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Dunya going big

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published 13 years ago

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Dunya going big

ISLAMABAD: The Dunya TV management has reportedly purchased a building in the vicinity of Zero Point in Islamabad to build a proper media house.

A source in the know tells JournalismPakistan.com the building has been purchased from real estate tycoon Malik Riaz of Bahria Town fame.

A few floors are to be added to the existing building which, once complete, would house the entire set-up of the channel and that of an Urdu-language newspaper, Dunya management plans to bring out soon.

There are reports that Dunya TV, owned by Mian Amir Mehmood, is likely to hire Arif Nizami as the group editor of its newspaper.

Currently, the offices of Dunya are located in Sector F6/3 in Islamabad.

The Zero Point area already has offices of several media organizations including Dawn, DawnNews, The Nation, Nawa-e-Waqt, Associated Press of Pakistan and the Press Information Department.
 

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