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| Type | Dailynewspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Founder | Sultan Ali Lakhani |
| Publisher | Bilal Ali Lakhani |
| Editor | Naveed Hussain Fahd Hussain (executive editor) |
| Founded | April 2010[1] |
| Political alignment | Centre-left Social liberalism Egalitarianism |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Plot 5 Expressway Off Korangi Road Karachi, Pakistan |
| Sister newspapers | Daily Express |
| Website | tribune |
The Express Tribune is a dailyEnglish-languagenewspaper based inPakistan. It is theflagship publication of theLakson Group media group.[1] It is Pakistan's only internationally affiliated newspaper in a partnership with theInternational New York Times, the global edition ofThe New York Times.[1]
Headquartered inKarachi, it also publishes from offices inLahore,Islamabad, andPeshawar.
It was launched on 12 April 2010 inbroadsheet format, with anews design distinctive from traditional Pakistani newspapers.[1]
Its editorial stance identifies withsocial liberalism, and its readership is generally on the mainstream left of Pakistani political and social opinion. Topics the newspaper covers includepolitics,international affairs,economics,investment,sports, andculture. It runs a glossy calledExpress Tribune Magazine on Sunday, which includessocial commentary, interviews, and a four-page supplement with recipes, reviews, travel advice, blogs, and technology news. As of 2012, it had the widest online readership in the country locally and internationally.[2]
The Express Tribune joins other brands of the Express media group including theUrdu-languageDaily Express newspaper. It is accompanied by a twenty-four-hour Urdunews channel,Express News, and an Urdu entertainment channel,Express Entertainment. It also contains a technology supplement called '@internet'. It used to run an English-language news channel calledExpress 24/7, now defunct.[3]
The paper's stated mission is "to defend the liberal values andegalitarian traditions we believe in, and which deserve to be upheld in writing that is both informative and insightful".[4][5][3]
The publisher ofThe Express Tribune, Bilal Ali Lakhani, is the son ofSultan Ali Lakhani. Its first managing editor, Muhammad Ziauddin, was previously associated withDawn.[6] Its first editor,Kamal Siddiqi, was previously associated withThe News. In 2024, the executive editor ofThe Express Tribune is Fahd Hussain while Naveed Hussain is its editor and digital marketing is led by Jaleed Wasi
The editorial consultant is Abul Hasanat, previously city editor ofDawn. Theop-ed editor is Omar R. Quraishi, who was also previously associated withDawn. The photographer Athar Khan was previously associated withThe News Karachi.
Express Tribune is themost-read English Newspaper from Pakistan in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasian region
Prominentcolumnists forThe Express Tribune include investigative reporter Naveed Ahmad, former caretaker finance ministerShahid Javed Burki,TheExpress Tribune Publisher M. Bilal Lakhani, retired ambassador and former Interior secretaryRustam Shah Mohmand, retired lieutenant general and former federal secretaryTalat Masood, Former General Manager ofGulf News Anwer Mooraj, Urdu scholar and University of Chicago ProfessorC. M. Naim, Amnesty International (India) Executive Director Aakar Patel, American journalist and academicFaisal Kutty, Retired BrigadierShaukat Qadir, former Executive Editor ofThe Express Tribune M. Ziauddin, and Foreign Editor Robin Fernandez.Shahid Mahmood is one of the paper's political cartoonists. In addition to that, various independent journalists also contribute toThe Express Tribune.The Express Tribune also accepts blog posts from individuals.[7]
The Express Tribune is available online viae-paper and through a live website that includes news and blogs. The print edition is available throughhawker, via subscription, or at newsstands. The print edition includes a six-day-a-week copy of the Asia edition of theInternational Herald Tribune.
The Express Tribune is a supporter ofThe Citizens Foundation (TCF), a local not-for-profit organisation providing education to children in need. Up to 30 percent of subscription profits are donated to the TCF.
On 2 December 2013, Express Media Group's offices were targeted in a terrorist attack in which three staff workers were killed.[5] Pakistani politicianAltaf Hussain condemned the attack and said that it is the obligation of the government to ensure the safety of the people.TTP later took responsibility for the attacks and declared the paper to be propagating against their militant group, citing it as their reason for the attack.[5]
In March 2014, aNew York Times story about what Pakistan officials knew in regard toOsama bin Laden's presence in the country was censored from the front page of theInternational New York Times in Pakistan by the local distributor,The Express Tribune.[8][9]
In 2016, a Chinese court accepted to hear a case regarding the issue of same-sex marriage. As such, the case got substantial coverage. However, in the Pakistani version (The Express Tribune) of theInternational New York Times, the picture accompanying this news story was censored and a blank space was left on the front page of the newspaper.Daily Times columnist Farman Nawaz raised several questions about this type of journalism in Pakistan.[10]
