In 1947, senior "Dawn" staff led by Altaf Husain set off for Karachi to launch a local edition starting 15 August 1947. "Dawn" regularly carries syndicated articles from western newspapers like "The Independent", "The Guardian", the "Los Angeles Times" and "The Washington Post". On Sundays, the weekend advertiser carries three sections namely "Ad Buzz", "Career", and "Real Estate". On 19 May 2011, Dawn Media Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, for the exclusive first use in Pakistan of all the secret US diplomatic cables related to political and other developments in the country. An announcement printed in the newspaper and posted on the website read:  A "Dawn" staffer's story, "Act against militants or face international isolation, civilians tell military", became a big scandal due to which Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid resigned from his post, following a preliminary investigation established a 'lapse' on his part vis-à-vis the publication of the 'planted' story.