list of television channels in Pakistan
This is a list of television channels in Pakistan. There are a variety of Pakistani television channels that offer viewers the chance to enjoy their favorite shows and stay up to date with current news and events. Television in Pakistan was int ...
. There are a variety of Pakistani television channels that offer viewers the chance to enjoy their favorite shows and stay up to date with current news and events. Television in Pakistan was introduced in 1964.
Hum Pashto 1
Hum Pashto 1 is a Pakistani Pashto satellite television station in Pakistan. The channel broadcasts 24 hours a day, providing variety of shows, dubbed Urdu Hum TV dramas to Pashto language and entertainment programs to the Pashtun population of ...
A-Plus Entertainment
''A-Plus TV'' is a Pakistani entertainment TV channel. Its chairman is Abdul Jabbar. It is a major entertainment channel in Pakistan.
A-Plus presents a mix of programs ranging from drama serials, sitcoms, soaps, music shows, reality shows, mo ...
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Aaj Entertainment
() is a 24-hour Pakistani news television channel. It is a privately owned Urdu language TV station which covers national and international news. The channel started out as hybrid channel (news, current affairs and entertainment), but later se ...
ARY Digital
''ARY Digital HD'' () is a Pakistani television network available in Pakistan. ARY Digital was founded by a Dubai-based holding company Pakistani businessman, Abdul Razzak Yaqoob and Salman Iqbal (ARY). The network is focused towards on Pak ...
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ARY Zindagi
ARY Digital Network () is a subsidiary of the ARY Group. The ARY group of companies is a Dubai-based holding company founded by a Pakistani businessman, Haji Abdul Razzak Yaqoob (ARY). The network has a video on demand streaming service called ...
Express Entertainment
The Lakson Group ( ) is a group of companies headquartered in Karachi, Sindh.
History
It was founded in 1954 and is owned by the Lakhani family.
Subsidiaries Listed
* Century Insurance Company Limited, general insurance business
* Centu ...
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Geo Entertainment
''Geo Entertainment'' or Har Pal Geo is a Pakistani entertainment television channel owned by Geo Television Network was established in May 2002. Its test transmission started on 14 August 2002 on the PAS 10 digital satellite whereas on 1 Octob ...
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Geo Kahani
Geo Kahani (Urdu: ) is an entertainment channel of Geo network, broadcasting in Urdu
Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''l ...
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Hum Sitaray
Hum Sitaray is a Pakistani entertainment channel launched by Hum Network Limited on 14 December 2013. It is a major entertainment channel in Pakistan.
History
The channel launched on 14 December 2013 with original programming - this had beco ...
PTV Global
PTV Global is a Pakistani basic cable and satellite television channel by Pakistan Television Corporation that is aired nationwide as well as in Europe and the United States. It broadcasts selected programming from PTV Home, PTV National, PTV ...
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PTV Home
PTV Home HD is a Pakistani free-to-air television channel owned by the Pakistan Television Corporation. It also broadcast as a Terrestrial television.
History
PTV Home started broadcasting on 26 November 1964 in West Pakistan and on 25 Decem ...
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PTV National
PTV National HD is a Pakistani free-to-air television channel owned by the Pakistan Television Corporation
Pakistan Television Corporation (; reporting name: PTV); also known as ''Pakistan Television'', is the Pakistani state-owned br ...
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Urdu 1
Urdu 1 () is an Urdu language entertainment channel based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It airs foreign dramas dubbed in Urdu.
History
Urdu 1 was founded in 2012 to air foreign television shows dubbed in Urdu. It began test transmissions on ...
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ARY Qtv
ARY QTV HD, formerly known as Quran Television (QTV), is a Pakistani television channel with a Sunni Islam belief, that produces programs mainly having focus on the Ahlesunnat wal Jamaat. QTV is part of the ARY Digital Network of Pakistan.
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Haq TV
Haq TV is an Islamic television channel in Pakistan.
Programmes
* ''Talawat-e-Quran-e-Pak''
* ''Durs-e-Quran''
* ''Seerat-e-Sahaba''
* ''Nagina or Aap''
* ''Wilayat TV''
* ''Zouq-e-Naat''
* ''Alhudda International''
* ''Rizwan Siddiqui kay M ...
