The first edition of Gulf Times was published on 10 December 1978, as a black-and-white tabloid, under the leadership of Yousef Jassim Darwish, the editor-in-chief of both Gulf Times and later the sister Arabic-language paper Al Raya. The acting Ministry of Information at that time declared and confirmed the formation and the creation of a Qatari-based English newspaper that is now known till this day as ‘Gulf Times’.
The first edition of Gulf Times was published on December 10, 1978, as a black-and-white tabloid. It was launched under the leadership of Yousef Jassim Darwish, who also served as editor-in-chief for both Gulf Times and later Al Raya, the Arabic-language newspaper. The Ministry of Information at that time officially recognized and confirmed the establishment of a Qatari-based English newspaper, which is now known as 'Gulf Times'.