List of television channels in Pakistan explained

This is a list of television channels in Pakistan. There are a variety of Pakistani television channels that offer viewers the chance to enjoy their favorite shows and stay up to date with current news and events. Television in Pakistan was introduced in 1964.

Current channels

Entertainment

Urdu

• A-Plus Entertainment
• Aaj Entertainment
• AAN TV
• ARY Digital
• ARY Zindagi
• ATV
• BOL Entertainment (HD)
• Express Entertainment
• Geo Entertainment
• Geo Kahani
• Hum Sitaray
• Hum TV (HD)
• Play Entertainment
• PTV Global
• PTV Home
• PTV National
• TV One
• Urdu 1

Sindhi

• Awaz TV
• Dharti TV
• Kashish
• KTN
• Sindh TV

Pashto

• AVT Khyber
• Hum Pashto 1

Balochi

• PTV Bolan

Kashmiri/Pahari/Balti/Shina

• AJK TV

Religious

• ARY Qtv
• Haq TV
• Madani Channel
• Noor TV
• Peace TV Urdu

News

See main article: List of news channels in Pakistan.

Urdu news

• 24 News HD
• 92 News
• Aaj News
• Abb Takk News
• ARY News
• BOL News
• Channel 5
• City 41
• City 42
• Dawn News
• Dunya News
• Express News
• Geo News
• Geo Tez
• GNN
  • GTV News Hum News^[1]
• Lahore News
• PTV News
• Public News
• Rohi
• Samaa TV
• SUCH TV

Sindhi news

• Awami Awaz TV
• KTN News
• Sindh TV News

Pushto news

• Khyber News
• Mashriq TV

Balochi news

• VSH News

English news

• BBC South Asia
• CNN International South Asia
• DW News
• PTV World

Sports

• A Sports HD^{[2] [3]}
• Geo Super
• PTV Sports
• Ten Sports

Children's

• Baby TV
• Cartoon Network
• Kids Zone
• MiniMax^[4]
• Nickelodeon
• Pop

Music

See main article: List of music channels in Pakistan.

• 8XM
• ARY Musik
• Jalwa TV

Food

• Hum Masala

Tourism

• Discover Pakistan TV^[5]

Infotainment

• Animal Planet
• Discovery Channel
• National Geographic Channel

Education

• PTV Teleschool

Former channels

Entertainment

Urdu

• Channel 3 (previously known as Shalimar Television Network, replaced by ATV in 2005)
• Hum 2 (replaced by Hum Sitaray)
• Indus Plus (replaced by Indus News)
• Network Television Marketing (Pakistan's first fully private television channel; shut down in 1999)
• The Pakistani Channel (changed its name to ARY Digital)
• PTV Prime (changed its name to Prime TV Asia)
• PTV Two (name changed to PTV World in 1998)
• Shalimar Television Network (previously known as PTN, than changed its name to Channel 3 in 2000, replaced by ATV in 2005)
• TV Today (shut down)
• TVOne Global (changed its name to TV One (Pakistan))

English

• HBO Pakistan (closed in October 2020^[6] and replaced by A Sports by ARY)

News

Urdu news

• ARY One World (changed its name to ARY News)
• Business Plus (shut down in 2018)
• CNBC Pakistan (replaced by Jaag TV and Jaag TV changed to GNN)
• Indus News (shut down in 2012, then an English language news channel)
• PTV World (returned in 2012, now an English language news channel)

English news

• Dawn News (shifted to Urdu Programming)
• Express 24/7 (changed its name to Tribune 24/7, replaced by Express Entertainment)
• Geo English (replaced by Geo Tez)
• Indus News (shut down on 14 September 2021)
• Tribune 24/7 (previously known as Express 24/7, replaced by Express Entertainment)

Music

• Aag TV (replaced by Geo Kahani)
• MTV Pakistan (replaced by Indus Music)
• The Musik (replaced by ARY Musik)
• Oxygene TV (shut down in July 2021)
• Play TV (Pakistan) (replaced by Play Max, now known as Play Entertainment)
• VH1 Pakistan (shut down in 2009)

Food

• ARY Zauq (replaced by ARY Zindagi)
• Masala TV (changed its name to Hum Masala)

Fashion

• Style 360 (replaced by Hum 2, now Hum Sitaray)

See also

• List of 4K channels in Pakistan
• List of music channels in Pakistan
• List of news channels in Pakistan

External links

• Web site: List of Satellite TV License issued by PEMRA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130320011329/http://www.pemra.gov.pk/pemra/images/docs/stv/list_of_licences_issued_stv1.pdf . 2013-03-20 .  

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of Satellite TV Licences Issued by PEMRA. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority. 25 September 2021.
2. News: 19 September 2021. Why are advertisers in Pakistan ignoring the 2023 Cricket World Cup?. 2021-10-07. Pakistan Today (newspaper). en-US.
3. News: 30 September 2021. PTV spoils cricket fans with yet another treat. 2021-10-07. Daily Times (newspaper). en-US.
4. News: Foreign channels E1 and Minimax approved by PEMRA for airing. 28 December 2018. 25 September 2021. Daily Times (newspaper).
5. News: 21 March 2021. Pakistan's first tourism TV channel 'Discover Pakistan' launched. 2021-09-25. BOL News. en-US.
6. News: WarnerMedia to discontinue HBO and WB TV channels in India, and select other South Asia markets. 15 October 2020. 28 September 2021. TechCrunch.