Kawish Television Network

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Kawish Television Network
Country Pakistan
Headquarters Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Programming
Picture format(1080i 16:9, MPEG-4, HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerKawish Television Network
Sister channels KTN News
Kashish Television Network
History
Launched1 October 2002;23 years ago (2002-10-01)
Links
Website www.ktntv.tv

Kawish Television Network (KTN) is the first private Sindhi TV channel in Pakistan. [1] It is the most-watched private Sindhi-language general entertainment television channel worldwide. The channel is part of the Kawish Group. [2]

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History

The channel was founded by Muhammad Aslam Kazi in 2002 and started with 6 hours of transmission. [3] It has now grown from a small regional-language channel to the leading satellite channel of Pakistan, broadcasting 24 hours a day to areas of South Asia, Middle, and Far East Asia. It also started the first-ever music channel in the Sindhi language, Kashish TV. After that, in October 2007, KTN News started airing, covering news, current affairs programs, talk shows, documentaries, and reports.

KTN Group

The Sindhi-language newspaper, Daily Kawish, is also part of the same group.

Revolution

KTN has also brought a revolution in regional-language channels in Pakistan and has given rise to other Sindhi and regional-language channels in the near past.

It also brought a new wave and genre of shows in the regional and Sindhi television world with a new show titled " Kuch Reh Jeewiyal Pall ", which is doing very well and has gathered high audience interest. This show completed 100 episodes on Friday, 4 May 2007, which in itself is a landmark in the Sindhi television industry.

KTN currently has established its mark in the 6-6:30 pm time slot with a daily show, Alif Laila, based on the famous Arabian Nights.

Attack on Staff

Munir Ahmed Sangi, [4] a cameraman for KTN, was shot while covering a gunfight between members of the Unar and Abro tribes in the town of Larkana, Sindh in 2006. [5]

In 2020, Aziz Memon, a journalist for KTN and Sindhi-language Daily Kawish was found dead with wire tied around his neck. He had been threatened by a local politician. [6] [7]

See also

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdefCBR9AHOFr0EZ28mCa3w

References

  1. ↑ Sindh: Past, Present & Future : Research Papers. The Herald. 2007. p. 123.
  2. ↑ "Kawish Group". pakistan.mom-rsf.org.
  3. ↑ "The Kazi Family". pakistan.mom-rsf.org.
  4. ↑ State of Human Rights in Pakistan. Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. 2006.
  5. ↑ "In Pakistan, cameraman killed while covering tribal violence". Committee to Protect Journalists. 30 May 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "Aziz Memon / IFJ". www.ifj.org. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  7. ↑ Aziz, Abdul (17 February 2020). "Journalist found dead in Mehrabpur". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 8 December 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2025.


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