Khaleej Times

Khaleej Times is a daily English language newspaper published in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.^[2][3][4] Launched on 16 April 1978, Khaleej Times is the UAE's longest-running English daily newspaper.^[5]

Khaleej Times

Front page of 16 April 2018
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Suhail Galadari (Co-Chairman)[1] Mohammed Galadari (Co-Chairman)
Publisher	Galadari Printing and Publishing
Editor	Ted Kemp
Founded	16 April 1978; 47 years ago (1978-04-16)
Language	English
OCLC number	60637427
Website	khaleejtimes.com

History and profile

A partnership between the UAE government, the Galadari Brothers and the Dawn Media Group in Pakistan began publishing the daily on 16 April 1978, making it the first English daily in the UAE.^[6][7] The founding team consisted of Mahmoud Haroon, Muzammil Ahmed, M.J. Zahedi, Malcolm Payne (the first editor-in-chief) and Iqbal Noorie (in charge of circulation). They were soon joined by Patrick Heyland who was in charge of advertising and promotion.^[8]

The editorial staff of the paper includes multiple nationalities, mostly from the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka), but also Emiratis, Arabs from the wider region (notably Egyptians, Syrians Jordanians and Lebanese), Mexicans, British, Americans and Filipinos.^[5] The broadsheet comprises the general news section, City Times (lifestyle and entertainment), a business section, a sports section, the WKND magazine, and a classifieds section (Buzzon). The newspaper also consists of special reports and supplements which allow for community advertisements and other services. Its main competitors are The National,^[9] Gulf News and, formerly, 7days, which closed in December 2016.^[10]

In September 2020, Khaleej Times introduced a free news subscription service on Telegram, sending daily news updates to its subscribers.^[11] On 1 June 2023, Khaleej Times, in an editorial published on its front page, announced that it will stop its print edition on weekends starting from 3 June 2023.^[12]