Dear Readers,
As we complete 9 years of sustained publication and step into the 10th year of existence, we look forward with excitement and energy. We are ready for the leaning the curve that the changing technology of the “now” generation will demand of us. This is a big challenge but we believe that challenges often become opportunities for institutions to grow fast and strong. Our valued readers have acknowledged the fact that on each occasion we have integrated the new with the old and converted it into a win-win situation for the readers by providing them the latest news, views and visuals and for us by garnering readership. We find that the explosion of news and views on every new platform——24×7 live TV, Internet news sites, face book, twitter, blogs and online comments—–has only helped makes newspapers more relevant. Readers depend on newspapers to make sense of all the cacophony, filter and present the fragmented picture in a sober and fuller manner. TV depends on the print medium to promote its programs. Online achievement and apps benefit from the newspaper coverage. We can say with quite pride that when something goes viral in Kashmir, the readers learn of it through “The Kashmir Horizon”. Since last 9 years “The Kashmir Horizon” has retained its position as fast growing newspaper in Jammu & Kashmir state and this 8 year old English daily launched on the slogan “Newspaper that envisions people’s empowerment” has grown stronger as the “people’s paper” month after month and year after year. I was fortunate enough to draw inspiration from my father late Syed Bashir Ahmed Bukhari for launching an English daily under the title “The Kashmir Horizon” and on the slogan “Newspaper that envisions peoples empowerment with a commitment to make this newspaper “Witness to Change” and too in a conflict zone like Kashmir. As the scenarios change and evolve in Jammu & Kashmir state, “The Team Kashmir Horizon” is trying to translate its slogan “newspaper that envisions people’s empowerment “into a reality.
We are entertaining but we are importantly “witness to change” and while committing that “The Kashmir Horizon” is a newspaper which envisions peoples’ empowerment, we try our best to give voice to voiceless. In all ways we are driven by the interests of our readers. On the eve of completing eight years of sustained publication we reassure our readers that we will never compromise editorial integrity under commercial pressures.
While strictly trying to remain “witness to change” the credibility of our reports and opinion columns helped us to build a broad and loyal readership across Jammu & Kashmir state. Our reporters report without fear or favour. We weigh facts and try our best to provide readers with accurate and reliable information in a context that empowers them. We are entertaining but we are importantly “witness to change” and while committing that “The Kashmir Horizon” is a newspaper which envisions peoples’ empowerment, we try our best to give voice to voiceless. In all ways we are driven by the interests of our readers. On the eve of completing eight years of sustained publication we reassure our readers that we will never compromise editorial integrity under commercial pressures. The fascinating 8 year long journey of “The Kashmir Horizon” has made it a household companion across Kashmir, yet this is only the beginning. We look forward to the journey ahead with the continuing affection and support of our readers. Lastly I compliment the editorial and management teams of “The Kashmir Horizon” for their untiring efforts in taking this English daily “The Kashmir Horizon” to the doorsteps of our valued readers every morning without fail. Thank you all on the eve of eight years of the sustained publication of the English Daily “The Kashmir Horizon”. No better occasion than the completion of eight years of the sustained publication of the English Daily “The Kashmir Horizon” can be for me to convey it to our valued readers that we treasure the relationship we couldn’t have done without each and every one of you and hope that the untiring efforts of “The team Kashmir Horizon” will be encouraged in future also to lift this newspaper to new horizons in Jammu & Kashmir state.
Shafqat Bukhari
Editor-In-Chief
