Paigham TV

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Paigham TV
پیغام ٹی وی
Country Pakistan
HeadquartersLahore
Programming
Picture format 576i (SDTV 16:9, 4:3),
1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerPaigham Communications Limited
History
Launched26 August 2011
Links
Website paigham.tv
YouTube Channel

Paigham TV is an Saudi-funded Islamic channel in Pakistan. [1] It was launched as an Urdu language TV channel in 2011 by Imam al-Kabah Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais and later in Pashto in 2014. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Jaffrelot, Christophe; Louër, Laurence (2017). Pan-Islamic Connections: Transnational Networks Between South Asia and the Gulf. Oxford University Press. p. 240. ISBN   9780190862985. Besides Ahl-i-Hadith and sectarian groups, Saudis are using other, more benign transnational conduits, like TV channels, to exert their influence. In Pakistan, Paigham TV (broadcast in Urdu and Pashto) is a case in point. It was inaugurated in 2011 by Abdul Rahman Ibn Abdul Aziz as-Sudais, the imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca.
  2. "قرآن و سنت کا پیغام". Daily Pakistan . 27 January 2021.