{{Short description|Pakistani newspaper publishing company}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=September 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox company | name = Jang Media Group | logo = 100px 250px | type = Media conglomerate | founder = Mir Khalil-ur-Rehman | profit = | total asset = | hq_location_city = Karachi, Sindh | hq_location_country = Pakistan | key_people = Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman<br>Mir Ibrahim Rahman | parent = Independent Media Corporation | website = {{URL|https://jang.com.pk/}} }} '''Jang Media Group''' ({{langx|ur|جنگ میڈیا گروپ}}), also known as '''Geo Group''', is a Pakistani media conglomerate and a subsidiary of Dubai-based company Independent Media Corporation. It has headquarters in Printing House, Karachi.
It is the publisher of the Urdu language newspaper the ''Daily Jang'', ''The News International'', ''Mag Weekly'', and operates Geo News and Geo TV channels.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/27/world/asia/attack-on-journalist-starts-battle-in-pakistani-press.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/27/world/asia/attack-on-journalist-starts-battle-in-pakistani-press.html
|newspaper=The New York Times|title=Attack on Journalist Starts Battle in Pakistani Press |author=Delcan Walsh|date=26 April 2014|access-date=24 October 2019}}</ref><ref name=Newsweek>[http://www.newsweekpakistan.com/the-war-on-jang/ The War on Jang on Newsweek (Pakistan) website], Published 26 November 2014, Retrieved 24 October 2019</ref><ref>[https://www.dawn.com/news/1108700 Geo/Jang group tenders apology to ISI, armed forces] Dawn newspaper, Updated 26 May 2014, Retrieved 24 October 2019</ref>
Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman is the current Editor-in-Chief.<ref name=NYT/><ref name=Newsweek/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://enews.hamariweb.com/pakistan/contempt-of-court-case-aamir-liaquat-apologizes-to-jang-and-geo/ |author=Ainy Siddiqui |date=14 December 2018|title=Contempt of Court Case: Aamir Liaquat Apologizes to Jang and Geo |website=Hamari Web website|access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref>
== History == Mir Khalil ur Rehman, a businessman of Kashmiri descent, founded the Jang Group at the end of World War II.<ref name=Dawn/> As of 2011, his eldest son, Mir Javed ur Rehman, is the group chairman and the executive director. Javed's younger brother Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman is group chief executive and editor in chief.<ref name=Dawn/> Independent Media Corporation is a multi-media corporation and owns the Jang Group of Newspapers and the Geo Television Network based in Karachi. Mir Ibrahim Rahman is the chief executive of Geo Television Network and Imran Aslam was its President.<ref name=Dawn/>
==Publications== ===Current=== * ''Daily Jang''<ref name=NYT2/> - original flagship newspaper of the Group in the Urdu language. Group Editor: Mehmood Sham in Karachi. Newspaper editions are issued in Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Multan and London, with the largest daily circulation in Pakistan among Urdu newspapers<ref name=Dawn/> * ''The News International'' - daily newspaper in English started in 1991<ref name=NYT2>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/14/business/the-media-business-pakistan-paper-in-english.html?src=pm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250519212617/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/14/business/the-media-business-pakistan-paper-in-english.html?src=pm|url-status=dead|title=THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Pakistan Paper in English (Jang Media Group and The News International newspaper)|newspaper=The New York Times|date=14 February 1991|archive-date=19 May 2025|access-date=19 May 2025}}</ref> * ''Akhbar-e-Jahan'' - a weekly magazine in Urdu started in 1967<ref name=Dawn/> * ''Inquilab''<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://solutions.jang.com.pk/|title=Jang Advertising Solutions | Advertising with the Power to Reach People.|website=solutions.jang.com.pk}}</ref> * ''Waqt''<ref name="auto2"/> * ''Kaisa Hoga'', an annual publication in partnership with ''The Economist''<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web |title=Profile of Jang Group |url=https://pakistan.mom-rsf.org/en/owners/companies/detail/company/company/show/jang-group/ |access-date=24 September 2020 |website=Media Ownership Monitor Pakistan website}}</ref>
===Defunct=== * ''Daily Awam''<ref name=Dawn/>
== TV channels == It also runs many TV channels as part of the Geo Television Network starting with its flagship channel Geo TV in 2002.<ref name=Dawn>[https://www.dawn.com/news/633329 2008: US criticized major media group for irresponsible reporting], Dawn (newspaper), Published 1 June 2011, Retrieved 18 March 2019</ref> It has since launched several other channels in which the news, music and sports sectors are targeted. Their broadcast channel services are provided to the viewers in the UK, the US, Canada, and the Middle East as well as in Pakistan.<ref name=Dawn/> ===Pakistan=== * Geo News HD – a Pakistan-based Urdu news channel * GEO Super HD – (sports channel), launched by Geo Network in September 2006. Programming content includes a variety of sports from around the world, focusing mainly on cricket and field hockey with a secondary focus on boxing, football (soccer), and tennis. * Geo Entertainment HD – a Pakistan based entertainment channel showing drama serials, musical programs, feature movies, primarily in Urdu.<ref name=Dawn/> * Geo Kahani HD – a Pakistan-based channel devoted exclusively to drama serials * Geo Tez HD - a channel airing headlines every 15 minutes and Geo News programme repeats
===International=== * Geo News HD UK, ME. * Geo News HD USA, Canada. * Geo Entertainment HD UK * Geo Entertainment HD USA * Geo Entertainment HD ME * Geo Kahani HD UK
===Shot down Default=== * Aag Tv Music - Pakistan * Aag Tv Music - Europe * Geo English - Pakistan * Geo English - Europe * Fire Records (Pakistan) a Pakistani Record Label.
===Geo Films=== Geo Films is a film production and distribution company owned by Geo Television Network based in Karachi, Pakistan. Geo Films distributes international and Pakistani films in cinemas across Pakistan.
*Khuda Kay Liye *Ramchand Pakistani *Bol *Manto *Wajood *Teefa in Trouble *Wrong No. 2 *Ishrat Made in China *The Legend of Maula Jatt *Deemak
===myco x Geo Super join forces=== Myco and Geo Super have partnered to revolutionize sports broadcasting in Pakistan through 2027 by combining digital and TV coverage. Myco holds exclusive digital rights for ICC events, while Geo Super handles television, offering viewers a seamless experience across platforms. This partnership includes collaboration with PTV Filx, Jazz Tamasha, Tapmad, and ARY Plus.
==List of companies== * Geo A&B Productions<ref name="auto3"/> * United News Network<ref name="auto3"/> * Independent Motion Pictures<ref name="auto3"/> * Pakistan Ink and Packaging Industries<ref name="auto3"/> * khudi ventures<ref name="auto3"/>
===Broadcasting=== The following broadcasting companies are owned by the Jang Group. * Independent Media Corporation (Private) Limited<ref name="auto3"/> *Independent Newspapers Corporation (Private) Limited *Independent Music Group (Private) Limited<ref name="auto3"/> *Interlink Multimedia (IMM) (Private) Limited<ref name="auto3"/> * Clarity Communications (Private) Limited<ref name="auto3"/> * Cross Currents (Private) Limited<ref name="auto3"/> * Geo Entertainment Media Holding (Private) Limited<ref name="auto3"/> * Geo Entertainment Television (Private) Limited<ref name="auto3"/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://jang.com.pk/ Official website for Daily Jang] an Urdu language daily newspaper, Weekly Akhbar-e-Jehan magazine in Urdu language, ''Mag - The Weekly'' in English language * [https://jang.com.pk/en Daily Jang English]
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