▁and ▁the ▁Da wn ▁Group ▁of ▁Comp an ies ▁began ▁publishing ▁the ▁daily ▁on ▁ 1 6 ▁April ▁ 1 9 7 8 , ▁making ▁it ▁the ▁first ▁English ▁daily ▁in ▁the ▁U AE . ▁The ▁found ing ▁team ▁consisted ▁of ▁Mah m oud ▁Har oon , ▁M uz amm il ▁Ah med , ▁M . J . ▁Z ah edi , ▁Mal col m ▁Pay ne ▁( the ▁first ▁editor - in - ch ief ) ▁and ▁I q bal ▁No orie ▁( in ▁charge ▁of ▁circul ation ). ▁They ▁were ▁soon ▁joined ▁by ▁Patrick ▁Hey land ▁who ▁was ▁in ▁charge ▁of ▁advert ising ▁and ▁promotion . ▁ ▁The ▁Editor ial ▁staff ▁of ▁the ▁paper ▁includes ▁multiple ▁national ities , ▁mostly ▁from ▁the ▁Indian ▁sub cont inent ▁( Ind ia , ▁Pakistan , ▁Bang l adesh ▁and ▁Sri ▁L anka ), ▁but ▁also ▁local ▁Em irat is , ▁other ▁Arab s ▁( not ably ▁Egypt ians , ▁Sy ri ans ▁and ▁Jord ani ans ), ▁Leb an ese , ▁Mex icans , ▁British , ▁Americans ▁and ▁Filip inos . ▁The ▁broad sheet ▁compr ises ▁the ▁general ▁news ▁section , ▁City ▁Times ▁( l ifest yle ▁and ▁entertain ment ), ▁a ▁business ▁section , ▁a ▁sports ▁section , ▁the ▁W K ND ▁magazine , ▁and ▁a ▁class ified s ▁section ▁( B uz zon ). ▁Kh ale ej ▁Times ▁is ▁not ▁aud ited ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁print ▁around ▁ 4 9 , 0 0 0 ▁copies . ▁Additionally , ▁it ▁covers