Dunya to move into Dateline office

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 24 July 2012

Dunya Group plans to set up its forthcoming Urdu daily, Roznama Dunya, in the former office of defunct Dateline Islamabad. The paper is targeted for launch by September 1. The group has also reportedly bought a building near Zero Point for future media offices.

Summary

ISLAMABAD: The management of Dunya Group plans to establish the office of their forthcoming Urdu daily on the premises where defunct local daily Dateline Islamabad was previously housed. The managers are in a hurry to bring out Roznama Dunya by September 1 and in this light seem desperate to move in as quickly as possible. JournalismPakistan.com has learnt that Amir Mir, who joined the newspaper as the project head last month, visited the new office on Tuesday which is lying fully furnished. Dateline ceased publication in April. Dunya has also reportedly purchased a building in the vicinity of Zero Point where it eventually intends to establish offices of its television channel DunyaNews and newspapers including that of an English daily it plans to publish.

KEY POINTS:

• Dunya Group plans to house Roznama Dunya in Dateline Islamabad’s former premises.
• Management aims to launch the Urdu daily by September 1.
• Project head Amir Mir visited the fully furnished office on Tuesday.
• Dateline Islamabad ceased publication in April.
• Dunya has reportedly purchased a building near Zero Point for future TV and newspaper offices.