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Daily Mashriq was founded in 1963 by Inayat Ullah Khan. [3] Its name translates to 'East' in Urdu. [1]In 1964, the newspaper was nationalized by the military regime of Ayub Khan and subsequently, it became part of the National Press Trust (NPT), which was established to manage nationalized independent newspapers in order to deter free media. [1]
In Pakistan, Mashriqi was imprisoned at least four times: in 1958 for alleged complicity in the murder of republican leader Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan (popularly known as Dr. Khan Sahib); and, in 1962 for suspicion of attempting to overthrow President Ayub's government. However, none of the charges were proven, and he was acquitted in each case.
Raymond Allen Davis incident. Raymond Allen Davis is a former United States Army soldier, private security firm employee, and contractor with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). [4] On January 27, 2011, Davis shot two men in the back, killing both, in Lahore, Pakistan. At least one of the men was armed.
Presidency of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. Zia-ul-Haq during his presidency in 1982. Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq 's tenure as the sixth president of Pakistan began on 16 September 1978 and ended with his death in an aircraft crash on 17 August 1988. Zia came to power after a coup, overthrowing prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and imposing martial law in 1977.
The Pakistan Times. The Pakistan Times (1947–1996) was a Pakistani newspaper, established by Mian Itikharuddin and Faiz Ahmed Faiz through the leftist Progressive Papers Limited. Its headquarters was in Lahore, Pakistan. [1] Later, it started another edition from Rawalpindi. The Rawalpindi edition was later shifted to Islamabad .
The Mashriq (/ məˈʃriːk /; Arabic: ْاَلْمَشْرِق, romanized: al-Mashriq, lit. 'the east'), also known as the Arab Mashriq (Arabic: اَلْمَشْرِقُ الْعَرَبِيُّ), sometimes spelled Mashreq or Mashrek, is a term used by Arabs to refer to the eastern part of the Arab world, as opposed to the Maghreb (western ...
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]
Sir Muhammad Iqbal (9 November 1877 – 21 April 1938) was a South Asian Muslim philosopher, poet and politician. His poetry is considered to be among the greatest of the 20th century, and his vision of a cultural and political ideal for the Muslims of British India is widely regarded as having animated the impulse for the Pakistan Movement.