The Statesman English newspaper is one of the oldest newspapers of Pakistan. The original copies of the paper date back to before the independence of Pakistan and India. After the separation, the Statesman news paper was divided into two parts. One went to India and one to Pakistan.Although not published country wide these days, The Statesman news paper largely operates from Peshawar, Pakistan and also publishes in Islamabad, Lahore, and Karachi. The Statesman has become a sister newspaper of Daily Mashriq, an Urdu newspaper in Pakistan.