The Peninsula, Qatar’s leading newspaper, walked past yet another milestone yesterday in its glorious journey of imparting balanced news and information in Qatar, as the daily celebrated 25 years of publication drawing wide applause from Qatari media leaders, Ambassadors representing different countries and thousands of its valuable readers.
It is a proud and gratifying moment for the entire family of the newspaper under the expert and experienced leadership of the Editor-in-Chief Dr. Khalid Mubarak Al Shafi after serving the country and people with loyalty and carrying news only from reliable sources.
The Peninsula’s launch coincided with the beginning of a new era in Qatar, heralding unprecedented development in all walks of life whether its is economy, education, healthcare, infrastructure, communication, sports, culture or entertainment. Over the past two and a half decades, The Peninsula not only witnessed the progress of the country in its march towards the pinnacle of advancement, but kept the readers abreast with everything that was happening inside the country and the outside world.
The newspaper enlightened its readers about every steps being taken by Qatar such as hosting of the 2006 Asian Games, a first in the region, establishment of Qatar Foundation, which has been extending unparalleled contribution to the education in Qatar for millions of less-privileged children around the world, expansion of Hamad Medical Corporation and Primary Health Care Corporation making available the best treatment available anywhere in the world in Qatar.
Several other developments were also taking place such as the vast reformation in the Labour Law, which has become a model for others to follow, progress in infrastructure, the establishment of Qatar Financial Centre, new world-class international airport, technologically advanced sea ports, fool-proof public transport system, the Doha Metro, the preparations to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup etc to name a few.
As a newspaper catering to the English speakers, introducing the developments in the Arabic speaking world was a determined duty of The Peninsula. The readers always relied on The Peninsula for authentic news reports about Qatar and what was happening in the farthest corners of the world as Qatar is a microcosm of the world hosting people from almost every nationality in the world.
We are proud that we always ensured our readers were served with balanced, reliable and authentic news reports whether from Qatar or from across the world with several pages dedicated to local news and pages covering every country in the world.