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Madani Channel
Dawat-e-Islami () is a Sunni Islamic organization based in Pakistan. It has several Islamic educational institutions around the world.
In addition to local charity efforts, Dawat-e-Islami offers online courses in Islamic studies and runs a te ...
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Noor TV
NOOR TV UK (''Noor'' meaning ‘light’ in Arabic) is an Islamic television channel founded by the Islamic Sufi scholar Muhammad Alauddin Siddiqui.
Pir Alauddin Siddiqui founded the channel in 2006. It is part of the Mohiuddin Trust.
Noor ...
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Peace TV Urdu
Peace TV is an Emirati satellite television network that broadcasts free-to-air programming. It is one of the world's largest religious satellite television networks. On 21 January 2006, Zakir Naik created the network, which is based in Dubai.
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News
Balochi news
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VSH News
VSH News HD () was a Baloch cable and satellite news network based in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by populati ...
English news
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PTV World
PTV World is a 24-hour Pakistani English-language international news channel. It is a state-owned channel as a part of Pakistan Television Corporation. The service is also aimed at the overseas market and broadcast through satellite and online ...
Mashriq TV
''Daily Mashriq'' (Pashto: روﺯنامه مشرق) is an Urdu-language daily newspaper published from Peshawar, provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Muhammad Iqbal Khawaja is the current chief editor of the newspaper.
History
''Daily Mas ...
KTN News KTN may refer to:
Television
* KTN (television channel), Pakistan
* Kenya Television Network
* Korean Television Network, a subchannel of WKTB-CD
* Television Nagasaki, Japan
Transport
* Kentish Town station, London, National Rail station code ...
24 Digital
24 Digital HD () is an Urdu language current affairs news television channel based in Lahore, Pakistan, and launched in 2015.92 News
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Aaj News
() is a 24-hour Pakistani news television channel. It is a privately owned Urdu language TV station which covers national and international news. The channel started out as hybrid channel (news, current affairs and entertainment), but later se ...
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ARY News
''ARY News HD'' () is a Pakistani news channel launched on 26 September 2004 with the name "ARY One", the channel was later renamed to "ARY One World" until May 2009 when it was rebranded as "ARY News". A bilingual news channel in English and ...
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BOL News
BOL Network () is a Pakistani TV network based in Karachi. The company's head office is located in Karachi and called Bolistan, and it has regional headquarters in Lahore, Peshawar and Islamabad.
It was founded by Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh. In S ...
Dawn News
Dawn News HD is a Pakistani 24-hour Urdu news channel. Based in Karachi, the station is a subsidiary of Pakistan Herald Publications Limited (PHPL), Pakistan's largest English-language media group.
The test transmission of the station occurr ...
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Dunya News
Dunya News () is a 24-hour Urdu language news and current affairs television channel from Pakistan. It is governed and operated by the National Communication Services (NCS). Its head office is situated at Lahore, Pakistan. Dunya News was found ...
Geo News
Geo News () is a old technology foundation Pakistani news channel owned by the Jang Media Group. It was launched in October 2002 as the news and current affairs program was under its flagship channel Geo TV, which later in 2004, Geo TV decided ...
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Geo Tez
Geo Tez () is a Pakistani pay television news channel that was launched in 2013 by GEO network. It broadcasts in Urdu, and its programming consists of headlines aired every fifteen minutes with a mix of entertainment programs acting as fillers. ...
Hum News
Hum Network Limited () is a Pakistani media company based in Islamabad, Pakistan. It was established in February 2004 by Sultana Siddiqui. It’s also powered by Zee Network.
It is a current member of Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (APBU ...
PTV News
PTV News HD is a 24-hour Urdu News channel owned by the Pakistan Television Corporation. It also broadcast as Terrestrial television. PTV News is a cable and satellite news channel launched in the face of tough international competition. Its ...
Samaa TV
Samaa TV HD () is a Pakistani Urdu language news channel owned by a Pakistani politician, Aleem Khan.
The word 'Samaa' ("سما") is Urdu for 'sky' or 'heaven' (ultimately derived from the Arabic "سماء"). It is broadcast simultaneously f ...
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SUCH TV
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
Defunct channels
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PTV Sports
PTV Sports HD is a 24-hour state-owned sports channel operated by the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV).
