print media in sub continent after 1857 to 1947 in Pakistan

1. Print Media in
Subcontinent:
1857 to 1947
Focusing on Urdu Journalism
Mahum Shahid
Muhammad Usama
Muhammad Rehan Nawaz
Abdullah bin Hamid

2. The Setback
• The year 1857 saw the rebellious Sepoy
Mutiny.
• The print media was affected.
• A lot of publishers were ceased.
• It was a setback for Urdu Journalism.

3. The Year
1858
• Urdu journalism realigned soon after 1857
setback.
• In 1858, Manbir Kabiruddin started The Urdu
Guide - the first Urdu daily.
• Roznamha-e-Punjab from Lahore in 1858.
• Oudh Akhbar by Munshi Nawal Kishore in1858
from Lucknow.
• Extensive growth in Urdu journalism from
the 1850s till Independence in 1947.

4. 1870s
• In 1877, Maulvi Nasir Ali founded 3 newspapers:
• Nusrat-ul-Akhbar
• Nusrat-ul-Islam
• In 1877, Oudh Punch, started by Sajjid Hussain.
• 1st humour magazine in Urdu.
• The first women's journal in Urdu was Akhbar-un-Nisa by
Maulvi Syed Ahmad.
• During this time, Urdu journalist started using cartoons and
humour was used as way in newspaper to attract readers.

5. 1880s and
1890s
• In 1880’s, weeklies came out.
• Akhbar-i-aam, edited by Pandit Gopinath
• Paisa Akhbar , edited by Munshi Mahboob Aalam
• By the end of 19th century, Paisa Akhbar surpassed all the
other Urdu newspapers in circulation..
• A new phase of Urdu journalism began.
• Newspapers became popular.
• Coverage was varied, but not extensive
• Advertisements were added.
• Ran on commercial lines and achieved success.
• Editorial comment - better informed.

6. BEGINNING OF 20TH CENTURY
• Took on a strongly nationalistic note towards the turn of the 20th century.
• Political and social issues dominated.
• Coverage of the political and social movements launched by Congress, the Muslim league, Aarya
samaj, Khilafat committee, Aligarh movement.
• Newspapers like Zameendar, Hindustan, Al Hilal, Paisa Akhbar, oudh Akhbar introduced the
political purposefulness of journalism.
• Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar started Naqeeb-e-Hamdard in 1912.
• Another powerful political periodical was the Madina, edited by Hamidul Ansari.
• The greatest Urdu periodical that time was Al Hilal, started by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad .
• A weekly, Al-Hilal created political and religious consciousness among the Muslims.

7. Father of Urdu
Journalism
• Maulana Zafar Ali Khan, father of
Urdu journalism.
• Took charge of zameendhar and
converted it into a revolutionary
press.
• Zameendar, started in Lahore in
1903.
• Zameendar was intensely
nationalistic.
• Circulation over 30,000 copies
• No important incidents were left
uncovered.

8. 20th Century:
The
Advancement
in Layout
A much richer and varied vocabulary developed
Result of increased tempo and widening of horizons.
Put equal importance on content and presentation including the
layout and design.
Followed the pattern of Egyptian newspapers.
Asset was the content.
Style of expression was improved.
The presentation style become more forceful.

9. 1947: The
Partition
Urdu journalism suffered heavily,
during and after Partition.
Riots in Lahore lead to mobs raiding
the office of Milap and burning
machines and newsprint.
•Its Managing Editor, Ranbir was stabbed and the
paper was closed for six weeks. It then shifted to
Delhi.
At the time of partition there were 415
Urdu newspapers, 345 of them
remained in India after partition.

10. Newspapers after
1857

11. Zamindar
• Started by Maulvi Siraj Din, a retired Inspector of Jammu & Kashmir Postal
Department.
• It is considered to be one of the most vocal and important Muslim
newspaper of pre-partition Punjab, which tremendously influenced the
public opinion of Muslims.
• first appeared in 1903 from Karamabad.
• In 1909, Zafar Ali Khan, son of Maulvi Siraj Din took up its editorship and
brought it to Lahore in 1910.
• Zamindar first took up the role of a critic of prominent Hindu papers and
voiced feelings of the Muslims.

12. • Zamindar was blamed to
popularize the trend of yellow
journalism in Pakistan after 1947.
• This paper finally died down in
late fifties due to financial crunch

13. Siyasat
• Started in 1919 in Lahore by
Maulana Syed Habib.
• This paper had little regard for
journalistic view point.
• Ceased in 1937.

14. Inquilab
• Maulana Ghulam Rasool Mehr and
Abdul Majeed Salik established this
paper.
• Publish in April 4, 1927, as an Urdu daily
paper from Lahore.
• The paper in the beginning, had 4
columns to a page.
• It was finally closed in October 1947
due to financial crises.

15. Ahsan
• Publish in 1934 from Lahore.
• This paper introduced many new
techniques in Urdu journalism.
• . Interestingly, the policy of daily
paper was pro Muslim League
while the weekly edition supported
the Congress‟ point of view.
• . It was the first Urdu paper which
installed tele-printer in the office
for gathering news.

16. Saadat
• published in 1937 from Faisalabad by Imam Bakhsh Nasikh Saifi.
• it was a weekly newspaper.
• It played an important role in the independence movement of
Pakistan and supported the stance of the All India Muslim
League.
• Qauid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah also wrote some letters to
the editor of daily Saadat for publication of specific news and
articles and suggested various guidelines to form public opinion
for getting an independent country for the Muslims of
Subcontinent.
• It is the only newspaper in Pakistan which has survived till now
i.e 2020.

17. Nawa-e-Waqt
• Launched in March 23, 1940 by Hameed
Nizami.
• “Nawa-e-Waqt” rose to be one of the most
prominent newspapers of Pakistan.
• It was a weekly paper published at that
time.
• “Nawa-e-Waqt” fully supported the
Muslim League.
• Technically, it was a good paper which
worked very hard to popularize the view
point of All India Muslim League.

18. Pakistan Times
• Publish on February 4, 1947 from
Lahore.
• primarily, to promote the Muslim
cause in the Punjab where there was
no English daily to project Muslim‟s
point of view.
• It also published a special edition on
every Sunday.
• It contained 8 to 10 pages of 36x46
size, each having 8 columns.