Gulf Times

Gulf Times
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Gulf Publishing and Printing Company
PublisherAbdulla bin Khalifa Al-Attiya
Editor-in-chiefFaisal Abdulhameed Al-Mudahka
EditorK T Chacko
Founded1 June 1978
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersDoha, Qatar
Sister newspapersAl Raya
Websitegulf-times.com

The Gulf Times newspaper has been founded in 1978 as the first publication of the Gulf Publishing and Printing Company in the capital city of Qatar, Doha (or ad-Dawhah).[1][2] It is one of three English language newspapers in the country (the others being The Peninsula [1995] and the Qatar Tribune [2006]). It is published by Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah, the former deputy prime minister and the former head of the Emir's court. The current chairman of Gulf Times is Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Attiya, while the editor-in-chief is Faisal Abdulhameed al-Mudahka making the editor in charge K T Chacko.[3]

  1. ^ Guardian Staff (5 February 2002). "World news guide: Middle East". The Guardian.
  2. ^ "About Us". Gulf Times. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  3. ^ "About Us". Gulf-Times (in Arabic).