PTV Sports was founded as a sports division of the PTV in the 1970s. It was licensed as a stand-alone sports channel in January 2012. ...
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Ten Sports
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The original TEN Sports channel was first establish ...
Children's
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Cartoon Network
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MiniMax
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Pop
Pop or POP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Pop music, a musical genre
Artists
* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade
* Pop! (British group), a UK pop group
* Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band
Album ...
ARY Musik
ARY Musik HD (, formerly The Musik) is a Pakistani pay television music channel, first launched in August 2003 as "The Musik" in Dubai by Salman Iqbal. It is part of the ARY Digital Network. In 2009 its name was changed to "ARY Musik". It featu ...
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Jalwa TV
8XM is a Pakistani music television channel that airs all types of music, old and new, Bollywood, Hollywood and Lollywood songs.
8XM was launched in 2011. It is owned by Media Concepts which also operates Jalwa TV in Pakistan.
See also
* L ...
Food
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Hum Masala
Hum Network Limited () is a Pakistani media company based in Islamabad, Pakistan. It was established in February 2004 by Sultana Siddiqui. It’s also powered by Zee Network.
It is a current member of Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (APBU), A ...
Animal Planet
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Discovery Channel
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It init ...
Hum Sitaray
Hum Sitaray is a Pakistani entertainment channel launched by Hum Network Limited on 14 December 2013. It is a major entertainment channel in Pakistan.
History
The channel launched on 14 December 2013 with original programming - this had beco ...
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Network Television Marketing
Network Television Marketing or ''NTM'' was Pakistan's first private television slot. The company's productions first aired on Peoples TV Network (PTN, later renamed as STN) in 1990. In the 1990s, PTN entered into a three-year agreement with In ...
(Pakistan's first fully private television channel; shut down in 1999)
* The Pakistani Channel (changed its name to
ARY Digital
''ARY Digital HD'' () is a Pakistani television network available in Pakistan. ARY Digital was founded by a Dubai-based holding company Pakistani businessman, Abdul Razzak Yaqoob and Salman Iqbal (ARY). The network is focused towards on Pak ...
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* PTV Prime (changed its name to Prime TV Asia)
* PTV Two (name changed to PTV World in 1998)
* Shalimar Television Network (previously known as PTN, than changed its name to Channel 3 in 2000, replaced by ATV in 2005)
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TV Today
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History
India Today Group was f ...
WB Channel Pakistan
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News
Urdu news
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ARY One World
ARY Digital Network () is a subsidiary of the ARY Group. The ARY group of companies is a Dubai-based holding company founded by a Pakistani businessman, Haji Abdul Razzak Yaqoob (ARY). The network has a video on demand streaming service called A ...
(changed its name to
ARY News
''ARY News HD'' () is a Pakistani news channel launched on 26 September 2004 with the name "ARY One", the channel was later renamed to "ARY One World" until May 2009 when it was rebranded as "ARY News". A bilingual news channel in English and ...
CNBC Pakistan
GNN News HD, commonly known as GNN, is a Pakistani 24-hour news and current affairs channel based in Lahore, Pakistan. It is owned and operated by Gourmet Foods.
It was launched in 2005 as CNBC Pakistan under a license from CNBC Asia Pacific ...
(replaced by Jaag TV and Jaag TV changed to GNN)
* Indus News (shut down in 2012, then an English language news channel)
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PTV World
PTV World is a 24-hour Pakistani English-language international news channel. It is a state-owned channel as a part of Pakistan Television Corporation. The service is also aimed at the overseas market and broadcast through satellite and online ...
(returned in 2012, now an English language news channel)
English news
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Dawn News
Dawn News HD is a Pakistani 24-hour Urdu news channel. Based in Karachi, the station is a subsidiary of Pakistan Herald Publications Limited (PHPL), Pakistan's largest English-language media group.
The test transmission of the station occurr ...
Express 24/7
Express, The Expresss or EXPRESS may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media Film
* '' Express: Aisle to Glory'', a 1998 comedy short film featuring Kal Penn
* '' The Express: The Ernie Davis Story'', a 2008 film starring Dennis Quaid
* The Ex ...
Express Entertainment
The Lakson Group ( ) is a group of companies headquartered in Karachi, Sindh.
