English newspapers -- India -- Bibliography
English newspapers -- India -- Indexes
"This book provides a comprehensive account of community newspapers in India discussing their reach, practices, management and influence on communities. It focuses on the core characteristics associated with community media, such as access and participation, advocacy and self-management among other."-- Provided by publisher.
“This book not only traces the development of journalism in the areas now comprised in Pakistan but also throws a flood of light on certain aspects of their history during the period 1845-1857. The origin of newspapers is traced by the author to the institution of newsletters introduced by the first Muslim rulers of the sub-continent a thousand years ago. They themselves had borrowed this institution from the Abbaside Caliphs. The system of newsletters was further developed under the Moghul Emperors. “ from the book review, Pakistan Horizon 19, no. 3 (1966): 267–69.
The independent weekly Viewpoint was launched on Pakistan's Independence Day in 1975 with the intention of filling a void in the English language press. With the advent of the country's third Martial Law in 1977 Viewpoint evolved into a focus for pro-democracy dissent. Mazhar Ali's reasoned editorials and columns cover the crucial period that led up to Zia's coup d'état, the bleak years of martial law, the Afghan crisis, and the disappointing aftermath of military rule.
