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.

Contents

Current channels

ChannelsLanguage(s)LaunchedHeadquartersRefs
24 Digital 2015
Aik News September 2024 [1]
92 News 6 February 2015 [2]
Aaj News 23 March 2005 Karachi [3]
Abb Takk News 19 April 2013 [4]
ARY News 26 September 2004 [5]
BOL News 25 December 2016 [6]
Channel ۵ (5) 2008 Lahore [7]
City 41 6 June 2016 Faisalabad [8]
City 42 2008 Lahore [9]
Dawn News 25 May 2007 Karachi [10]
Dunya News 1 December 2008 Lahore [11]
Express News 1 January 2008 Karachi [12]
Geo News May 2002 [13]
GNN 14 August 2018 [14]
Hum News 11 May 2018 Islamabad [15]
Indus News English November 2018Lahore [16]
KTN News Sindhi, Urdu October 2007 Karachi
Khyber News Pashto, Urdu August 2007 Islamabad [17]
Lahore News Urdu, Punjabi 1 February 2017 Lahore [18]
PTV News Urdu 14 August 2007 Islamabad [19]
PTV World English 29 January 2013 [20]
Public News Urdu 24 June 2018Lahore [21]
Rohi Urdu, Saraiki May 27, 2017 Multan
Samaa TV Urdu 8 December 2007 Karachi [22]
Sindh TV Sindhi, Urdu October 2004 Karachi [23]
Such TV 23 March 2010 Islamabad [24]
VSH News Balochi, Urdu 2004 Karachi [25]

Defunct channels

ChannelsLanguage(s)LaunchedClosedHeadquartersRefs
Business Plus Urdu & English July 2004April 2018 Karachi [26] [27]
Express 24/7 English5 February 20092019 [28]
Waqt News Urdu 200729 October 2018 Lahore [29]
Indus News English 20182021 Lahore

See also

References

  1. ↑ "AIk News is the fastest growing satellite TV Channel of Pakistan. It is your trusted source for the latest news and insightful analysis from around the globe". AIK News. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "About Us". 92 News HD Plus. 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. ↑ "ARY News".
  6. ↑ "BOL Network boss promises biggest ever corporate launch – Journalism Pakistan". www.journalismpakistan.com. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  7. ↑ "Cabinet expertise comptable Antibes". channel-5.tv (in French). Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  8. ↑ "City 41".
  9. ↑ "City42 | Lahore's First & Only City Specific News Channel". City 42 (in Urdu). Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  10. ↑ "Dawn News Live Stream | Tv.com.pk". dawnnews.tv.com.pk. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  11. ↑ Ali, Umer (29 March 2018). "Faking news: The dark side of news media". Herald Magazine. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  12. ↑ Dawn.com (2 July 2012). "Express Media Group". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  13. ↑ Dawn.com (20 June 2014). "Pemra suspends Geo Entertainment, ARY News licenses". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  14. ↑ Bukhari, Muhammad Faran (7 May 2018). "Food 'giant' Gourmet set to launch TV channel". Profit by Pakistan Today. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  15. ↑ 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.
  16. ↑ "Aftab Iqbal to Open his Own News Channel". Research Snipers. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  17. ↑ "Home". Khyber News -Official Website. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  18. ↑ "Lahore News" (in Urdu).
  19. ↑ "PTV News".
  20. ↑ Naz, Ali. "PTV World English News Channel by Pakistan Television Corporation" . Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  21. ↑ Mediabites (23 May 2018). "Yousaf Baig Mirza Set To Launch New Broadcast News Channel for the Public". MediaBites. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  22. ↑ Dawn.com (26 June 2012). "Samaa TV". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  23. ↑ "Daily Times". Daily Times. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  24. ↑ "Sachal TV logo replaced with SUCH TV". www.suchtv.pk. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  25. ↑ "VSH News". VSH News (in Urdu). Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  26. ↑ "Business Plus TV - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  27. ↑ "Media Times, the Taseer-owned media conglomerate, consider selling off their TV channels". Profit by Pakistan Today. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  28. ↑ Mediabites (7 January 2019). "Express Group's English News Channel, Tribune 24/7 Shuts Down". MediaBites. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  29. ↑ Ashar, Najia (18 February 2020). "Journalism today". Dawn . Retrieved 26 July 2022.
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