Aaj News
AAJ News logo since March 2009 | |
| Country | Pakistan |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Programming | |
| Language | Urdu |
| Picture format | (1080p 16:9 HDTV, MPEG-4) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Business Recorder Group |
| Sister channels | Aaj Entertainment Play Entertainment |
| History | |
| Launched | March 23, 2005 |
| Former names | AAJ TV (2005–2009) |
| Links | |
| Website | aaj |
Aaj News HD (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. It began as a 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 started on 23 March 2005 by the Business Recorder Television Network, a subsidiary of Business Recorder Group which also operates Aaj Entertainment.[4]
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]
Programmes
Hosts
Current
Former hosts
- Azfar Rehman
- Asma Shirazi
- Rana Mubashir
- Sana Bucha
- Syed Talat Hussain
- Javed Ahmed Ghamidi
- Ali Saleem
Former programs
See also
References
- ^ Taliban attack Pakistan's Aaj TV station in Karachi BBC News website, Published 26 June 2012, Retrieved 11 November 2021
- ^ Pakistan media condemn attack on teenage activist BBC News website, Published 10 October 2012, Retrieved 11 November 2021
- ^ Pakistani media demand action over airport attack BBC News website, Published 10 June 2014, Retrieved 11 November 2021
- ^ "Blurred vision: Where is Pakistani television headed?". The Express Tribune. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Pemra serves notice on TV channel". Dawn (newspaper). 23 April 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "Aaj News". Media Ownership Monitor Pakistan website. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Business Recorder Group - profile". Media Ownership Monitor Pakistan website. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ How Pakistan's Satirists Poke Fun, Politically The Washington Post (newspaper), Published 28 November 2007, Retrieved 11 November 2021