Zaffar Abbas is a Pakistani journalist who has been the editor of Pakistan's English-language daily ''

Dawn Dawn is the time that marks the beginning of twilight before sunrise. It is recognized by the diffuse sky radiation, appearance of indirect sunlight being Rayleigh scattering, scattered in Earth's atmosphere, when the centre of the Sun's disc ha ...

'', since October 2010.

Career

Abbas started his journalism career in 1981 with '' The Star'' after joining the

Dawn Media Group Pakistan Herald Limited, commonly known as the Dawn Media Group, is a Pakistani media company based in Karachi, Sindh. It publishes the ''Dawn'' newspaper and operates a TV channel, radio stations and websites. It is a listed member of All Pa ...

. Between 1984 and 1992, in addition to ''The Star'', he also reported for the

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as a correspondent. In 1988, he joined '' The Herald'' as senior reporter and went on to become its special correspondent in 1992 and then as its Bureau Chief. He has also worked for BBC as a correspondent in Islamabad and Karachi for about 16 years. Abbas joined ''Dawn'' as the resident editor for its Islamabad edition in 2006. From June 2010, he served as Editor-designated for ''Dawn'' before assuming the charge as its 5th Editor in October 2010, replacing Abbas Nasir. In 2015, Abbas was elected first chairman of Editors for Safety. ''

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'' refer Abbas as a respected political journalist. In April 2017, Abbas's name was referred to the

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due to his involvement in Dawn leaks by the Prime Minister's Office. In November 2019, he was awarded the 2019 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award by the

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(CPJ).

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