Dawn Media Group

Pakistan Herald Limited,[2] doing business as the Dawn Media Group, is a Pakistani media company based in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.[1] It publishes the Dawn newspaper and operates a TV channel, radio stations and websites. It is a listed member of All Pakistan Newspapers Society.[9][10]

Pakistan Herald Limited
Dawn Media Group
TypePublic company
Industry
  • Media
  • publishing
  • broadcasting
PredecessorDawn Group of Newspapers[1]
Founded1 February 1947 (1947-02-01) in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan[2]
FounderMuhammad Ali Jinnah, Yusuf Haroon (Haroon family)[3][4]
HeadquartersHaroon House, Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road,
Karachi
,
Pakistan[5]
Number of locations
3 offices (2018[6])
Area served
Pakistan
Key people
[7]
Products
BrandsDawn, Herald
Subsidiaries
  • Pakistan Herald Publication (Private) Limited.
  • Haroon Sons (Private) Limited
[7][8]
Websitepakistanheraldlimited.com

Although it has faced tough competition from the Jang Group, it has still managed to remain popular. The group is headed by the Pakistani media mogul Hameed Haroon, its current CEO.

Ownership

The Karachi based group is owned by the powerful Haroon and Saigol families. The CEO is Hameed Haroon, and its chairman is Amber Haroon Saigol, daughter of the previous chairman Mahmoud Haroon and the 11th richest individual in Pakistan in 1993. A list of the top 10 richest families in Pakistan ranks Saigol family as the 8th richest and the Haroon's the 16th richest as of 2015.[11][12]

Structure

The Dawn Media Group covers three areas: print media (organised as a separate division called Dawn Group of Newspapers), broadcast media, and internet media:

  • Print media
    • Dawn, its flagship daily English newspaper[13][14]
    • The Star, Pakistan's most popular evening newspaper, now defunct.
    • Herald, a current affairs monthly magazine in English,[13][14] now defunct.
    • Spider, a monthly Internet magazine,[13] now defunct.
    • Aurora, a marketing and advertising bi-monthly magazine. [15]
    • Young World, children's monthly magazine
  • Broadcast media
    • Dawn News, 24-hour news channel, broadcasting in English 2007–2010, but since 2010 in Urdu language
    • City FM 89, a music radio channel
  • Internet media
    • Dawn.com, a news website
    • DawnNews.Tv, news website in Urdu language
    • Teeli, digital media brand specialised in entertainment programming
    • Images.Dawn.com, culture and entertainment website
  • Exhibitions
    • Dawn Education Expo, an annual education festival

'Dawn leaks' controversy

In 2016, one of the journalists working at Dawn (newspaper), Cyril Almeida, wrote an article that led to the controversy called Dawn leaks. Cyril had reported that during the National Security Council (Pakistan) (NSC) meeting between the civilian leaders and the military leaders of Pakistan, some civilian leaders had warned the military leaders about the risk of Pakistan's growing diplomatic isolation due to lack of action against some Pakistani militant groups. Pakistan's military leadership was clearly upset over reports of alleged leaking of this classified information to a Pakistani journalist by some civilian leaders attending that NSC meeting. After the controversy would not die down, Pervaiz Rashid (Minister of Information) and Tariq Fatemi (Special Assistant to the Prime Minister) had to step down as a result of this controversy.[16]

Awards and recognition

References
  1. The Dawn Education Expo 2011, page 4 (PDF), 16 October 2010, archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2011, retrieved 3 June 2018
  2. "PAKISTAN HERALD LIMITED". opencorporates.com. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  3. "Obituary: Former governor of West Pakistan no more". Dawn. Pakistan. 17 February 2011.
  4. "Dawn Media Group". Dawn. Pakistan. 27 June 2012.
  5. "Dawn.com – Terms & Conditions of Use". Dawn. Pakistan.
  6. "Dawn Online Advertising". Dawn. Pakistan.
  7. "Pakistan Herald Limited". pakistanheraldlimited.com. 21 August 2018. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  8. "Pakistan Herald Publications (Pvt.) Limited: Private Company Information". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  9. Pakistan Herald Publications, listed member of All Pakistan Newspapers Society website. Retrieved 2 April 2018
  10. "The day Dawn became Herald (publication's history)". JournalismPakistan.com website. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  11. 'Top 10 Richest Pakistanis', ranked on ilmkidunya.com website Published 12 July 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2018
  12. 'Richest Individuals of Pakistan', list per the Government of Pakistan wealth tax directory of 1993. Retrieved 3 June 2018
  13. List of Member Publications include Dawn newspaper, Herald magazine, Spider magazine on All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) website. Retrieved 2 April 2018
  14. Sabah Bano Malik (10 January 2018). "Pakistan's top 5 pop culture moments that made waves in 2017". Arab News (newspaper). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  15. "Home - Aurora". aurora.dawn.com. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  16. Ali Ahmed (29 April 2017). "Prime Minister removes Tariq Fatemi over Dawn leaks". Business Recorder (newspaper). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  17. Hameed Haroon's Hilal-i-Imtiaz award in 2011 Dawn (newspaper), Published 23 March 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2018
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