List of news channels in Pakistan

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This is a list of news channels in Pakistan. These are Pakistani general, business and defunct news channels with their headquarters, launched year, closed year and languages arranged alphabetically.

Current channels[edit]

Channels Language(s) Launched Headquarters Refs
7 News Urdu 2016 Lahore [1]
24 Digital 2015
92 News 6 February 2015 [2]
Aaj News 23 March 2005 Karachi [3]
Abb Takk News 19 April 2013 [4]
Apna News 14 October 2004 [5]
ARY News 26 September 2004 [6]
BOL News 25 December 2016 [7]
Capital TV 10 April 2013 Islamabad [8]
Channel ۵ (5) 2008 Lahore [9]
City 41 6 June 2016 Faisalabad [10]
City 42 2008 Lahore [11]
DAWN News 25 May 2007 Karachi [12]
Dunya News 1 December 2008 Lahore [13]
Express News 1 January 2008 Karachi [14]
Geo News May 2002 [15]
GNN 14 August 2018 [16]
GTV Network 30 August 2018 [17]
Hum News 11 May 2018 Islamabad [18]
Indus News English November 2018 Lahore [19]
KTN News Sindhi, Urdu October 2007 Karachi
Khyber News Pashto, Urdu August 2007 Islamabad [20]
Lahore News Urdu 1 February 2017 Lahore [21]
News One 27 November 2007 Karachi [22]
PTV News Urdu 14 August 2007 Islamabad [23]
PTV World English 29 January 2013 [24]
Public News Urdu 24 June 2018 Lahore [25]
Rohi Urdu May 27, 2017 Multan
Samaa TV Urdu 8 December 2007 Karachi [26]
Sindh TV Sindhi, Urdu October 2004 Karachi [27]
SUCH TV 23 March 2010 Islamabad [28]
VSH News Balochi, Urdu 2004 Karachi [29]

Defunct channels[edit]

Channels Language(s) Launched Closed Headquarters Refs
Business Plus Urdu & English July 2004 April 2018 Karachi [30][31]
Express 24/7 English 5 February 2009 2019 [32]
Waqt News Urdu 2007 29 October 2018 Lahore [33]
Punjab TV Punjabi 2007 2019
Aap News Urdu 2018 2020 Islamabad [34]
Indus News English 2018 2021 Lahore

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "7 News".
  2. ^ "About Us | 92 News HD". 19 June 2015. Archived from the original on 19 June 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Aaj.TV " Television " News and Media " Dmoz Pakistan::Pakistan Web Directory". dmoz.pk. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Abb Takk News". pakistan.mom-rsf.org. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Apna TV Network". 25 July 2011. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  6. ^ "ARY News".
  7. ^ "BOL Network boss promises biggest ever corporate launch – Journalism Pakistan". www.journalismpakistan.com. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  8. ^ Rahman, Anjum N; Khan, Gulraiz (5 May 2013). "Blurred vision: Where is Pakistani television headed?". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Cabinet expertise comptable Antibes". channel-5.tv (in French). Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  10. ^ "City 41".
  11. ^ "City42 | Lahore's First & Only City Specific News Channel". City 42 (in Urdu). Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Dawn News Live Stream | Tv.com.pk". dawnnews.tv.com.pk. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  13. ^ Ali, Umer (29 March 2018). "Faking news: The dark side of news media". Herald Magazine. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  14. ^ Dawn.com (2 July 2012). "Express Media Group". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  15. ^ Dawn.com (20 June 2014). "Pemra suspends Geo Entertainment, ARY News licenses". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  16. ^ Bukhari, Muhammad Faran (7 May 2018). "Food 'giant' Gourmet set to launch TV channel". Profit by Pakistan Today. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  17. ^ writer, Copy (31 August 2018). "GTV News Channel Launched". Pakistan Media Updates. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  18. ^ Tirmizi, Farooq (14 August 2019). "How Hum Networks rose to become one of the biggest names in Pakistani entertainment". Profit by Pakistan Today. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  19. ^ "Aftab Iqbal to Open his Own News Channel". Research Snipers. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  20. ^ "Home". Khyber News -Official Website. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  21. ^ "Lahore News" (in Urdu).
  22. ^ "iPage". www.newsonetv.tv. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  23. ^ "PTV News".
  24. ^ Naz, Ali. "PTV World English News Channel by Pakistan Television Corporation". Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  25. ^ Mediabites (23 May 2018). "Yousaf Baig Mirza Set To Launch New Broadcast News Channel for the Public". MediaBites. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  26. ^ Dawn.com (26 June 2012). "Samaa TV". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  27. ^ "Daily Times". Daily Times. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  28. ^ "Sachal TV logo replaced with SUCH TV". www.suchtv.pk. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  29. ^ "VSH News". VSH News (in Urdu). Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  30. ^ "Business Plus TV - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  31. ^ "Media Times, the Taseer-owned media conglomerate, consider selling off their TV channels". Profit by Pakistan Today. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  32. ^ Mediabites (7 January 2019). "Express Group's English News Channel, Tribune 24/7 Shuts Down". MediaBites. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  33. ^ Ashar, Najia (18 February 2020). "Journalism today". Dawn. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  34. ^ "Malik Riaz shuts down Aap News channel over 'legal, technical reasons'". Dawn. 11 April 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
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