbar Lahore* | Punjabi | Lahore | 1886 | Defunct | |
| 27 | *The Regional Times of Sindh* | English | Karachi, Hyderabad | |||
| 28 | *The Star* | Karachi | 1951 | Dawn Group's evening newspaper; now defunct | ||
| 29 | *The Statesman* | Peshawar | 2002 | |||
| 30 | *Pakistan Today* | Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad | 2010 | |||
| 31 | *Daily Pakistan* | Urdu | Lahore, Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar | 1997 | ||
| 32 | *The Express Tribune* | English | Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar | 2010 | ||
| 33 | *Daily Dunya* | Urdu | Lahore, Karachi, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Multan, Islamabad | 2012 | ||
| 34 | Daily *Nizam* | |||||
| (Urdu: روزنامہ نظام) | Islamabad | 2017 | Authentic continuously published Urdu language newspaper in Pakistan | |||
| 35 | ps | وحدت}}) | Pashto | Peshawar | 1983 | |
| 36 | *Sajjan* | |||||
| (Punjabi: سجن) | Punjabi | Lahore | 1989 | First Punjabi newspaper of Pakistan, started in 1989 by Hussain naqi and defunct in 1990. Started online website again in 2019. | ||
| 37 | *Daily Lokaai* | |||||
| (Punjabi: لوکائی) | Lahore | 2006 | ||||
| 38 | *Bhulekha* | |||||
| (Punjabi: بھلیکھا) | Lahore, Gujranwala | 1989 | ||||
| 39 | *Daily Hilal-e-Pakistan* | |||||
| () | Sindhi | Karachi | 1946 | |||
| 40 | *Daily Kawish* () | Hyderabad | 1990 | |||
| 41 | *Daily Koshish* () | Hyderabad | 1998 | |||
| 42 | *Daily Mehran* () | Hyderabad | 1957 | |||
| 43 | *[Daily 92](92-news-roznama-92-newspaper)* | |||||
| () | Urdu | Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Quetta, Peshawar, Multan | ||||
| 44 | sd | سفیر}}) | Sindhi | Hyderabad | ||
| 45 | sd | سنڌ}}) | Hyderabad | 1995 | ||
| 46 | sd | سنڌو}}) | Hyderabad | 1989 | ||
| 47 | *Daily Basharat* (Urdu: روزنامہ بشارت) | Urdu | Karachi, Hyderabad, Gilgit | 1952 | ||
| 48 | *Daily Ummat* | Karachi | 1996 | |||
| 49 | *Manaqib* (Urdu: مناقب) | Islamabad, Sargodha | 2016 | Pakistan and World News | ||
| 50 | *Qum News* | Weekly | Karachi, Hyderabad, shikarpur and whole Pakistan | 2017 | Founded by Rasheed Azad | |
| 51 | *Christian Voice* | English | Karachi | 1950 | Second oldest Catholic publication in Pakistan | |
| 52 | *Indus News* | Daily | Sindhi | Islamabad | 2010 | |
| 53 | *Weekly Parda Chaak* | |||||
| (Urdu: ہفت روزہ پردہ چاک) | Weekly | Urdu | Lahore, Pakistan | 1991 | ||
| 54 | *Daily Ausaf* | Daily | Urdu | Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Europe, Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan | 1997 | |
| 55 | *Daily Aaj* | Peshawar, Abbottabad | 1989 | Editor-in-chief: A.W. Yousfi | ||
| 56 | *Daily Mashriq* | Peshawar | 1963 | Founder is Inayat Ullah Khan | ||
| 57 | *Daily Talib* | Quetta | 2004 | Online (digital) publication started in 2021 | ||
| 58 | *Al Akhbar* | Daily | Islamabad, Muzaffarabad | |||
| 59 | *Awam* | Urdu, Sindhi | Karachi | 1994 | ||
| 60 | *Civil and Military Gazette* | Urdu | Lahore, Karachi | 1872 | Defunct in 1963 | |
| 62 | *Daily Asas* | Rawalpindi, Lahore, Karachi, Faisalabad, Muzaffarabad | 1995 | |||
| 63 | *Daily Awam* | Islamabad, Quetta, Hub. | 1989 | Defunct in 2018 | ||
| 64 | *Daily Awami Awaz* | Sindhi | Karachi | |||
| 65 | *Daily Din* | Urdu | Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Islamabad, Rawalpindi | |||
| 66 | *Daily Imroze* | Lahore, Karachi | pre 1947 | |||
| 67 | *Daily Inqilab* | Lahore | 1927 | Defunct in 1949 | ||
| 68 | *Daily Jasarat* | Karachi | 1970 | |||
| 69 | *Daily Qaumi Bandhan* | Bengali | 1940s | Defunct | ||
| 70 | *Khyber Mail* | Urdu | Peshawar | 1932 | Defunct in 1989 | |
| 71 | *Daily Maidan* | |||||
| 72 | *Millat* | Gujrati, Urdu | Karachi | 1948 | ||
| 73 | *Talár* | Brahui | ||||
| 74 | *Agahi* | Weekly | Urdu | Karachi | 2006 | |
| 75 | *Zamindar* | Lahore | 1873 | Defunct in 1956 | ||
| 76 | *Nawai Watan* | Balochi | Quetta | |||
| 77 | *Sandesh* | Urdu, Sindhi | Kotri | |||
| 78 | *Socialist Weekly* | Weekly | Urdu | Karachi | 1947 | |
| 79 | *Daily Sehar* | Daily | Lahore | 2006 | ||
| 80 | * Daily Nai Roshni* | Multan | 1985 | |||
| 81 | Maidan Daily | Daily | Urdu | Peshawar and Quetta | ||
| 82 | Independent News Pakistan | English, Urdu | Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Quetta, Peshawar | 1996 |
References
References
- (19 October 2017). "The patchy world of Urdu newspapers". Dawn newspaper.
- (20 October 2017). "The struggle of Sindhi newspapers". Dawn newspaper.
- (14 March 2015). "13 Pakistani newspapers you've probably never heard of". The Express Tribune newspaper.
- "LIST OF VALID ABC CERTIFIED NEWSPAPERS/PERIODICALS".
- "Member Publications".
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