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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Gulf Publishing and Printing Company |
Publisher | Abdulla bin Khalifa Al-Attiya |
Editor-in-chief | Faisal Abdulhameed Al-Mudahka |
Editor | K T Chacko |
Founded | 1 June 1978 |
Language | English |
Headquarters | Doha, Qatar |
Sister newspapers | Al Raya |
Website | gulf-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]