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  On the front page of every Dawn newspaper is written: "Founded by Quaid-e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah”. Dawn newspaper is the portal to an intriguing cobweb of media houses, human networking, and business interests that have profoundly influenced Pakistan since 1947. Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah launched the Dawn newspaper in Delhi on 26 October 1941, intending to establish it as the party organ of the All India Muslim League.   On the eve of launching the dawn, Jinnah summed up the paper's purpose in these words: "The  Dawn will mirror faithfully the views of Hindustan's Muslims and the All Hindustan Muslim League in all its activities: economic, educational and social, and more particularly political, throughout the country fearlessly and independently and while its policy will be, no doubt, mainly to advocate and champion the cause of the Muslims and the policy and program of the All Hindustan Muslim League, it will not neglect the cause and welfare of the...

    May 2017: Why does a media tycoon, the CEO of Dawn News, his empire under criticism for playing second fiddle to a     political stunt generated by the sitting government, need   a tweet from the US   Consulate in Karachi to prove his innocence? This, while the newspaper   correspondent, accused of   slandering the army at the behest of a mysterious   “strategic media cell”, has almost been `exonerated by a toothless joint   investigation team? Is it a solitary incident, or does it have to do something with a   deeper malady inflicting the “Islamic Republic”? These are the questions that   keep   agitating   the   people   of   Pakistan,   not   privy   to   the   palace   intrigues   and  the  perpetual struggle   for   power,   that goes on in the corridors of   power.  Why do Pakistan’s Glitterati – the politic...

                                   Compliments from Friday Times   Sethi, the armchair “revolutionary “ of the 1970s, is jilted why Imran Khan got so much coverage in the world press during and after his address at the UNGA. Ironically, in the mental turmoil evident in his outbursts, perhaps Sethi expected a much bigger audience for Imran Khan’s speech than even the kaptaan’s supporters. He points out that the UNGA hall was only half full during the address, conveniently forgetting that this is nothing new and that this is what always happens at the UN. It is the electronic and print media that spread the addresses at the UN to the far corners of the world. The UN is not a boxing or wrestling arena where the contenders endeavor to physically knock out each other. It is the word of mouth through which world leaders try to outsmart their rivals. So, everybody, including t...