Roznama Dunya ready for Capital launch

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 30 December 2012

Roznama Dunya is set to launch in Islamabad on January 1, following delays from its original start date. The newspaper is part of the Dunya Group and previously published in other major cities like Lahore and Karachi.

Summary

ISLAMABAD: It’s now official – Roznama Dunya, an Urdu language newspaper of the Dunya Group is finally to hit the Islamabad newsstands on January 1.

Posters featuring images and quotes of the newspaper’s top columnists went up in some areas Sunday.The newspaper began publishing its dummy last week after failing to come out on the previous set launch date of December 24.

Following Roznama Dunya is likely to be another Urdu daily Jehan Pakistan, a publication of the University of Lahore that plans to start publishing from the Capital at the start of New Year.

Dunya first began publishing from Lahore in September and later from Faisalabad, Karachi and Gujranwala.

KEY POINTS:

• Roznama Dunya will launch on January 1 in Islamabad.
• The newspaper's launch was delayed from December 24.
• Posters of top columnists are displayed in the city.
• It follows the earlier publication in Lahore and other cities.
• Another Urdu daily, Jehan Pakistan, is also set to launch.