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{{Short description|Pakistani English-language newspaper launched in 2010}}
{{Infobox newspaper
|name = The Express Tribune
|logo = The Express Tribune logo.png
|logo_size = 200px
|image = [[File:The Express Tribune.jpg|250px|border|Front Page on January 1, 2015]]
|caption = Front page on January 1, 2015
|type = Daily [[newspaper]]
|format = [[Broadsheet]]
|price = 12 PKR
|publisher = Bilal Ali Lakhani
|editor = Naveed Hussain
|Executive Editor = Fahd Hussain
|managingeditordesign =
|foundation = April 2010<ref name="DAWN"/>
|founder = [[Sultan Ali Lakhani]]
|political = [[Centre-left]] [[Social liberalism]] [[Egalitarianism]]
|language = [[English language|English]]
|ceased publication =
|headquarters = Plot 5 Expressway Off Korangi Road Karachi, Pakistan
|circulation =
|sister newspapers = ''[[Daily Express (Urdu newspaper)|Daily Express]]''
|ISSN =
|oclc =
|website = {{official URL}}
}}

'''''The Express Tribune''''' is a daily [[English language|English-language]] [[newspaper]] based in [[Pakistan]]. It is the [[flagship]] publication of the ''[[Daily Express (Urdu newspaper)|Daily Express]]'' media group.<ref name="DAWN">{{cite web |date=July 2, 2012 |title=Express Media Group |url=https://www.dawn.com/2012/07/02/express-media-group-2/ |accessdate=July 21, 2021 |website=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]}}</ref> It is Pakistan's only internationally affiliated newspaper in a partnership with the ''[[International New York Times]]'', the global edition of ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref name=Tribune>{{cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/about/|title=About – The Express Tribune|access-date=29 July 2017}}</ref> Headquartered in [[Karachi]], it also prints copy from offices in [[Lahore]], [[Islamabad]], and [[Peshawar]].

==History==
It was launched in 12 April 2010, in [[broadsheet]] format, with a [[news design]] distinctive from traditional Pakistani newspapers.<ref name="DAWN"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/5615/the-express-tribune-launches-in-pakistan|title=The Express Tribune launches in Pakistan|date=April 12, 2010|website=The Express Tribune}}</ref>

Its editorial stance identifies with [[social liberalism]], and its readership is generally on the mainstream left of Pakistani political and social opinion. Topics the newspaper covers include [[Pakistani politics|politics]], [[International relations|international affairs]], [[Economy of Pakistan|economics]], [[investment]], [[Sports in Pakistan|sports]], and [[Culture of Pakistan|culture]]. It runs a glossy called ''Express Tribune Magazine'' on Sunday, which includes [[social commentary]], interviews, and a four-page supplement with recipes, reviews, travel advice, blogs, and technology news. As of 2012, it had the widest online readership in the country locally and internationally.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lakhani |first=Bilal |date=2012-04-12 |title=Note from the publisher |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/363312/note-from-the-publisher |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref>

==Part of Express media group==
''The Express Tribune'' joins other brands of the Express media group including the [[Urdu language|Urdu-language]] ''[[Daily Express (Urdu newspaper)|''Daily Express'']]'' newspaper. It is accompanied by a twenty-four-hour Urdu [[news channel]], [[Express News (TV channel)|Express News]], and an Urdu entertainment channel, [[Express Entertainment]]. It also contains a technology supplement called '@internet'. It used to run an English-language news channel called [[Tribune 24/7|Express 24/7]], now defunct.

The paper's stated mission is "to defend the liberal values and [[egalitarianism|egalitarian]] traditions we believe in, and which deserve to be upheld in writing that is both informative and insightful".<ref name=Tribune/>

==Staff==
The publisher of ''The Express Tribune'', Bilal Ali Lakhani, is the son of [[Sultan Ali Lakhani]]. Its first managing editor, Muhammad Ziauddin, was previously associated with ''[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tahir |first=Dr. Pervez |date=2021-12-02 |title=Muhammad Ziauddin |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2332151/muhammad-ziauddin |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref> Its first editor, [[Kamal Siddiqi]], was previously associated with ''[[The News International|The News]]''. At present{{when|date=September 2022}}, the executive editor of ''The Express Tribune'' is Fahd Hussain while Naveed Hussain is its editor.

