Aaj News
Country | Pakistan |
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Headquarters | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Urdu |
Picture format | |
Ownership | |
Owner | Business Recorder Group |
Sister channels | Aaj Entertainment |
History | |
Launched | 23 March 2005 |
Links | |
Website | aaj |
Availability | |
IPTV | |
PTCL Smart TV (Pakistan) | 004 |
Aaj News (Urdu: آج نیوز, lit. 'Today 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 separated its entertainment programming to sister channel, Aaj Entertainment, and became a news channel.[1][2][3]
History[]
Aaj News was initially started on 23 March 2005 by Recorder Television Network, subsidiary of Business Recorder Group.[4]
The Business Recorder Group is the parent company of Business Recorder newspaper and Apex Printery, the only non-government organization to print financial and legal papers in Pakistan.[citation needed]
On 22 April 2007, PEMRA served a show-cause notice to Aaj News, for violating the 2002 PEMRA Ordinance by airing news and talk shows on an issue pending with the Supreme Judicial Council and unable to present a NOC from the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.[5]
On 23 March 2009, Aaj News was converted into a 24-hours news channel.[6] The Recorder Television Network comprises Aaj News and Aaj Entertainment.[7]
Notable programmes[]
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Currently programmes[]
- AAJ Pakistan with Sidra Iqbal
- AAJ Rana Mubashir Kay Saath
- AAJ Islam with
- Faisla Aap Ka with Asma Shirazi
- Gol Gapain
- Meri Jadojehad
- Rubaru
- Spotlight
- Sawal Hai Pakistan Ka
- Target
- Tax Aur Aap
- View 360 (VOA)
Formerly Progammes[]
- Late Night Show With Begum Nawazish Ali
- 3 Idiots
- 4 Man Show
- Chandini
- Choki no. 420
- Jalebi
- Kuch Hai
- News, Views & Confused (a satirical comedy, hosted by Fasi Zaka)[8]
- The Real Show
- Kiran Aur George
- Kahani Ke Pechay
- Living Room
- Live With Javed Ahmed Ghamidi
- Perspectives
- Islamabad Tonight
- Bottom Line
- Bureau Report
- Bolta Pakistan
- Cross Current
- Dus With Sana Bucha
- AAJ With Reham Khan
- Off The Record
- Live With Talat Hussain
- Zero Point
Drama series[]
- Aaj Ki Kahanian
- Chandini
- Kuch Hai
- Phir Youn Love Hua
- Qissa-e-Ulfat
- Suraj Girhan
- Sultanat
- Sooli
- Shikast
- TV3 Karachi
Sitcoms[]
- Hera Pheri & Co
- Hum Shadi Nahin Karo Gay
- Mirch Masala
- Urban Desi
Foreign programmes[]
- Angel
- Beverly Hills, 90210
- Dark Angel
- Guinness World Records Primetime
- Monk
- My Wife and Kids
- Techno Games
- Top Gear
Children series[]
See also[]
- List of Pakistani television stations
- List of news channels in Pakistan
- Rashid Mehmood (Director News)
- News, Views & Confused
References[]
- ^ Taliban attack Pakistan's Aaj TV station in Karachi BBC News website, Published 26 June 2012, Retrieved 3 June 2018
- ^ Pakistan media condemn attack on teenage activist BBC News website, Published 10 October 2012, Retrieved 3 June 2018
- ^ Pakistani media demand action over airport attack BBC News website, Published 10 June 2014, Retrieved 3 June 2018
- ^ "Blurred vision: Where is Pakistani television headed? - The Express Tribune". 5 May 2013.
- ^ "Pemra serves notice on TV channel". DAWN.COM. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "Aaj News". pakistan.mom-rsf.org. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "Business Recorder Group". pakistan.mom-rsf.org. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ How Pakistan's Satirists Poke Fun, Politically The Washington Post (newspaper), Published 28 November 2007, Retrieved 3 June 2018
- 24-hour television news channels in Pakistan
- Television networks in Pakistan
- Television channels and stations established in 2005
- Television stations in Pakistan
- Urdu-language television channels
- Television stations in Karachi