Dawn (newspaper)
Dawn is the largest and oldest English-language newspaper in Pakistan and the country's newspaper of record. "Dawn" is the flagship publication of the Dawn Group of Newspapers, which also owns the information technology magazine "Spider" and the advertising marketing and media magazine "Aurora". "Dawn" was founded by Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Delhi, India, on 26 October 1941, as a mouthpiece for the Muslim League. The first issue was printed at Latifi Press on 12 October 1942. The newspaper has offices in Karachi (Sindh), Lahore (Punjab), and the federal capital Islamabad, and correspondents abroad . , it has a weekday circulation of over 109,000. The CEO of Dawn group is Hameed Haroon, and the current editor is Zaffar Abbas. On 24 March 2016, it became the first newspaper to oppose the resumption of the death penalty in Pakistan. Pre-independence history. "Dawn" began as a weekly publication, based in New Delhi. Under the instruction of Jinnah, it became the official organ of the All India Muslim League in Delhi, and the sole voice of the Muslims League in the English language, reflecting and espousing the cause of Pakistan's creation. Jinnah summed up the paper's  purpose in these words: "The "Dawn" will mirror faithfully the views of Hindustan's Muslims and the All Hindustan Muslim League in all its activities: economic, educational and social and more particularly political, throughout the country fearlessly and independently and while its policy will be, no doubt, mainly to advocate and champion the cause of the Muslims and the policy and programme of the All Hindustan Muslim League, it will not neglect the cause and welfare of the peoples of this sub-continent generally". "Dawn" became a daily newspaper in October 1944 under the leadership of its editor, Pothan Joseph , who later resigned in 1944 to take up the position of the government's principal information officer in part because of differences with Jinnah over the Pakistan Movement. He was succeeded by Altaf Husain who galvanized the Muslims of India for independence by his editorials, which earned him the ire of the Congress Party and of Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy and Governor-General of the British Raj both of whom wanted a united India. In 1947, senior "Dawn" staff led by Altaf Husain moved to Karachi. So, Karachi became the head office of the newspaper. Features. "Dawn" regularly carries  syndicated articles from western newspapers such as "The Independent", "The Guardian", the "Los Angeles Times" and "The Washington Post". On Sundays, the weekend advertiser carries three sections namely "Ad Buzz", "Career", and "Real Estate". Relations with WikiLeaks. On 19 May 2011, Dawn Media Group signed a memorandum of understanding with Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, for the exclusive first use in Pakistan of all the secret US diplomatic cables related to political and other developments in the country. An announcement printed in the newspaper and posted on the website read: Leak controversy. In 2016, a story, "Act against militants or  face international isolation, civilians tell military" by Cyril Almeida, Oxford-educated assistant editor and columnist for "Dawn", triggered the resignation of Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid, after a preliminary investigation established a "lapse" on his part vis-à-vis the publication of the "planted" story.