The Karachi Press Club , is an association of primarily news journalists, but also includes academics, business people and members of the public service, and is located at Karachi

Karachi

Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...

, Sindh

Sindh

Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...

, Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. KPC was the first press club of Pakistan. Its first election was held in 1958, I.H. Burney was the first President of the KPC.

Established in December 1958 by a group of enthusiastic journalists in a Victorian style bungalow on what was then the "Ingle Road" and now Sarwar Shaheed Road, KPC has today more than 900 members and plays a vital role in the democratic struggle in general and the struggle for press freedom in particular. The KPC is housed in a double-story building and is a majestic heritage monument. The ground floor comprises the main hall where press conferences and functions with large audiences are held. The upper floor houses a well-stocked library, a committee room, and a TV lounge. There is also ample room for carom board and chess enthusiasts, a card room, and even a small bar.

The club is proud to have luminaries such as Prince Karim Aga Khan, scientist and Nobel laureate Prof. Dr Abdus Salam

Abdus Salam

Mohammad Abdus Salam, NI, SPk Mohammad Abdus Salam, NI, SPk Mohammad Abdus Salam, NI, SPk (Urdu: محمد عبد السلام, pronounced , (January 29, 1926– November 21, 1996) was a Pakistani theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics for his work on the electroweak unification of the...

, Prof. Dr Saleemuzzaman Siddiqui

Salimuzzaman Siddiqui

Salimuzzaman Siddiqui , HI, MBE, SI, D.Phil., FPAS, FRS. was a leading Pakistani scientist in Natural Product Chemistry. He is credited for pioneering the isolation of unique chemical compounds from the Neem , Rauwolfia, and various other flora. As the founder director of H.E.J...

, Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Faiz Ahmad Faiz was a Pakistani intellectual, poet, and one of the most famous poets of the Urdu language. He was a member of the Anjuman Tarraqi Pasand Mussanafin-e-Hind and an avowed Marxist. In 1962, he was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize by the Soviet Union...

, Alys Faiz

Alys Faiz

Alys Faiz was a British-born naturalized Pakistani poet, writer, journalist, human rights activist, social worker and teacher....

, Habib Jalib

Habib Jalib

Habib Jalib was a Pakistani revolutionary poet. A left-wing activist and politician, he was a staunch democrat who opposed martial law, authoritarianism and state oppression.-Early life:...

, Ahmed Faraz

Ahmed Faraz

Ahmad Faraz born Syed Ahmad Shah on January 14, 1931, in Kohat, was a Pakistani Urdu poet. He was considered one of the greatest modern Urdu poets of the last century. Faraz is his pseudonym 'takhalus'...

, Josh Maleehabadi

Josh Malihabadi

Josh Malihabadi was a noted Urdu poet born in British India, who was an Indian citizen until 1958, when he emigrated to Pakistan and became a Pakistani citizen...

, Jahangir Khan

Jahangir Khan

Jahangir Khan, HI, is a former World No. 1 professional squash player from Pakistan, who is considered by many to be the greatest player in the history of the game. During his career he won the World Open six times and the British Open a record ten times...

, Imran Khan

Imran Khan

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, and Javed Miandad

Javed Miandad

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, and Air Marshal (retd) Noor Khan

Nur Khan

Air Marshal Malik Nur Khan, HJ, HS, HQA, SPk was the Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Air Force from 1965 to 1969. Considered the hero of the 1965 air war - the man who led the Pakistan air force achieve parity over the three times bigger Indian air force on the very first day of the 1965 war - a...

were among the first members on this roll of honor.

Karachi Press Club's annual elections were held in December 2009 in which Imtiaz Khan Faran was elected as President and A.H. Khanzada as Secretary. The other office bearers included Aamir Latif (Vice President), Abid Hussain (Joint Secretary), Shaikh Mahmood Mian (Treasurer). Following Members of Governing Body was also elected: Ahmed Khan Malik, Ajiz Jamali, Asif Jaija, Hina Mahgul Rind, Kamran Razi, Shams Keerio, Zabe Azkar Hussain.

Last year Karachi Press Club celebrated its golden jubilee. In this connection many programmes were held. The new Governing Body is planning many events in this connection.