List of newspapers in 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.[1][2][3][4]

No.  | Newspaper  | Type  | Language  | Location  | Founded  | Notes

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1  | Pakistan Times
(Urdu: پاکستان ٹائمز)  | Daily  | English, Urdu  | Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Peshawar, Gujranwala  | 4 February 1947  | Defunct
2  | Daily Qudrat[4] | Urdu and English  | Quetta, Karachi, Islamabad  | 2004  | Founded by Naimat Ullah Achakzai.

Founded on 4 April 2004 From Quetta balochistan. Online (digital) publication started in 2011.

3  | The Dayspring[4] | Fortnightly  | English  | Islamabad  | 2018  | Pakistan first youth centric news agency independent newspaper of Dayspring Media, launched on 1 November 2018.
4  | Pahanji Akhbar[4]
(Sindhi: پيهنجي اخبار)  | Daily  | Sindhi | Karachi, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Sukkur  | 2018  | First completely digital Sindhi Newspaper.
5  | Daily Jhoke[5] | Saraiki | Multan, Khanpur, Dera Ismail Khan, Karachi  | 1990  |
6  | Daily Ibrat[4]

(Urdu: عبرت)

| 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[4] | 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[4]
(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[4] | 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[5] | Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore  | 1947  | Founded by Muhammad Ali Jinnah
19  | The Friday Times[5] | Weekly  | Lahore  | 1989  | Weekly newspaper
20  | Bayan[4] | Daily  | Urdu  | Peshawar  | 2017  |
21  | The Frontier Post | English  | Peshawar, Quetta and Lahore  | 1985  |
22  | The Nation[5] | 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[4] | 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[4]
(Urdu: روزنامہ نظام)  |  | Islamabad  | 2017  | Authentic continuously published Urdu language newspaper in Pakistan
35  | Wahdat[4]
(Pashto: 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: هلال پاڪستان)  | Sindhi | Karachi  | 1946  |
40  | Daily Kawish (Sindhi: ڪاوش)  | Hyderabad  | 1990  |
41  | Daily Koshish (Sindhi: ڪوشش)  | Hyderabad  | 1998  |
42  | Daily Mehran (Sindhi: مهراڻ)  | Hyderabad  | 1957  |
43  | Daily 92
(Urdu: روزنامہ ٩٢)  | Urdu | Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Quetta, Peshawar, Multan  |  - |
44  | Daily Safeer[4] (Sindhi: سفیر)  | Sindhi | Hyderabad  |  |
45  | Daily Sindh[4]
(Sindhi: سنڌ)  | Hyderabad  | 1995  |
46  | Daily Sindhu[4]
(Sindhi: سنڌو)  | Hyderabad  | 1989  |
47  | Daily Basharat (Urdu: روزنامہ بشارت)  | Urdu | Karachi, Hyderabad, Gilgit | 1952  |
48  | Daily Ummat | Karachi  | 1996  |
49  | Manaqib[4] (Urdu: مناقب)  | Islamabad, Sargodha  | 2016  | Pakistan and World News
50  | Qum News[4] | 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  | Indusnews.net was launched in the name dxingworld.info on 4 Dec 2010, later name was changed in July 2011 and in the same year Indus News won a regional news award in regional news blogs. Chief Editor: Zahoor Solangi
53  | Weekly Parda Chaak[4]
(Urdu: ہفت روزہ پردہ چاک)  | Weekly | Urdu | Lahore, Pakistan | 1991  | Founded by Sheikh Waseem Ahmad Anwar.

Parda chaak is a weekly news publication being regularly published from Lahore Pakistan.

54  | Daily Ausaf | Daily  | Urdu  | Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Europe, Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan  | 1997  | Its chief editor is Mehtab Khan. Daily Ausaf was inaugurated on 25 December 1997 from Islamabad
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[4] | 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[4] | 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  | Defunct
79  | Daily Sehar[5] | Daily  | Lahore  | 2006  |
80  |  Daily Nai Roshni[4] | Multan  | 1985  |
81  | Maidan Daily  | Daily  | Urdu  | Peshawar and Quetta  |  |

## References

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1. ^ "The patchy world of Urdu newspapers". Dawn newspaper. 19 October 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
2. ^ "The struggle of Sindhi newspapers". Dawn newspaper. 20 October 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
3. ^ "13 Pakistani newspapers you've probably never heard of". The Express Tribune newspaper. 14 March 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "LIST OF VALID ABC CERTIFIED NEWSPAPERS/PERIODICALS". Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC), Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
5. ^ a b c d e "Member Publications". All Pakistan Newspapers Society (apns.com.pk) website. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2024.

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