Amol Rajan national newspaper when his "Independent" appointment was announced, although that claim has also been made on behalf of Rachel Beer. His predecessor as editor of "The Independent", Chris Blackhurst, became Group Content Director. When "The Independent" proprietor Evgeny Lebedev announced a move to digital-only in February 2016, with the imminent closure of the print edition, it emerged that Rajan would remain with the company to help facilitate the change in direction. His role as editor-at-large for "The Independent" website ended after he was appointed as the BBC's first Media Editor in November 2016, and he assumed his new post on
Daily Pakistan Daily Pakistan The Daily Pakistan () is a daily newspaper in Pakistan, published both in Urdu language and in English. Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Shami is its chief editor. "Daily Pakistan" is currently published from Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Multan and Peshawar simultaneously. This Lahore-based daily was started in December 1990. During Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's regime, Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Shami suffered hardships and was put behind the bars. Prior to taking over "Daily Pakistan", he was Editor-in-Chief of the "Weekly Zindagi", Lahore. He also served as President, Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors in 2002. The newspaper is known for its writer Hamid Mir who interviewed Osama