The story
Founded by Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Yusuf Haroon on Feb 1, 1947, in Karachi.1
Private company
Dawn Media Group
Logo: http://dawn.com/, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Pakistani media company
Pakistan Herald Limited, commonly known as the Dawn Media Group, is a Pakistani media company based in Karachi, Sindh. It publishes the Dawn newspaper and operates a TV channel, radio stations and websites. It is a listed member of All Pakistan Newspapers Society.2 It was founded by Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Yusuf Haroon.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
Feb 1, 1947Founded1
- Industrybroadcasting, publishing1
- HeadquartersKarachi1
- Founded inKarachi1
- Websitewww.pakistanheraldlimited.com
- Legal formpublic company1
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Pakistan Herald Limited, commonly known as the Dawn Media Group, is a Pakistani media company based in Karachi, Sindh. It publishes the Dawn newspaper and operates a TV channel, radio stations and websites. It is a listed member of All Pakistan Newspapers Society.2
Corporate structure
Dawn Media Group sits at the top of its group. 1 entity, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Dawn Media Group Karachi
- City FM 89 Owned · Pakistan
- Dawn Owned · Pakistan
- Dawn News Owned · Pakistan
- Herald Owned
- The Star Owned
Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.
What it owns
What Dawn Media Group reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.
Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)
- City FM 89
- Dawn
- Dawn News
- Herald
- The Star
Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1
Leadership
Who has led Dawn Media Group, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.
- FounderMohammad Ali Jinnah1
- FounderYusuf Haroon1
Subsidiaries and ownership
Also owns
- City FM 89
- Dawn
- Dawn News
- Herald
- The Star
From Wikidata.1
Controversies and legal
'Dawn leaks' controversy
In 2016, one of the journalists working at the Dawn newspaper, Cyril Almeida, wrote an article that led to the controversy called Dawn leaks. Cyril had reported that during a National Security Council (NSC) meeting between the civilian leaders and the military leaders of Pakistan, some civilian leaders had warned the military leaders about the risk of Pakistan's growing diplomatic isolation due to lack of action against some Pakistani militant groups. Pakistan's military leadership was clearly upset over reports of alleged leaking of this classified information to a Pakistani journalist by some civilian leaders attending that NSC meeting. After the controversy would not die down, Minister of Information Pervaiz Rashid and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Tariq Fatemi had to step down as a result of this controversy.
Dawn Media has also been in controversy surrounding the anti-India articles being published in volumes which resulted in the Indian Government banning the media group and its subsidiaries.
From Wikipedia’s article on Dawn Media Group, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Timeline
- Feb 1, 1947Founded Founded in Karachi1
Links
- Websitewww.pakistanheraldlimited.com1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/thedawnmediagroup1
- LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/company/dawn-group-of-newspapers1
- WikipediaDawn Media Group
- WikidataQ2402245
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataDawn Media Group on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaDawn Media Group on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsDawn Media Group logo by http://dawn.com/, Public domain
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