Jang Media Group

Jang Media Group
Company typeMedia conglomerate
FounderMir Khalil-ur-Rehman
Headquarters
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
,
Pakistan
Key people
Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman (Chairman)
ParentIndependent Media Corporation
Websitejang.com.pk

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 is 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.[1][2][3]

Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman is the current Editor-in-Chief.[1][2][4]

History

Mir Khalil ur Rehman, a businessman of Kashmiri descent, founded the Jang Group at the end of World War II.[5] 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.[5] Independent Media Corporation is a multi-media corporation and owns the Jang Group of Newspapers and the Geo Television Network based in Karachi, Pakistan. Mir Ibrahim Rahman is the chief executive of Geo Television Network and the President was Imran Aslam.[5]

Pubications

Current

  • Daily Jang - original flagship newspaper of the Group in the Urdu language. Group Editor: Mehmood Sham in Karachi. Newspaper editions are issued in Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Multan and London, with the largest daily circulation in Pakistan among Urdu newspapers[5]
  • The News International - daily newspaper in English started in 1991
  • Akhbar-e-Jahan - a weekly magazine in Urdu started in 1967[5]
  • MAG - a weekly magazine in English
  • Aftab
  • Inquilab[6]
  • Waqt[6]
  • Kaisa Hoga, an annual publication in partnership with The Economist[7]

Defunct

TV channels

It also runs many TV channels as part of the Geo Television Network starting with its flagship channel Geo TV in 2002.[5] It has since launched several other channels in which the news, music and sports sectors are targeted. Their broadcast channel services are provided to the viewers in the UK, the US, Canada, and the Middle East as well as in Pakistan.[5]

  • Geo News – a Pakistan-based Urdu news channel
  • AAG TV – launched in September 2006 by the Geo Network, focusing on programs for youth in Pakistan. A defunct channel since 2013.
  • GEO Super – (sports channel), launched by Geo Network in September 2006. Programming content includes a variety of sports from around the world, focusing mainly on cricket and field hockey with a secondary focus on boxing, football (soccer), and tennis.
  • Geo Entertainment – a Pakistan based entertainment channel showing drama serials, musical programs, feature movies, primarily in Urdu.[5]
  • Geo Tez – a Pakistan based news channel, broadcasting news headlines in every fifteen minutes.
  • Geo Kahani – a Pakistan-based channel devoted exclusively to drama serials

List of companies

Broadcasting

The following broadcasting companies are owned by the Jang Group.

  • Independent Media Corporation (Private) Limited[7]
  • Clarity Communications (Private) Limited[7]
  • Interlink Multimedia (Private) Limited[7]
  • Independent Music Group (Private) Limited[7]
  • Cross Currents (Private) Limited[7]
  • Geo Entertainment Media Holding (Private) Limited[7]
  • Geo Entertainment Television (Private) Limited[7]
  • Independent Newspapers Corporation (Pvt.) Ltd

References

  1. ^ a b Delcan Walsh (26 April 2014). "Attack on Journalist Starts Battle in Pakistani Press". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b The War on Jang on Newsweek (Pakistan) website, Published 26 November 2014, Retrieved 24 October 2019
  3. ^ Geo/Jang group tenders apology to ISI, armed forces, Dawn (newspaper), Updated 26 May 2014, Retrieved 24 October 2019
  4. ^ Ainy Siddiqui (14 December 2018). "Contempt of Court Case: Aamir Liaquat Apologizes to Jang and Geo". Hamari Web website. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i 2008: US criticized major media group for irresponsible reporting, Dawn (newspaper), Published 1 June 2011, Retrieved 18 March 2019
  6. ^ a b "Jang Advertising Solutions | Advertising with the Power to Reach People". solutions.jang.com.pk.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Profile of Jang Group". Media Ownership Monitor Pakistan website. Retrieved 24 September 2020.