History
The Gulf Daily News was the first daily English newspaper to be published in Bahrain. It was founded in March 1978 by the Al Hilal Group. Until the publishing of Bahrain Tribune, the paper held the status as Bahrain's only English newspaper.
The paper was created with a focus to provide news to the English-speaking residents of Bahrain, consisting mainly of British, Americans, Filipinos, Indians and Pakistanis. The staff are a mixture of Bahrainis, British, Filipinos and Indians.
Traditionally, the Gulf Daily News was pro-government, but with the political reforms instigated after 2001, it now includes Islamists as well as liberals on its staff. The newspaper has several columnists who write regularly about local issues.
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