Daily Jang

The Daily Jang (Urdu: روزنامہ جنگ) is an Urdu language newspaper headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan. It is considered one of Pakistan's newspaper of record and a leading newspaper of Pakistan.^[2][3][4][5]

Daily Jang

Front page of Karachi edition (1 January 2015)
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Jang Group of Newspapers
Founder(s)	Mir Khalil ur Rehman
Editor-in-chief	Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman
Editor	Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman
Founded	1947; 78 years ago (1947)
Political alignment	Conservatism[1]
Language	Urdu language
Headquarters	Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Sister newspapers	The News International Daily News Daily Awam
ISSN	1563-8731 (print) 1563-8723 (web)
OCLC number	1781424
Website	jang.com.pk

History

It is the oldest newspaper of Pakistan in continuous publication since its foundation in 1939 from Delhi, British India,^[3] first published in 1941 during World War II, hence the name (Jang) translating to "war" in Urdu.^[6][4] After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, then young Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman became one of the pioneering publishers in Karachi, Pakistan.^[6][3]

Its current group chief executive and editor-in-chief is Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman. Past editors and contributors have included Mahmood Shaam, Nazir Naji and Shafi Aqeel.^[7]

List of columnists

Its list of columnists includes Irshad Ahmed Haqqani, Saleem Safi, Hassan Nisar, Ghazi Salahuddin, Wajahat Masood, Hafeez Ullah Niazi, Irshad Bhatti, Mazhar Barlas, Ata ul Haq Qasmi, Ansar Abbasi, Anwar Ghazi, Ali Moeen Nawazish, and Yasir Pirzada.^[7]

Newspaper's publisher

Jang is published by the Jang Group of Newspapers. It was originally published as a weekly to raise political awareness among Muslims living in British India.^[6] It is published from Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Quetta, Multan and London.^[6]