Khabrain

Daily Khabrain was established following a split in the editorial staff of Daily Jang's Lahore office during the late 1980s.[1] Zia Shahid, among others, left to create Daily Pakistan, a publication funded by a group of investors known as members.[1]

Within a year, differences arose between Shahid and the senior editorial staff, prompting him to initiate Daily Khabrain in 1992.[1][3] In this new venture, he transformed the business model, requiring potential reporters and distributors to purchase an upfront membership.[1]

The newspaper has displayed a proactive editorial stance.[1] It created teams to inspect various businesses for potential illegalities, which were then publicized.[1] In addition, it took on a role in moral policing, particularly for women and youth in educational institutions and marketplaces.[1]

In 1997, Daily Khabrain focused its efforts against Mohammed Yusuf Ali from Lahore, alleging that he proclaimed himself a prophet.[1] The term "kazzab", or liar, was used to label him.[1] In 2000, he was convicted on blasphemy charges and sentenced to death but was murdered in prison before the sentence could be carried out.[1] Purportedly, a reporter from Daily Khabrain was involved in smuggling a weapon into the prison for the murder.[1]

By the mid-1990s, the newspaper's sensationalist and nationalistic reporting style had propelled it to become the third largest daily in Punjab, following Daily Jang and Nawa-i-Waqt.[1]

Khabrain Group owns the following publications and television station:

• Daily Khabraan, a Punjabi language newspaper[4]
• Daily Khabroon, a Sindhi language newspaper[4]
• Daily The Post[4]
• Sahafat, defunct newspaper[4]
• Channel 5, founded in 2012[4]

• Zia Shahid family (63.9 percent)[4]
• Aleem Chaudhry (8.2 percent)[4]
• Muzzafar Un Nisa (2.7 percent)[4]

• Humayon Dar - a specialist in Islamic banking and finance[5]

• Khabrain Official Site in Urdu language