MKR: Setting great standards in journalism Mir Khaleelur Rehman
his newspaper Jang laid the foundations of media in Pakistan. The roots of the Pakistani can be traced back to the Jang Group – since it was the first and only real media group of Pakistan. Thousands of people started their day by reading the Jang newspaper. Governments feared the honest journalism of Mir Khaleel and his team of journalists. Jang has always been a powerful rival of the rulers and has never feared to criticize them even though Mir Khaleel has faced many problems because of this honest stance. Rulers feared the power of the honest journalist entrepreneur Mir Khaleel and his team because they feared to see what the mirror reflected back. Jang was also responsible to reveal the public opinion and moulding the society; and it is because of the honesty of Mir Khaleel that governments dared not mess with the journalists.It won’t be wrong if Mir Khaleel made the rule book which is being followed by the media today. Mir Khaleel faced many challenges during his journey in journalism basically he was the only one who was making waves in Pakistan and setting up a structure in journalism that would literally be the basis of Pakistani media. Mir Khaleel not only set standards for the media of Pakistan, he actually made many great journalists by giving them the opportunity of using the platform of Jang to build great careers. Most of the giants that you see in the media today have been affiliated to the Jang Group in their lives. Jang has been a kind of academy for journalists long before universities started to teach journalism as a subject. Mir Khaleel allowed journalists to be trained on the job and gave them all the facilities at a time when this was not even considered to be a lucrative profession. Many great journalists trained at Jang later went on to prove assets to media channels in the future. This is why it would not be wrong to say that Mir Khaleel has been a trendsetter of Pakistan media. His vision was futuristic and he did things in media that others would later follow. He made such strong foundations for his media house that till date it is always doing something new that others imitate. After Jang, Mir Khaleel expanded and brought out evening newspapers, magazines, a new English newspaper and many other ventures. Mir Khaleel’s vision as a journalist was way beyond anything that the others could see. Jang Group changed the conventional media of Pakistan and explored diverse paths in media which were later to be introduced in Pakistan. Based on his visions and sense of innovation, Jang Group later grew to become the largest media house of Pakistan.
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