🇵🇰 Dawn

About Dawn

Dawn is the flagship publication of the Dawn Media Group, founded by Muhammad Ali Jinnah in 1941. Ownership was later acquired by the family of Haji Sir Abdullah Haroon in 1946, and Amber Haroon Saigol is the current chairperson of the Dawn Media Group.

Media Bias/Fact Check rates Dawn as Left-Center biased with 'Mostly Factual' reporting, noting a lack of hyperlinked sourcing for national news. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) acknowledges the English-language press in Pakistan, including Dawn, has a strong tradition of independence, but highlights that the media environment is heavily influenced by the political-military elite, leading to self-censorship and the use of government advertisement withdrawals to influence editorial policy. Dawn has faced controversies, such as the 'Dawn Leaks' and an unannounced ban on government advertisements, which media bodies have criticized as attempts to coerce editorial policy. A recent incident involving the accidental publication of an AI editing prompt also raised concerns about editorial oversight. The headline sample primarily covers domestic Pakistani political and economic news.