Monthly magazine Herald closing down?
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 16 November 2018
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The monthly magazine Herald faces rumors of closure as a correspondent claims it will cease operations. However, an insider disputes these claims, maintaining that the magazine will continue.Summary
ISLAMABAD - Naimat Khan, a correspondent for Arab News and a joint secretary of Karachi Press Club, claimed on Friday that the monthly magazine Herald is being closed down.
However, an insider at the magazine promptly denied the magazine was ceasing operations.
In a tweet, Khan said: “Curtain is falling on the most respected English language magazine of Pakistan. Employees of monthly Herald have been told that issue of January 2019 will be the last issue of 50 years' old magazine.”
Curtain is falling on the most respected English language magazine of Pakistan. Employees of monthly Herald h Û" ave been told that issue of January 2019 will be the last issue of 50 years' old magazine.
— Naimat Khan (@NKMalazai) November 16, 2018
Talat Aslam, Senior Editor of The News, hoped the news was false. “I fervently hope this is not true. Herald is an institution. At a personal level, Herald is where I spent more than a decade of my formative years in the profession and learnt everything I know about journalism. Very sad news.”
Key Points
- Naimat Khan reports Herald may be closing down.
- Insiders at Herald deny the closure rumors.
- The January 2019 issue allegedly to be the last.
- Talat Aslam expresses hope that the news is untrue.
- Herald has been a prominent English language magazine in Pakistan for 50 years.
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