Pakistan Observer

{{short description|Pakistani newspaper}}

{{Use Pakistani English|date=January 2018}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}

{{about|a Pakistani English daily published since 1988|the newspaper formerly known as "The Pakistan Observer" before 1971|The Bangladesh Observer}}

{{Infobox newspaper

| name = Pakistan Observer

| logo = Pakistan Observer Logo.svg

| image =

| caption = Front Page on 14th August, 2021

| type = Daily newspaper

| format = Broadsheet (Print), Online

| owners = Faisal Zahid Malik

| founder = Zahid Malik

| publisher = Zahid Malik

| chiefeditor = Faisal Zahid Malik

| maneditor = Gauhar Zahid Malik

| foundation = {{start date and age|1988|11|1|df=yes}}

| language = English

| headquarters = Islamabad, Pakistan

| publishing_country = Pakistan

| circulation = 150,000 in 2021

| website = {{URL|pakobserver.net}}

}}

Pakistan Observer is an English-language daily newspaper of Pakistan.

It is published from six cities – Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta and Muzaffarabad.{{Cite web|title=List of Member Publications on All Pakistan Newspapers Society including Pakistan Observer newspaper|url=https://www.apns.com.pk/member_publication/index.php |access-date=24 December 2024|website=All Pakistan Newspapers Society website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227200245/https://www.apns.com.pk/member_publication/index.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 February 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/how-pakistani-media-reacted-to-modi-govt-s-decision-to-strip-kashmir-of-special-status-1577684-2019-08-06|url-status=dead|newspaper=India Today newspaper|archive-date=6 August 2019|access-date=24 December 2024|title=How Pakistani media reacted to Modi govt's decision to strip Kashmir of special status|date=6 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806093905/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/how-pakistani-media-reacted-to-modi-govt-s-decision-to-strip-kashmir-of-special-status-1577684-2019-08-06}} The newspaper was founded in 1988 by Zahid Malik.{{Cite news|date=2016-09-01 |title=Pakistan Observer editor-in-chief Zahid Malik passes away |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1281340 |access-date=2024-12-24|newspaper=Dawn newspaper|language=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303194800/https://www.dawn.com/news/1281340}}

The newspaper was first published as an eveninger on 1 November 1988 from Islamabad, making it the first English eveninger to be published from the capital city. Later, it was made a morning newspaper. The newspaper is now led by Faisal Zahid Malik, who is also the editor-in-chief. The head office is in the capital city Islamabad,{{Cite news|date=21 March 2023|title=Pakistan media guide (Pakistan Observer newspaper listed)|language=en-GB |work=BBC News website|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-12965785 |access-date=24 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205102544/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-12965785|archive-date=5 February 2024|url-status=dead}} and it has five other offices in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta and Muzaffarabad.