Zaffar Abbas

Zaffar Abbas is a Pakistani journalist who has been the editor of Pakistan's English-language newspaper Dawn, since October 2010.

Career Abbas started his journalism career in 1981 with The Star after joining the Dawn Media Group.

Abbas joined Dawn as the resident editor for its Islamabad edition in 2006.

In 2015, Abbas was elected first chairman of Editors for Safety. The New York Times refer to Abbas as a respected political journalist.

In April 2017, Abbas's name was referred to the All Pakistan Newspapers Society due to his involvement in Dawn leaks by the Prime Minister's Office.

In November 2019, he was awarded the 2019 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).