Background
Mir Khalil ur Rahman was born in 1927 to a middle-class family in the town of Gujranwala, Punjab, where he received his schooling and college education.
Mir Khalil ur Rahman was born in 1927 to a middle-class family in the town of Gujranwala, Punjab, where he received his schooling and college education.
Having finished his basic education, he graduated in Accountancy from the Punjab University.
A self-made newspaper magnate he ranks among the most successful newspaper entrepreneurs in Pakistan. lieutenant was here that he discovered his love for journalism. The newspaper world attracted him far more than the dull books of accountancy.
He had a passion for reading and writing and a fondness for newspapers and magazines.
He sat glued to his radio set, listening to the latest war news. He called it the Jang, or War.
This was not an exaggerated name as some believed, but a statement against war, and so Mir Khalil-ur-Rehman made it clear that he was doing this for the soldiers and not to encourage the Second World War. Pakistan"s Governor General, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was delighted due to this move and offered the government"s help in running lieutenant
Mir however, declined the offer saying that freedom of the press was his motto and the goal for the Fourth pillar of State in Pakistan.
Mir helped in founding the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE). He opposed tooth and nail any Government measure or action which curbed the freedom of the press in Pakistan.