Aaj News

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
آج نیوز

AAJ News logo Since March 2009
Country	Pakistan
Headquarters	Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Programming
Language(s)	Urdu
Picture format	4:3 (576i SDTV) 16:9 (1080i HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Business Recorder Group
Sister channels	Aaj Entertainment
History
Launched	23 March 2005; 18 years ago (2005-03-23)
Former names	AAJ TV (2005–2009)
Links
Website	aaj.tv

History

Aaj News was started on 23 March 2005 by The Business Recorder Television Network, subsidiary of Business Recorder Group.^[4]

The Business Recorder Group is the parent company of Business Recorder newspaper and Apex Printery, the only non-government organization to print financial and legal papers in Pakistan.^{[citation needed]}

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

Hosts

• Asma Shirazi
• Sidra Iqbal
• Sherry
• Shaukat Paracha
• Imran Sultan
• Munizae Jahangir

Former Hosts

• Azfar Rehman
• Begum Nawazish Ali
• Fasi Zaka
• Huma Amir Shah
• Jawad Ahmed Ghamidi
• Reham Khan
• Rehman Azhar
• Rana Mubashir
• Rizwan Jaffer
• Sadia Afzaal
• Sana Bucha
• Talat Hussain
• Nadeem Malik
• Nadia Naqi
• Nadia Mirza

Currently programmes

• 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
• Faisla Aap Ka with Asma Shirazi Monday-Thursday 8:00pm
• 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

Popular shows

• 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
• 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

• Budget Aik Jaiza
• FIFA Kick Off
• Kuch Cricket Ho Jaye
• AAJ Pakistan Ki Awaz
• Tabdeeli Ka Safar

See also

• List of Pakistani television stations
• List of news channels in Pakistan
• News, Views & Confused

References

1. Taliban attack Pakistan's Aaj TV station in Karachi BBC News website, Published 26 June 2012, Retrieved 11 November 2021
2. Pakistan media condemn attack on teenage activist BBC News website, Published 10 October 2012, Retrieved 11 November 2021
3. Pakistani media demand action over airport attack BBC News website, Published 10 June 2014, Retrieved 11 November 2021
4. "Blurred vision: Where is Pakistani television headed?". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 5 May 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
5. "Pemra serves notice on TV channel". Dawn (newspaper). 23 April 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
6. "Aaj News". Media Ownership Monitor Pakistan website. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
7. "Business Recorder Group - profile". Media Ownership Monitor Pakistan website. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
8. How Pakistan's Satirists Poke Fun, Politically The Washington Post (newspaper), Published 28 November 2007, Retrieved 11 November 2021

External links

• Official website