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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Daily Urdu-language newspaper published from Pakistan}}<br />
{{Infobox Newspaper<br />
| name = Daily Jang<br />
| image = Daily Jang newspaper.jpg<br />
| caption = Front page of [[Karachi]] edition (January 1, 2015)<br />
| type = Daily [[newspaper]]<br />
| format = [[Broadsheet]]<br />
| owners = [[Jang Group of Newspapers]]<br />
| founder = [[Mir Khalil ur Rehman]]<br />
| chiefeditor = [[Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman]]<br />
| editor = [[Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman]]<br />
| foundation = {{start date|1939}}<br />
| political = [[Conservatism|conservative]]<ref>{{Citation |first=Ammara |last=Durrani |title=Pride and Proliferation: Pakistan's Nuclear Psyche After A. Q. Khan |work=South Asian Cultures of the Bomb: Atomic Publics and the State in India and Pakistan |publisher=Indiana University Press |year=2009 |page=103}}</ref><br />
| language = [[Urdu language|Urdu]]<br />
| ceased publication = <br />
| headquarters = [[Karachi]], Pakistan<br />
| circulation = <br />
| sister newspapers = ''[[The News International]]''<br/>''Daily News''<br/>''[[Daily Awam]]''<br />
| ISSN = 1563-8731<br />
| eISSN = 1563-8723<br />
| oclc = 1781424<br />
| website = {{URL|http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/|jang.com.pk}}<br />
}}<br />
The '''''Daily Jang''''' ({{lang-ur|{{nq|روزنامہ جنگ}}}}) is an [[Urdu language|Urdu]] [[newspaper]] headquartered in [[Karachi]], Pakistan. It is the oldest newspaper of Pakistan in continuous publication since its foundation in 1939, first published during [[World War II]], hence the name (Jang) translating to "war" in Urdu.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Jang |url=https://pakistan.mom-rsf.org/en/media/detail/outlet/jang/ |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=[[Media Ownership Monitor]] |language=en}}</ref> Its current group chief executive and editor-in-chief is [[Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman]]. Past editors and contributors have included [[Mahmood Shaam]], [[Nazir Naji]] and [[Shafi Aqeel]].<ref>[https://cpj.org/1998/12/jang-group-of-newspapers-intimidated-by-government.php "Jang Group of Newspapers intimidated by Government"], Committee to Protect Journalists website, December 15, 1998. Retrieved July 17, 2018.</ref> <br />
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Its current{{when|date=October 2021}} list of columnists includes Saleem Safi, Hassan Nisar, Ghazi Salahuddin, Wajahat Masood, Hafeezullah Niazi, Irshad Bhatti, Mazhar Barlas, Ataul Haq Qasmi, Ansar Abbasi, Anwar Ghazi, Ali Moeen Nawazish and Yasir Pirzada. <br />
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''Jang'' is published by the [[Jang Group of Newspapers]]. It was originally published as a weekly to raise political awareness among Muslims living in British India.<ref name=":0" /> The group's flagship ''Daily Jang'' is Pakistan's most prominent Urdu daily newspaper.{{cn|date=October 2021}} The group also owns ''Geo News'', arguably the most popular news channel in Pakistan. <br />
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It is published from Karachi, [[Lahore]], [[Rawalpindi]], [[Quetta]], [[Multan]] and [[London]].<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{official|https://www.jang.com.pk}}<br />
* [https://e.jang.com.pk Jang Epaper]<br />
* [https://jang.com.pk/en Jang English]<br />
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