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.gif) The front page ofNawa-i-waqt, May 22, 2010 | |
| Type | Dailynewspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Print, online |
| Owner(s) |
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| Editor | Rameeza Majid Nizami |
| Deputy editor | Saeed Aasi |
| Founded | Founded in 1940 byHameed Nizami |
| Political alignment | Center-Right-Wing Vigorously supportedPakistan Movement |
| Language | Urdu |
| Headquarters | Lahore,Pakistan |
| Website | www |
Nawa-i-Waqt orNawaiwaqt (Urdu:نوائے وقت;lit. 'The Voice of Time') is one of the largest circulatingUrdu-languagedaily newspaper in Pakistan.[1][2][3]
This newspaper is currently owned by 'Majid Nizami Trust'. It was founded byHameed Nizami[4] and launched under his leadership on 23 March 1940.[5]
Hameed's younger brotherMajid Nizami was the chief editor and publisher ofNawa-i-Waqt Group of Publications until he died in 2014 and then this group became the property of Majid Nizami Trust created by Majid Nizami himself in his lifetime.[6]
In 2016, Rameeza (adopted daughter of Majid Nizami) and the biological daughter of Mian Arif and Ghazala Arif was elected as the Managing Director ofNawa-i-Waqt Group of Publications by the trustees of Majid Nizami Trust and she was also elected as the Senior Vice President ofAll Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS).[7]
Nawa-i-Waqt first came out on 23 March 1940, as a fortnightly periodical. It passionately supported theAll India Muslim League. In those days, it had a pro-American and anti-communist stance. The editors were Afaq Hussain Johar, a student ofIslamia College, and Shabbar Hasan, a student ofKing Edward Medical University. They were influenced by a nationalist periodicalAligarh Opinion, which was launched by SyedSibte Hassan,Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Ashraf who were close friends of Shabbar Hasan. On 15 December 1942, the fortnightly was turned into a weekly and finally into a daily newspaper on 19 July 1944.[8]
The group which is owned by 'Majid Nizami Trust' has several publications including the flagshipNawa-i-Waqt newspaper in Urdu andThe Nation newspaper in English,Nida-i-Millat, a family magazine, and the monthly children's magazine,Phool.[1]
This newspaper had vigorously supported thePakistan Movement for the creation of Pakistan.[2][5][6]
Nawa-i-Waqt Group also operated a 24-hour news channel, Waqt News, from 2007 to 2018.[9][5]
Arif Nizami (son of the newspaper founderHameed Nizami) was a long-time editor of the English-language daily newspaperThe Nation but resigned due to differences with his uncle Majid Nizami before his uncle's death in 2014.[10]
Magazines and newspapers published by this company are: