Zamindar (newspaper)
زمیندار
Founder(s)Maulana Zafar Ali Khan
EditorMaulana Zafar Ali Khan
LanguageUrdu
HeadquartersLahore

Zamindar (Urdu: زمیندار) was an Urdu newspaper. The founding editor of this newspaper was Maulana Zafar Ali Khan (1873 – 27 November 1956), a poet, intellectual, writer, Muslim nationalist and a supporter of the All India Muslim League's Pakistan Movement.[1][2]

Pakistan movement

The Founder with Maulana Zafar Ali Khan in Badshahi Mosque

Zamindar was the mouthpiece of Indian Muslims, Muslim Nationalists and the Pakistan Movement during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. It was the most popular newspaper of Muslims of India and played a key role in crafting the journalistic traditions of Pakistan.[3][2][4] Zafar Ali Khan is named "Baba e Sahafet" ("Father of Journalism") in Pakistan. The newspaper was headquartered at Lahore and continued to publish from there after the independence of Pakistan in 1947. It faced bans several times but it continued to print and gained much popularity among the people.[2]

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References

  1. ^ Parekh, Rauf (19 November 2012). "Pakistani writers show renewed interest in Zafar Ali Khan's works". Dawn (newspaper). Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Maulana Zafar Ali Khan paid glowing tribute", The Nation (newspaper), published 28 November 2018, retrieved 23 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Maulana Zafar Ali Khan to be remembered". The Nation (newspaper). 26 November 2014. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  4. ^ Markus Daechsel (1 June 2002). Politics of Self-Expression. Routledge. pp. 64–. ISBN 978-1-134-38371-9. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
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