Aaj News (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]
 AAJ News logo Since March 2009 | |
| Country | Pakistan |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Urdu |
| Picture format | (1080p 16:9 MPEG-4, HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Business Recorder Group |
| Sister channels | Aaj Entertainment |
| History | |
| Launched | March 23, 2005 |
| Former names | AAJ TV (2005–2009) |
| Links | |
| Website | aaj |
History
editAaj 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]
Notable programmes
editHosts
editCurrent
edit- Sidra Iqbal
- Sherry
- Shaukat Paracha
- Imran Sultan
- Munizae Jahangir
Former Hosts
edit- Azfar Rehman
- Asma Shirazi
- Begum Nawazish Ali
- Fasi Zaka
- Huma Amir Shah
- Jawad Ahmed Ghamidi
- Reham Khan
- Rehman Azhar
- Rana Mubashir
- Rizwan Jaffer
- Sadia Afzaal
- Sana Bucha
- Syed Talat Hussain
- Nadeem Malik
- Nadia Naqi
- Nadia Mirza
Currently programmes
edit- Anchors View (Mon-Thur 7:00pm)
- AAJ Pakistan with Sidra Iqbal (Mon-Fri 9:00–11:00am)
- AAJ Exclusive (Fri-Sun 8:00pm)
- AAJ Islam with Khalid Malik
- Rubaru (Fri-Sun 08:00pm)
- Paisa Bolta Hai (Sunday 4:00pm)
- Spotlight With Munizae Jahangir (Mon-Wed 10:00pm)
- DUS with Imran Sultan (Fri-Sun 10:00pm)
- Awaz (Saturday 7:00pm)
- _target (Sunday 7:00pm)
- Tax aur aap (Monday 4:00pm)
- View 360 (VOA) Monday-Friday 7:30pm
- VOA Tek (VOA) Fri-Sun 7:00am
- 52 Series Documentary (VOA) Sunday 6:00pm
Former programs
editPopular shows
edit- 30 Tarkeeh
- Awaz
- AAJ Subh
- AAJ Ki Baat
- AAJ Ki Khabar
- AAJ Zara Hutt Kay
- AAJ Entertainment Tonight
- Late Night Show With Begum Nawazish Ali
- 3 Idiots
- 4 Man Show
- Chandini
- Cut Piece
- Fear Files
- Face 2 Face
- Faisla Aap Ka
- In The Arena
- Jalebi
- Kuch Hai
- News, Views & Confused (a satirical comedy, hosted by Fasi Zaka)[8]
- The Real Show
- Trendlines
- Kiran Aur George
- Kahani Ke Pechay
- Kahani Pakistani
- Living Room
- Live With Javed Ahmed Ghamidi
- Meri Jadojehad
- Mirch Masala
- Midday News
- Perspectives
- Islamabad Tonight
- Islamabad Tonight with Rehman Azhar
- Bottom Line
- Bureau Report
- Bolta Pakistan
- Cross Current
- Dus With Sana Bucha
- Golf Club
- Gol Gapain
- Good Morning AAJ
- Hot Seat
- AAJ With Reham Khan
- AAJ With Sadia Azfaal
- AAJ Rana Mubashir Kay Saath
- Off The Record
- Qaidi No
- Sooli
- Sawal Hai Pakistan Ka
- The Barkat Uzmi Show
- The Benchroad Show
- The Most Respectable Show
- The Real Show
- Tax Aur Aap
- Live With Talat Hussain
- Zero Point
- Zarkhez
- Zainab Don't Cook
Special Programming
edit- Budget Aik Jaiza
- FIFA Kick Off
- Kuch Cricket Ho Jaye
- AAJ Pakistan Ki Awaz
- Tabdeeli Ka Safar
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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
