Newspapers are the records we can check to see what was occurring in the world at a certain time. Have a look at some rare vintage newspaper fronts from Pakistan’s early years. See for yourself what was happening back then.
1. Marking the birth of Pakistan
2. New York Times covering the birth of Pakistan – 1947
3. Celebrating Pakistan’s First Anniversary – Dawn
4. Dawn reporting the death of Quaid-i-Azam
5. Jang Newspaper covering Fatimah Jinnah’s speech on the anniversary of Jinnah’s death
6. Dawn Newspaper marks Pakistan’s 2nd year of Independence
7. Pakistan’s 2nd Independence Day Anniversary covered by Dawn
8. Life Magazine covering US President Eisenhower’s trip to Karachi – 1959
9. Coverage of the 1965 war of Pakistan and India
10. Daily Jang Newspaper coverage of the 1965 war
11. Death of Fatimah Jinnah
12. Dawn Newspaper coverage of the War in 1971
13. Dawn Newspaper – Marking the change of power in Pakistan
14. Capturing Bhutto’s walk out from the UN – 1971
15. Front page – Martial Law Proclaimed by General Zia
Media at its finest.
