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 | Urdu Globally | Online | Islamabad | 2017 | Urdu Globally is an online digital media publication website covering latest news, stories, headlines and updates round the clock founded in April, 2017 by Azmat Ullah Khan | |
59 | Al Akhbar | Daily | Islamabad, Muzaffarabad | – | ||
60 | Awam | Urdu, Sindhi | Karachi | 1994 | ||
61 | 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 |
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