{{short description|Pakistani newspaper}} {{about|a Pakistani English daily published since 1988|the newspaper formerly known as "The Pakistan Observer" before 1971|The Bangladesh Observer}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=January 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Pakistan Observer | logo = Pakistan Observer Logo.svg | image = | caption = Front Page on 14th August, 2021 | type = Daily newspaper | format = Broadsheet (Print), Online | owners = Faisal Zahid Malik | founder = Zahid Malik | publisher = Zahid Malik | chief_editor = Faisal Zahid Malik | managing_editor = Gauhar Zahid Malik | founded = {{start date and age|1988|11|1|df=yes}} | language = English | headquarters = Islamabad, Pakistan | publishing_country = Pakistan | circulation = 150,000 in 2021 | website = {{URL|pakobserver.net}} }}
'''''Pakistan Observer''''' is an English-language daily newspaper of Pakistan.
It is published from six cities – Islamabad,<ref name=BBC/> Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta and Muzaffarabad.<ref>{{Cite web|title=List of Member Publications on All Pakistan Newspapers Society including Pakistan Observer newspaper|url=https://www.apns.com.pk/member_publication/index.php |access-date=24 December 2024|website=All Pakistan Newspapers Society website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227200245/https://www.apns.com.pk/member_publication/index.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/how-pakistani-media-reacted-to-modi-govt-s-decision-to-strip-kashmir-of-special-status-1577684-2019-08-06|url-status=dead|newspaper=India Today newspaper|archive-date=6 August 2019|access-date=24 December 2024|title=How Pakistani media reacted to Modi govt's decision to strip Kashmir of special status|date=6 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806093905/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/how-pakistani-media-reacted-to-modi-govt-s-decision-to-strip-kashmir-of-special-status-1577684-2019-08-06}}</ref> The newspaper was founded in 1988 by Zahid Malik.<ref name=Dawn>{{Cite news|date=2016-09-01 |title=Pakistan Observer editor-in-chief Zahid Malik passes away |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1281340 |access-date=2024-12-24|newspaper=Dawn newspaper|language=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303194800/https://www.dawn.com/news/1281340}}</ref>
The newspaper was first published as an eveninger on 1 November 1988 from Islamabad, making it the first English eveninger to be published from the capital city. Later, it was made a morning newspaper. The newspaper is now led by Faisal Zahid Malik, who is also the editor-in-chief. The head office is in the capital city Islamabad,<ref name=BBC>{{Cite news|date=21 March 2023|title=Pakistan media guide (Pakistan Observer newspaper listed)|language=en-GB |work=BBC News website|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-12965785 |access-date=24 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205102544/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-12965785|archive-date=5 February 2024|url-status=dead}}</ref> and it has five other offices in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta and Muzaffarabad.
== Daily circulation == Pakistan Observer newspaper has a daily circulation of 150,000 as of 2021.<ref name=GoogleBooks>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m_RJEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA187 |title=Development, Governance and Gender in South Asia:Perspectives, Issues and Challenges (for Pakistan Observer daily circulation) (page 187)|author=Anisur Rahman and Niharika Tiwari|date=23 October 2021 |isbn=9789811651090}}</ref> Abdus Sattar, former Foreign Minister of Pakistan, remained the lead current affairs analyst of the newspaper. He focused on international security.
== See also == {{Portal|Pakistan|Journalism}} * List of newspapers in Pakistan
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==External links== * [https://www.pakobserver.net/ Pakistan Observer official website]
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Category:1988 establishments in Pakistan Category:English-language newspapers published in Pakistan Category:Daily newspapers published in Pakistan Category:Mass media in Islamabad Category:Organisations based in Islamabad Category:Newspapers established in 1988
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