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Former Jang resident editor Rana Tahir moves to BOL

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 15 January 2018

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Former Jang resident editor Rana Tahir moves to BOL
Rana Tahir Mehmood has transitioned from Jang Rawalpindi to BOL News. He will be leading the editorial team for BOL's new newspaper initiative.

ISLAMABAD – Former resident editor of Jang Rawalpindi, Rana Tahir Mehmood has moved to BOL News where he will edit the network’s newspaper it plans to bring out.

After leaving Jang, Mehmood remained associated with Daily Jehan Pakistan and later at Jinnah newspaper. He quit that paper about a year and a half ago.

In a tweet, Sami Ibrahim, who has also now joined BOL, said that Mehmood had signed up with the network as editor.

KEY POINTS:

  • Rana Tahir Mehmood leaves Jang Rawalpindi.
  • He joins BOL News as editor.
  • Mehmood previously worked with Daily Jehan Pakistan and Jinnah newspaper.
  • Sami Ibrahim announced the news via Twitter.
  • BOL plans to launch a new newspaper.

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