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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

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

Defunct channels

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Channels Language(s) Launched Closed Headquarters Refs
Business Plus Urdu & English July 2004 April 2018 Karachi [22][23]
Express 24/7 English 5 February 2009 2019 [24]
Waqt News Urdu 2007 29 October 2018 Lahore [25]
Indus News English November 2018 14 September 2021

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "About Us". 92 News HD Plus. 19 June 2015. Archived from the original on 19 June 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Aaj.TV " Television " News and Media " Dmoz Pakistan::Pakistan Web Directory". dmoz.pk. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Abb Takk News". pakistan.mom-rsf.org. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  4. ^ "ARY News".
  5. ^ "BOL Network boss promises biggest ever corporate launch – Journalism Pakistan". www.journalismpakistan.com. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Cabinet expertise comptable Antibes". channel-5.tv (in French). Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Dawn News Live Stream | Tv.com.pk". dawnnews.tv.com.pk. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  8. ^ Ali, Umer (29 March 2018). "Faking news: The dark side of news media". Herald Magazine. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  9. ^ Dawn.com (2 July 2012). "Express Media Group". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  10. ^ Dawn.com (20 June 2014). "Pemra suspends Geo Entertainment, ARY News licenses". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  11. ^ Bukhari, Muhammad Faran (7 May 2018). "Food 'giant' Gourmet set to launch TV channel". Profit by Pakistan Today. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Aftab Iqbal to Open his Own News Channel". Research Snipers. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Home". Khyber News -Official Website. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  14. ^ "Lahore News" (in Urdu).
  15. ^ "PTV News".
  16. ^ Naz, Ali. "PTV World English News Channel by Pakistan Television Corporation". Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  17. ^ Mediabites (23 May 2018). "Yousaf Baig Mirza Set To Launch New Broadcast News Channel for the Public". MediaBites. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  18. ^ Dawn.com (26 June 2012). "Samaa TV". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  19. ^ "Daily Times". Daily Times. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  20. ^ "Sachal TV logo replaced with SUCH TV". www.suchtv.pk. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  21. ^ "VSH News". VSH News (in Urdu). Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  22. ^ "Business Plus TV - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  23. ^ "Media Times, the Taseer-owned media conglomerate, consider selling off their TV channels". Profit by Pakistan Today. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  24. ^ Mediabites (7 January 2019). "Express Group's English News Channel, Tribune 24/7 Shuts Down". MediaBites. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  25. ^ Ashar, Najia (18 February 2020). "Journalism today". Dawn. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
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