UrduPoint

{{Short description|Pakistani web portal}}

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{{Infobox website

| name = UrduPoint.com

| logo = UrduPoint Logo.png

| screenshot =

| caption = Urdu defination Portal

| url = [http://www.urdupoint.com/ www.urdupoint.com]

| commercial = NO

| type = Web portal

| language = Urdu, English, Arabic

| language_count = 3

| registration = Not required

| country_of_origin = Pakistan

| owner = Ali Chaudhry

| author =

| launch_date = 14 August 2000

| current_status = Online

| revenue = Advertisement

| content_license =

}}

UrduPoint is an Urdu-language web portal in Pakistan, launched on 14 August 2000. As of April 2016, it ranked as the 6th most visited website in Pakistan and held a global rank of 1045 ({{as of|2018|2|11|alt=April 2016}}).{{cite web |url= http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/urdupoint.com |title= Urdupoint.com Site Info |publisher= Alexa Internet |access-date= 2016-04-16 |archive-date= 24 December 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181224202934/https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/urdupoint.com |url-status= dead }}

UrduPoint has partnered with digital media company Ziff Davis, a division of J2 Global, to introduce Mashable Pakistan, offering content in both Urdu and English.{{cite web|url=https://propakistani.pk/2019/11/12/urdupoint-and-ziff-davis-are-bringing-mashable-to-pakistan/|title=UrduPoint and Ziff Davis Are Bringing Mashable to Pakistan|publisher=Pro Pakistani}}

Additionally, UrduPoint is available for free through Internet.org (now freebasics.com), a service initiated by Facebook in Pakistan.{{Cite web |date=2015-07-15 |title=Telenor launch Internet.org in Pakistan {{!}} AAJ News |url=https://www.aaj.tv/2015/06/telenor-launch-internet-org-in-pakistan/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715021252/https://www.aaj.tv/2015/06/telenor-launch-internet-org-in-pakistan/ |archive-date=15 July 2015 }}{{Cite web |date=2015-05-29 |title=Facebook provides free internet access to Pakistani citizens – Pakistan – DAWN.COM |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1184763 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529031032/https://www.dawn.com/news/1184763 |archive-date=2015-05-29 |access-date=2022-09-01 }}{{Cite web |date=2020-03-28 |title=Facebook Flex – Zong Mobile Internet |url=https://www.zong.com.pk/internet/facebook-freebasics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328153853/https://www.zong.com.pk/internet/facebook-freebasics |archive-date=2020-03-28 |access-date=2022-09-01 }}{{Cite web |date=2016-04-06 |title=FreeBasics.com – Internet Offers {{!}} Telenor Pakistan |url=https://www.telenor.com.pk/freebasics-com/ |access-date=2022-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406222159/https://www.telenor.com.pk/freebasics-com/ |archive-date=6 April 2016 }}

In 2019, UrduPoint became the official digital media partner of the Multan Sultans for the fourth season of the Pakistan Super League.{{cite web|url=https://www.urdupoint.com/en/sports/urdu-point-becomes-digital-media-partner-of-m-545536.html|title=Urdu Point Becomes Digital Media Partner of Multan Sultans

|publisher=UrduPoint}} In 2020, UrduPoint's YouTube channel boasted over 8 million active subscribers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8SUpGjRdTSqIBuOfmWp3rg|title=UrduPoint.com|via=YouTube|language=en|access-date=2020-04-16}}

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