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Newsweek Pakistan is a news magazine published by AG Publications, a company wholly owned by Associated Group (AG), under license from Newsweek Publishing LLC. The licensing agreement with AG Publications follows similar publishing alliances for other Newsweek editions. Newsweek's Asia Pacific edition, published in Hong Kong, has been available in Pakistan for over 50 years. Newsweek Pakistan replaced the Asia Pacific edition, and carries reportage, analysis and opinion on Pakistan in addition to the content featured in the international edition. The Pakistan edition draws upon both its own editorial staff and Newsweek's international network of correspondents.
 Cover of November 2010 issue of Newsweek Pakistan | |
| Editor | Fasih Ahmed |
|---|---|
| Consulting Editor | Khaled Ahmed |
| Managing Editor | Jahanzeb Aslam |
| Publisher | Iqbal Z. Ahmed |
| Founded | 2010 |
| First issue | 5 September 2010 |
| Company | AG Publications |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Based in | Lahore |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 2226-7492 |
Fasih Ahmed, who has reported for the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek and The Daily Beast,[1] is the editor of Newsweek Pakistan. Ahmed won a New York Press Club[2] award in 2008 for Newsweek’s coverage of the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto.[3]
History
editAG launched its first media enterprise, Newsweek Pakistan, in August 2010.[4] The cover story on Newsweek Pakistan's first issue, "The World's Bravest Nation: Pakistan", showed a boy displaced by the 2010 Pakistan floods.[5] The magazine donated net proceeds from the sale of this debut issue to the U.N.'s World Food Program.
The debut issue also featured an exclusive interview with Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan,[6] and also included an article on Pakistan by Ron Moreau, author of the October 2007 Newsweek cover story, "The Most Dangerous Nation in the World is not Iraq. It's Pakistan."[7]
The magazine is produced by AG Publications under license from Newsweek Publishing LLC, and is edited by Fasih Ahmed[8][1] who has written for The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek International, and who was the inaugural Daniel Pearl fellow.[9] Ahmed also wrote the aforementioned debut issue cover story,[10] which was also published online by Newsweek.[11]
The magazine's coverage of the attack on schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai, reported by Shehrbano Taseer, was the cover story for the Pakistan edition as well as Newsweek's foreign editions.[12]
The magazine has hosted and sponsored events and seminars. On 2 April 2010, in Lahore, Newsweek Pakistan hosted an exclusive breakfast for Abdullah Gül, the then-President of the Republic of Turkey.
The magazine's advisory board comprises: Hameed Haroon, CEO of the Dawn Media Group; Qazi Shaukat Fareed, who has worked with the U.N. for over 20 years; Parvez Hassan, lawyer and environmentalist; Ayesha Jalal, professor of history at Tufts University; and David Walters, former governor of Oklahoma.
International Operations
editIn 2013, Newsweek Pakistan ran two licensed international print editions after Newsweek in the U.S. went digital. The Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and the Latin American editions, both in English, were produced in Pakistan and printed out of Germany and Brazil.[13] The EMEA edition was distributed in 55 countries and the Lat Am edition was available in another 28 countries.[14] Ahmed was the editor of these editions as well.
Awards
editNewsweek Pakistan's cover story on the challenges facing the country's polio vaccination campaign[15] won a gold medal in 2013 at the United Nations Correspondents Association's Excellence in Journalism Awards.[16] Benazir Shah was the principal reporter of the piece.
References
edit- ^ a b "The Daily Beast". The Daily Beast.
- ^ "Fasih Ahmed wins New York Press Club Award". Frontline Club.
- ^ EST, Newsweek Staff On 2/7/08 at 7:00 PM (7 February 2008). "Report: Head Injury Killed Bhutto". Newsweek.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Top Ten Most Popular Magazines in Pakistan 2015 – 2016". Read Pakistan. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ "Newsweek Pakistan Launches". The Huffington Post. 25 May 2011 [31 August 2010]. Archived from the original on 6 June 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Western Hypocrisy." Fasih Ahmed interviews AQ Khan. Newsweek.
- ^ "Where the Jihad Lives Now," Ron Moreau. Newsweek; 20 October 2007.
- ^ "Fasih Ahmed". Newsweek.
- ^ "Previous Fellows". Daniel Pearl Foundation.
- ^ "The World's Bravest Nation". Newsweek Pakistan. 30 August 2010.
- ^ EDT, Fasih Ahmed On 9/16/10 at 12:30 PM (16 September 2010). "Despite Crises, Pakistan Is the Bravest Nation". Newsweek.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ EDT, Shehrbano Taseer On 10/22/12 at 1:00 AM (22 October 2012). "The Girl Who Changed Pakistan: Malala Yousafzai". Newsweek.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Newsweek Print Editions Abroad
- ^ A New Chapter
- ^ "The Polio Murders". Newsweek Pakistan. 28 December 2012.
- ^ "Announcing The 2013 UNCA Awards Winners « The United Nations Correspondents Association".