Aaj News
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| 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 |
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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. 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]
Recent News Anchors:
Ali Moazam
Rao Basit Ali
Mutahir Jalees
Misbah Lagharee
Qurat ul ain Baksh
Alisha Saleem
Alishba Quyum
Hiba
Asher Khan
History
[edit | edit source]Aaj News was started on 23 March 2005 by The Business Recorder Television Network, 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
[edit | edit source]Hosts
[edit | edit source]Current
[edit | edit source]Former Hosts
[edit | edit source]- Azfar Rehman
- Asma Shirazi
- Rana Mubashir
- Sana Bucha
- Syed Talat Hussain
- Javed Ahmed Ghamidi
- Ali Saleem
Former programs
[edit | edit source]See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ 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
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- ^ How Pakistan's Satirists Poke Fun, Politically The Washington Post (newspaper), Published 28 November 2007, Retrieved 11 November 2021
External links
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