The editorial consultant is Abul Hasanat, previously city editor of ''Dawn''. The [[op-ed]] editor is Omar R. Quraishi, who was also previously associated with ''Dawn''. The photographer [[Athar Khan]] was previously associated with ''The News Karachi''.

==Columnists==
Prominent [[columnists]] for ''The Express Tribune'' include investigative reporter Naveed Ahmad, former caretaker finance minister [[Shahid Javed Burki]], ''The'' ''Express Tribune'' Publisher M. Bilal Lakhani, retired ambassador and former Interior secretary [[Rustam Shah Mohmand]], retired lieutenant general and former federal secretary [[Talat Masood]], Former General Manager of [[Gulf News]] Anwer Mooraj, Urdu scholar and University of Chicago Professor [[C. M. Naim]], Amnesty International (India) Executive Director Aakar Patel, American journalist and academic [[Faisal Kutty]], Retired Brigadier [[Shaukat Qadir]], former Executive Editor of ''The Express Tribune'' M. Ziauddin, and Foreign Editor Robin Fernandez. [[Shahid Mahmood (artist)|Shahid Mahmood]] is one of the paper's political cartoonists. In addition to that, various independent journalists also contribute to ''The Express Tribune''. ''The Express Tribune'' also accepts blog posts from individuals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Latest Happenings, News Blogs |url=https://tribune.com.pk/blogs |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref>

==Access==
''The Express Tribune'' is available online via [[E-Paper|e-paper]] and through a live website that includes news and blogs. The print edition is available through [[hawker (trade)|hawker]], via subscription, or at newsstands. The print edition includes a six-day-a-week copy of the Asia edition of the ''[[International Herald Tribune]]''.

''The Express Tribune'' is a supporter of [[The Citizens Foundation]] (TCF), a local not-for-profit organisation providing education to children in need. Up to 30 percent of subscription profits are donated to the TCF.

==Terrorist attack and self-censorship==
On December 2, 2013, Express Media Group's offices were targeted in a terrorist attack in which 3 staff workers were killed.<ref name="tribune">{{cite news |date=December 2, 2013 |title=Express Media Group's Karachi office comes under attack |work=The Express Tribune |agency=[[Agence-France Presse]] |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/640116/express-news-office-under-attack/ |access-date=29 July 2017}}</ref><ref name="guardian">{{cite news |author=Boone |first=Jon |date=28 February 2014 |title=Liberal newspaper Express Tribune cowed into silence by Pakistani Taliban |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/28/liberal-newspaper-express-tribune-silenced-pakistani-taliban |access-date=29 July 2017}}</ref> Pakistani politician [[Altaf Hussain (Pakistani politician)|Altaf Hussain]] condemned the attack and said that it is the obligation of the government to ensure the safety of the people.<ref name=tribune/> [[Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan|TTP]] later took responsibility for the attacks and declared the paper to be propagating against their militant group, citing it as their reason for the attack.

In March 2014, a ''[[New York Times]]'' story about what Pakistan officials knew in regard to [[Osama bin Laden]]'s presence in the country was censored from the front page of the ''[[International New York Times]]'' in Pakistan by the local distributor, ''The Express Tribune''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Somaiya |first=Ravi |date=2014-03-22 |title=Times Report on Al Qaeda Is Censored in Pakistan |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/business/media/times-report-on-al-qaeda-is-censored-in-pakistan.html |access-date=2022-10-06 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Not fit to print: an insider account of Pakistani censorship|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/11/20/not-fit-to-print-an-insider-account-of-pakistani-censorship/|work=foreignpolicy.com website|date=November 20, 2014|access-date=29 July 2017}}</ref>

In 2016, a Chinese court accepted to hear a case regarding the issue of same-sex marriage. As such, the case got substantial coverage. However, in the Pakistani version (''The Express Tribune'') of the ''International New York Times'', the picture accompanying this news story was censored and a blank space was left on the front page of the newspaper. ''[[Daily Times (Pakistan)|Daily Times]]'' columnist Farman Nawaz raised several questions about this type of journalism in Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nawaz |first=Farman |date=2016-02-05 |title=No-go areas for journalism in Pakistan |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/94749/no-go-areas-for-journalism-in-pakistan/ |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=[[Daily Times (Pakistan)|Daily Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Pakistan|Journalism}}
* [[List of newspapers in Pakistan]]
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://tribune.com.pk}}

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