| BBC News Punjabi | |
| Network: | BBC World Service |
| Owner: | BBC |
| Picture Format: | 1080i HDTV |
| Country: | India Pakistan United Kingdom Australia New Zealand Canada United States European Union Malaysia Singapore Middle East |
| Language: | Punjabi |
| Area: | worldwide |
| Headquarters: | Delhi |
| Sister Channels: | BBC News BBC Urdu BBC Gujarati BBC Bangla BBC World Service |
| Online Serv 1: | BBC Punjabi |
| Online Chan 1: | BBC Punjabi online |
BBC Punjabi (in Punjabi: ਬੀਬੀਸੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (Gurmukhi), بی بی سی پنجابی (Shahmukhi)) or BBC News Punjabi is an international news service in Punjabi language. It was started on 2 October 2017.[1] [2] The service is on websites and social networking sites.[3] The launch is part of the World Service's biggest expansion since the 1940s, following a government funding boost announced in 2016.[4] [5]
Target audiences are Punjabis from India, Pakistan and other western countries with significant Punjabi population like Canada, Britain and Australia.[6] [7] According to BBC' s official website Punjabi language spoken by 100 million people, the 11th most used language in the world.[4] [8]