Friday Times
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The Friday Times is a Pakistani English-language independent newsweekly, based in Lahore
, Pakistan
. It was first published on 25 May, 1989.
TFT’s editorial policy is independent as demonstrated by the national and international standing of the newspaper. TFT’s founder-editor, Najam Sethi
, and publisher Jugnu Mohsin
, are recipients of international awards conferred by Amnesty International and the Committee to Protect Journalists. TFT is the most highly quoted Pakistani paper in the international press.
Editorially, TFT holds the view that Pakistan was conceived by the Founding Fathers to be a liberal, modern Muslim state where free thought and free enterprise go hand in hand. TFT opposes obscurantism and dogmatic thinking and stands for the democratic rights of all citizens, regardless of creed or gender.
The Friday Times' Consulting Editors are Khaled Ahmed
and Raza Rumi
, Ejaz Haider is Contributing Editor whereas Ali Sethi is the Features Editor.
TFT's in-house artist is Sabir Nazar.
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. It was first published on 25 May, 1989.
TFT’s editorial policy is independent as demonstrated by the national and international standing of the newspaper. TFT’s founder-editor, Najam Sethi
Najam Sethi
Najam Sethi is an award-winning Pakistani journalist and the editor-in-chief of The Friday Times, a Lahore-based political weekly. He was previously the editor of Daily Times and Daily Aajkal newspapers. He also hosts a popular political program in Urdu, called Aapas ki Baat, on GEO News...
, and publisher Jugnu Mohsin
Jugnu Mohsin
Jugnu Mohsin is a Pakistani publisher and editor of the Lahore-based The Friday Times, Pakistan's first English-language independent newsweekly.-Background:...
, are recipients of international awards conferred by Amnesty International and the Committee to Protect Journalists. TFT is the most highly quoted Pakistani paper in the international press.
Editorially, TFT holds the view that Pakistan was conceived by the Founding Fathers to be a liberal, modern Muslim state where free thought and free enterprise go hand in hand. TFT opposes obscurantism and dogmatic thinking and stands for the democratic rights of all citizens, regardless of creed or gender.
The Friday Times' Consulting Editors are Khaled Ahmed
Khaled Ahmed
Khaled Ahmed , born 21 December 1943, is a best known Pakistani political analyst, his weekly column appears in Pakistan's newspaper The Friday Times. He regularly contributes to The Daily Times, both published in Lahore....
and Raza Rumi
Raza Rumi
Raza Rumi is a columnist, Op-ed writer, journalist, editor, blogger, and analyst from Pakistan. He regularly writes for the Pakistani weekly The Friday Times, Express Tribune and The News on diverse topics such as history, arts, literature and society. ‘Raza Rumi’ is a nom de plume used as a...
, Ejaz Haider is Contributing Editor whereas Ali Sethi is the Features Editor.
TFT's in-house artist is Sabir Nazar.