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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.

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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

Channels Language(s) Launched Headquarters Refs
24 Digital Urdu May 2015 Lahore
Aaj News 23 March 2005 Karachi 1
Abb Takk News 19 April 2013 2
ARY News 26 September 2004 3
BOL Network 25 December 2016 4
Channel Five 2008 Lahore 5
Chaupal TV Punjabi 4 November 2025 6
Dawn News Urdu 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 Lahore 11
Hum News 6 February 2015 12
KTN News Sindhi, Urdu October 2007 Karachi
Khyber News Pashto, Urdu August 2007 Peshawar 13
Mashriq News June 2012
Lahore News Punjabi, Urdu 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 Islamabad
Samaa TV 25 December 2007 Lahore 18
Sindh TV Sindhi, Urdu October 2004 Karachi 19
Such TV Urdu 23 March 2010 Islamabad 20

Defunct channels

Channels Language(s) Launched Closed Headquarters Refs
Business Plus English, Urdu July 2004 April 2018 Karachi 2122
Express 24/7 English 5 February 2009 2019 23
Indus News English November 2018 14 September 2021 Lahore
VSH News Balochi, Urdu 2004 2020 Karachi 24
Waqt News Urdu 2007 October 2018 Lahore 25
See also

See also

References

References

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