The Teenager (Pakistan)

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The Teenager, Pakistan is a youth magazine published from Karachi, Pakistan since August 1969. Headed by Mrs. Masudah M. Ahmad as its Chief Editor since its inception, The Teenager has very frequently been the only English-language media outlet for young people in Pakistan. Currently the Editor from Lahore for The Teenager is Nosheen Fatima Abbas, also the Youth Representative of Pakistan to the Commonwealth Youth Programme. It has served as a nursery for journalists, some of whom are now in senior positions around the world. Editors and journalists have included Gul Hameed Bhatti (later editor of Cricketer (magazine) and The News International, Pakistan, and considered an authority on Cricket statistics), Riaz Mansoori (later Chief Editor and publisher of Women's Own, Cricketer (magazine), etc.) , Kamal H. Siddiqi (currently city desk editor for The News International, Pakistan in Karachi), Hasan I. Jafri (currently Bureau Chief, Dow Jones Wire Services, Kuala Lumpur), Pervez Nader Shah, Shazia Siddiqi, Saba Shah (currently with the VOA's new Urdu TV services), Sabahat I. Ashraf, and others.