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46. Print Media (Press). The Government of India Act of 1935, gave a large measure of self-government to Indians but none of the major newspapers were owned or edited by Muslims . However, when Indian Muslims began to organize and rally to the political platform of the All-India Muslim League, concerted efforts were made to develop a strong press to support the Muslim national cause. A number of Muslim owned newspapers were established. Two English-language newspapers, Morning News in Calcutta and Dawn in Delhi, began publishing in 1942. In the late 1930s, the first Indian Muslim news agency, the Orient Press of India, was founded. Important events unfolded as under: -
a. On the eve of independence, however, only four major Muslim owned newspapers existed namely Pakistan times, Zamindar, Nawa-I-Waqt, and Civil and Military Gazette, all located in Lahore. A number of Muslim newspapers moved to Pakistan, Dawn began publication as a daily in Karachi on the day of independence in 1947. Other publications were also shifted to Pakistan including the Morning News and the Urdu-language dailies Jang and Anjam .
b. The National Press Trust, a nonprofit organization that is a major newspaper publisher, was established by businessmen in 1964 and taken over by the government in 1972. The two major news agencies in Pakistan are the Associated Press of Pakistan and Pakistan Press International. The Associated Press of Pakistan was taken over by the government in 1960.
c. In the

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