List of television channels in Pakistan
{{Short description|Television Network in Pakistan}}
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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=
==Balochi==
==Hindko/Pahari==
==Pashto==
==Sindhi==
==Urdu==
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- 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)
- PTV Global
- PTV Home
- PTV National
- Urdu 1
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=Religious=
=News=
{{Main|List of news channels in Pakistan}}
==Balochi news==
==English news==
==Pushto news==
==Sindhi news==
==Urdu news==
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- 24 Digital
- 92 News
- Aaj 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{{cite web|url=https://pemra.gov.pk/uploads/licensing/stv/list_of_licences_issued_stv.pdf|title=List of Satellite TV Licences Issued by PEMRA|publisher=Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority|access-date=25 September 2021}}
- Lahore News
- PTV News
- Public News
- Rohi News
- Samaa TV
- SUCH TV
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=Sports=
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- A Sports HD{{Cite news|date=19 September 2021|title=Why are advertisers in Pakistan ignoring the 2023 Cricket World Cup?|url=https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2021/09/19/why-are-advertisers-in-pakistan-ignoring-the-2023-cricket-world-cup/|access-date=2021-10-07|work=Pakistan Today (newspaper)|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|date=30 September 2021|title=PTV spoils cricket fans with yet another treat|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/823026/ptv-spoils-cricket-fans-with-yet-another-treat/|access-date=2021-10-07|work=Daily Times (newspaper)|language=en-US}}
- Geo Super
- PTV Sports
- Ten Sports
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=Children's=
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- Cartoon Network
- MiniMax{{cite news|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/338146/foreign-channels-e1-and-minimax-approved-by-pemra-for-airing/|title=Foreign channels E1 and Minimax approved by PEMRA for airing|date=28 December 2018|access-date=25 September 2021|work=Daily Times (newspaper)}}
- Pop
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=Music=
=Food=
=Tourism=
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- Discover Pakistan TV{{Cite news|date=21 March 2021|title=Pakistan's first tourism TV channel 'Discover Pakistan' launched|url=https://www.bolnews.com/pakistan/2021/03/pakistans-first-tourism-tv-channel-discover-pakistan-launched/|access-date=2021-09-25|work=BOL News|language=en-US}}
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=Infotainment=
Former channels
=Entertainment=
==Urdu==
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- Channel 3 (previously known as Shalimar Television Network, replaced by ATV in 2005)
- Hum 2 (replaced by Hum Sitaray)
- 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)
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==English==
- HBO Pakistan (closed in October 2020{{cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/15/warnermedia-to-discontinue-hbo-and-wb-tv-channels-in-india-and-select-other-south-asia-markets/|title=WarnerMedia to discontinue HBO and WB TV channels in India, and select other South Asia markets|date=15 October 2020|access-date=28 September 2021|work=TechCrunch}} and replaced by A Sports by ARY)
- WB Channel Pakistan{{Cite web |date=2012-10-31 |title=WB channel now in Pakistan |url=https://www.nation.com.pk/01-Nov-2012/wb-channel-now-in-pakistan |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=The Nation |language=en-US}}
=News=
==Urdu news==
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- ARY One World (changed its name to ARY News)
- Business Plus (shut down in 2018)
- CNBC Pakistan (replaced by Jaag TV and 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)
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==English news==
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- 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)
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=Children's=
=Music=
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- 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)
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=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
References
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External links
- {{cite web |url= http://www.pemra.gov.pk/pemra/images/docs/stv/list_of_licences_issued_stv1.pdf |title= List of Satellite TV License issued by PEMRA |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130320011329/http://www.pemra.gov.pk/pemra/images/docs/stv/list_of_licences_issued_stv1.pdf |archive-date= 2013-03-20 }} {{small|(61 KB)}}
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