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Gulf Times Qatar is one of the two newspapers published by the Gulf Publishing and Printing Company. The other publication of the Gulf Publishing and Printing Company is Arrayah. Gulf Times Qatar was founded on 1st June, 1978 out of a sense of patriotism felt by the members of the company. Gulf Times Qatar is the incarnation of the aspirations, hopes, dreams, values and principles of Qatar which have their roots deep into the soil of the Gulf and Arab countries.
The Gulf Times in Qatar newspaper is still considered as a cornerstone of the Qatari Information Media reflecting news from abroad and local news with utmost dedication. The two watchwords of The Gulf Times Qatar are accuracy and truth. There are various openings for literary, financial, political, journalistic and artistic writers. Gulf Times Qatar is serving the country and its citizens with utmost sincerity.
Gulf Times Qatar is one among the three English newspapers in the country, the other two being Qatar Tribune and The Peninsula. The Gulf Times Qatar was first published on 10th December, 1978 in the form of a black and white tabloid. Mr. Yousef Kassim Darwish was the erstwhile editor-in-chief. Gulf Times Qatar got transformed into a broadsheet paper in 1995, in the month of December. The newspaper is currently dealing with forty odd pages.
The Gulf Times Qatar dominates the English language market with its 80% shares and is popular chiefly because of the uncensored news reports and events unlike the self-censorship which is so very common to the Gulf region. The distinctive features of the paper is its reports on the criminal cases, negative issues of social concern and other such events as the black marketing in alcohol.
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