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Jang Media Group

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Pakistani newspaper publishing company

Jang Media Group (Urdu: 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.2 It was founded by Mir Khalil ur Rehman.1 Its chief executive is Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Jang Media Group (Urdu: 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.2

The story

Founded by Mir Khalil ur Rehman.1

Mir Khalil ur Rehman, a businessman of Kashmiri descent, founded the Jang Group at the end of World War II. 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. 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.

From Wikipedia’s article on Jang Media Group, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Leadership

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • A&B Productions
  • Akhbar-e-Jahan
  • Daily Awam
  • Daily Jang
  • Geo TV
  • The News International

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