Zamindar (newspaper)

The founding editor of this newspaper was Maulana Zafar Ali Khan (1873 – 27 November 1956), a poet, intellectual, writer, Muslim nationalist and a supporter of the All India Muslim League's Pakistan Movement.

It was the most popular newspaper of Muslims of British India and played a key role in crafting the journalistic traditions of Pakistan.

[3][2][4] Zafar Ali Khan is named "Baba-e-Sahafet" ("Father of Journalism") in Pakistan.

The newspaper was headquartered at Lahore and continued to publish from there after the independence of Pakistan in 1947.

It faced bans several times but it continued to print and gained much popularity among the people.