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562 journalists in Pakistan (September 2026)

562 journalists are on file in Pakistan, 0.4% of the 127,602 on file. 248 are reporters and 185 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

562 Journalists on file
248 Reporters
185 Editors
0.75 Editors per reporter

Pakistan has 0.75 editors on file for every reporter. Across the whole file it is 54,548 editors to 46,013 reporters. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Roles

RoleJournalistsShare in Pakistan
Reporters 248 44.1%
Editors 185 32.9%
Anchors and presenters 57 10.1%
Correspondents 47 8.4%
Columnists 10 1.8%
Other editorial 8 1.4%
News producers 5 0.9%
Critics and reviewers 2 0.4%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

103 of the 562 journalists on file in Pakistan carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Business 12 11.7%
Foreign affairs 12 11.7%
Crime and courts 11 10.7%
Politics 7 6.8%
Entertainment 7 6.8%
Sports 6 5.8%
Finance and markets 6 5.8%
Investigative 6 5.8%
Climate and environment 6 5.8%
Technology 6 5.8%
AI 4 3.9%
Economics 3 2.9%

A share is printed only when the country's titled rows reach 40. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Outlets in Pakistan

OutletTypeJournalists in PakistanAll journalists on file
Such TV Broadcasters 59 64
The Nation Magazines 35 103
Asbury Park Press Newspapers 30 72
Urdupoint.Com Online outlets 30 34
Daily Express Newspapers 27 207
Media General Broadcasters 19 231
AFP Wire agencies 18 865
BBC Broadcasters 17 3,935
Daily the Nation Newspapers 11 12
Voice of America Broadcasters 10 327
Deutsche Welle Broadcasters 9 732
The Daily Times Newspapers 9 34
Channel 5 Broadcasters 7 67
The New York Times Newspapers 7 2,168
PA Media Wire agencies 7 309
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Broadcasters 7 264
Bloomberg Online outlets 5 1,785
Channel 24 Broadcasters 5 126
CNBC Broadcasters 5 372
CNN Broadcasters 5 1,030

Ranked by the journalists on file whose own profile is in Pakistan, which is not the same as the outlet's country. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

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JournalistLabs, 562 journalists in Pakistan, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/pakistan/.

Base: 127,602 journalists on file. Method: https://journalistlabs.com/method/.

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