Mir Khalil ur Rahman (19 July 1921 – 25 January 1992) was a Pakistani newspaper editor and founder of the Jang Group of Newspapers, which currently publishes several Urdu and English newspapers in Pakistan. A self-made newspaper magnate, he ranks among the most successful newspaper entrepreneurs of Pakistan.
Early life and education
Mir Khalil ur Rahman was born on 19 July 1921 in Gujranwala, Punjab, the son of Mir Aziz ur Rahman, a businessman, and his wife, a schoolteacher, both immigrants from a Kashmiri business family which migrated from Kashmir Valley to Punjab, due to the economic situation. He received his basic schooling from here as well, though he matriculated from the Fatehpuri Muslim High School in Delhi and eventually went on to receive a degree from the Daryaganj Commercial College, also in Delhi.
In 1935, at age 14, Rahman and his family moved from Gujranwala to New Delhi, now the capital of India. He attended high school here and it was also the place where he discovered his love for journalism. The world of newspapers attracted him far more than the dull books of accounting. He often sat, glued to his radio set, listening to the latest war news.