Herald (Pakistan)
Monthly magazine in Pakistan
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The Herald was a politics and current affairs monthly magazine published by the Dawn Media Group in Karachi, Pakistan, from 1970 to 2019.[3][4] The Herald was responsible for producing many large and breaking stories since its inception.
Cover of the May 2016 Herald | |
| Editor | Muhammad Badar Alam |
|---|---|
| Former editors | Razia Bhatti[1] |
| Categories | Politics and current affairs |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | ~ 1,000–9,999[2] |
| Founded | 1948 as Illustrated Weekly of Pakistan |
| First issue | January 1970 |
| Final issue | 14 July 2019 |
| Company | Dawn Media Group |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Based in | Karachi |
| Language | English |
| Website | herald |
| OCLC | 1589238 |
It was renamed from The Illustrated Weekly of Pakistan in January 1970, which was published from 1948–1969.[5][6][1][7]
It was Pakistan's most widely read monthly magazine, providing in-depth analyses, investigative reporting and extensive coverage of current affairs. The magazine enjoyed a wide circulation abroad, particularly among academics and Pakistani expatriate communities in the Middle East, United Kingdom and North America.
The "indomitable Razia Bhatti" was the magazine's first editor.[8]
During General Zia’s military dictatorship's tough press censorship, the magazine "maintained its independence with an unusual weapon — the blank space."[8]
It stopped publication after its July 2019 issue, 20 issues short of 600, after nearly 50 years of publication.[3]
