List of news channels in Pakistan


This is a list of news channels in Pakistan. These are Pakistani general, business and defunct news channels with their headquarters, launched year, closed year and languages arranged alphabetically.

Current channels

ChannelsLanguageLaunchedHeadquartersRefs
24 DigitalUrduMay 2015Lahore
Hum NewsUrdu6 February 2015Lahore
Aaj NewsUrdu23 March 2005Karachi
Abb Takk NewsUrdu19 April 2013Karachi
ARY NewsUrdu26 September 2004Karachi
BOL NetworkUrdu25 December 2016Karachi
Channel ۵ (5)Urdu2008Lahore
Dawn NewsUrdu25 May 2007Karachi
Dunya NewsUrdu1 December 2008Lahore
Express NewsUrdu1 January 2008Karachi
Geo NewsUrduOctober 2002Karachi
GNNUrdu14 August 2018Karachi
Indus NewsEnglishNovember 2018Lahore
KTN NewsSindhi, UrduOctober 2007Karachi
Khyber NewsPashto, UrduAugust 2007Islamabad
Lahore NewsUrdu, Punjabi1 February 2017Lahore
PTV NewsUrdu14 August 2007Islamabad
PTV WorldEnglish29 January 2013Islamabad
Public NewsUrdu24 June 2018Lahore
RohiUrduMay 27, 2017Multan
Samaa TVUrdu25 December 2007Karachi
Sindh TVSindhi, UrduOctober 2004Karachi
Such TVSindhi, Urdu23 March 2010Islamabad
VSH NewsBalochi, Urdu2004Karachi

Defunct channels

ChannelsLanguageLaunchedClosedHeadquartersRefs
Business PlusUrdu & EnglishJuly 2004April 2018Karachi
Express 24/7English5 February 20092019Karachi
Waqt NewsUrdu200729 October 2018Lahore
Indus NewsEnglishNovember 201814 September 2021Lahore