Dawn Media Group

The Dawn Media Group is the trading name of Pakistan Herald Publications (Pvt.) Limited, a Pakistani media company.[1] It started using this trading name in 2008 "to reflect the Group's transformation from a publisher of newspapers and magazines into a powerful multimedia group" (from a 2011 corporate brochure).[2]

Ownership

The Karachi based group is owned by the powerful Haroon and Saigol families. The CEO is Hameed Haroon, and its chairman is Amber Haroon Saigol, daughter of the previous chairman Mahmoud Haroon and the 11th richest individual in Pakistan in 1993 (the only year that the Pakistani government has published the wealth of the country's richest citizens). A list of the top 10 richest families in Pakistan, ranks Saigol family as the 8th richest and the Haroons the 16th richest as of 2015.[3][4]

Structure

The Dawn Media Group covers three areas: print media (organised as a separate division called Dawn Group of Newspapers), broadcast media, and internet media:

References

  1. ↑ http://whois.domaintools.com/dawn.com, Whois Record for Dawn.com on domaintools.com website, Updated 2 Sep 2016, Retrieved 2 Sep 2016
  2. ↑ The Dawn Education Expo 2011, page 4 (PDF), Dawn Media Group, 2010-10-16, retrieved 2013-01-02
  3. ↑ http://www.ilmkidunya.com/picturestory/top-10-richest-pakistanis-138.aspx, 'Top 10 Richest Pakistanis', ranked on ilmkidunya.com website, Published 12 July 2015, Retrieved 2 Sep 2016
  4. ↑ http://richpaki.tripod.com/richest.htm, 'Richest Individuals of Pakistan', list per the Government of Pakistan wealth tax directory of 1993, Retrieved 2 Sep 2016

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