History
It was founded in 1954 and is owned by the Lakhani family.
Subsidiaries Listed
* Century Insurance Company Limited, general insurance business
* Centu ...
Geo Tez
Geo Tez () is a Pakistani pay television news channel that was launched in 2013 by GEO network. It broadcasts in Urdu, and its programming consists of headlines aired every fifteen minutes with a mix of entertainment programs acting as fillers. ...
Express 24/7
Express, The Expresss or EXPRESS may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media Film
* '' Express: Aisle to Glory'', a 1998 comedy short film featuring Kal Penn
* '' The Express: The Ernie Davis Story'', a 2008 film starring Dennis Quaid
* The Ex ...
, replaced by
Express Entertainment
The Lakson Group ( ) is a group of companies headquartered in Karachi, Sindh.
History
It was founded in 1954 and is owned by the Lakhani family.
Subsidiaries Listed
* Century Insurance Company Limited, general insurance business
* Centu ...
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Children's
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Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (nicknamed Nick) is an American pay television channel and the flagship property of the Nickelodeon Group, a sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on April 1, 1979, as the first ca ...
Music
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Aag TV
Jang Media Group (), also known as Geo Group, is a Pakistani media conglomerate and a subsidiary of Dubai-based company Independent Media Corporation. It has headquarters in Printing House, Karachi.
It is the publisher of the Urdu language new ...
(replaced by
Geo Kahani
Geo Kahani (Urdu: ) is an entertainment channel of Geo network, broadcasting in Urdu
Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''l ...
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MTV Pakistan
MTV Pakistan was the Pakistani subsidiary of MTV, a cable television network owned by Viacom. The Pakistan franchise was set up in collaboration with Pakistan's first satellite channel media group known as Indus Media Group (Indus TV). ''Ind ...
(replaced by Indus Music)
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The Musik
ARY Musik HD (, formerly The Musik) is a Pakistani pay television music channel, first launched in August 2003 as "The Musik" in Dubai by Salman Iqbal. It is part of the ARY Digital Network. In 2009 its name was changed to "ARY Musik". It featu ...
(replaced by ARY Musik)
* Oxygene TV (shut down in July 2021)
* Play TV (Pakistan) (replaced by Play Max, now known as Play Entertainment)
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VH1 Pakistan
VH1 (originally an initialism for Video Hits One) is an American basic cable television network that launched on January 1, 1985, and is currently owned by the MTV Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global's networks division based in New Yor ...
(shut down in 2009)
Food
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ARY Zauq
ARY Digital Network () is a subsidiary of the ARY Group. The ARY group of companies is a Dubai-based holding company founded by a Pakistani businessman, Haji Abdul Razzak Yaqoob (ARY). The network has a video on demand streaming service called A ...
(replaced by
ARY Zindagi
ARY Digital Network () is a subsidiary of the ARY Group. The ARY group of companies is a Dubai-based holding company founded by a Pakistani businessman, Haji Abdul Razzak Yaqoob (ARY). The network has a video on demand streaming service called ...
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Masala TV
Hum Network Limited () is a Pakistani media company based in Islamabad, Pakistan. It was established in February 2004 by Sultana Siddiqui. It’s also powered by Zee Network.
It is a current member of Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (APBU), A ...
(changed its name to
Hum Masala
Hum Network Limited () is a Pakistani media company based in Islamabad, Pakistan. It was established in February 2004 by Sultana Siddiqui. It’s also powered by Zee Network.
It is a current member of Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (APBU), A ...
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Fashion
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Style 360
Hum Network Limited () is a Pakistani media company based in Islamabad, Pakistan. It was established in February 2004 by Sultana Siddiqui. It’s also powered by Zee Network.
It is a current member of Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (APBU), A ...
Hum Sitaray
Hum Sitaray is a Pakistani entertainment channel launched by Hum Network Limited on 14 December 2013. It is a major entertainment channel in Pakistan.
History
The channel launched on 14 December 2013 with original programming - this had beco ...
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See also
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List of 4K channels in Pakistan
Television in Pakistan started in 1964 and the first live transmission of Pakistan Television began on 26 November 1964, in Lahore.List of music channels in Pakistan
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List of news channels in Pakistan
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
Defunct channels
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References
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