List of television channels in Pakistan

This is a list of television channels in Pakistan. Television in Pakistan was introduced in 1964.

Current channels

General entertainment

Urdu General Entertainment

• Aaj Entertainment
• A-Plus Entertainment
• ARY Digital
• ARY Zindagi
• ATV
• Dhoom TV
• DM Digital
• Dunya Entertainment
• Express Entertainment
• Filmazia Entertainment
• Geo Entertainment
• Geo Kahani
• Hope TV
• Hum Sitaray
• Hum TV
• Indus Vision
• Play Entertainment
• PTV Home
• See TV
• SBN
• TVOne Global
• Urdu 1

Religious

Islamic

• ARY Qtv
• HadiTV
• Haq TV
• Labbaik TV
• Madani Channel
• Mashriq TV
• Paigham TV
• Takbeer TV

News channels

Urdu News

• 92 News HD
• Aaj News
• Abb Takk News
• ARY News
• BOL News ULTRA HD
• Business Plus
• Capital TV
• Channel 24 (Pakistan) HD
• Channel 5
• City 42
• Dawn News
• Din News HD
• Dunya News
• Express News
• Geo News
• Geo Tez
• Jaag TV
• KTN News
• Metro One
• Neo TV HD
• News One
• PTV News
• Royal News
• Roze News
• Samaa TV
• Sindh TV News
• Such TV
• Waqt News

Sindhi News

• KTN News
• Sindh TV News

Pushto News

• Khyber News
• Mashriq TV

Balochi News

• VSH News

English News

• PTV World

Punjabi general entertainment

• Apna Channel
• Punjab TV

Sindhi general entertainment

• Awaz Television Network
• Dharti TV
• KTN
• Sindh TV
• Mehran TV

Pushto general entertainment

• AVT Khyber
• Pashto 1
• Sabaoon TV
• WATAN TV

Hindko general entertainment

• Kay 2 TV

Balochi general entertainment

• PTV Bolan

Kashmir/Gilgit Baltistan general entertainment

• AJK TV
• Kay2 TV

English general entertainment

• AXN Pakistan

Sports

• Geo Super
• PTV Sports
• Ten Sports Pakistan

Children's

• Cartoon Network Pakistan
• Nickelodeon Pakistan

Movies

Urdu movies

• Silver Screen

English movies

• AXN Pakistan
• Filmax
• HBO Pakistan
• WB Channel Pakistan

Horticulture

• Urban TV

Music

• ARY Musik
• 8XM
• Jalwa
• Oxygene
• Indus Music

Health

• HTV

Food

• Hum Masala

Education

• Raah TV
• Virtual University

Business

• Business Plus

Former channels

Religious

Christianity

• Good News TV

News

Urdu news

• ARY One World (changed its name to ARY News)
• CNBC Pakistan (replaced by Jaag TV)
• Indus News (shut down in 2012)
• PTV World (returned in 2012, now an English language news channel)

English news

• Dawn News (shifted to Urdu Programming)
• Express 24/7 (replaced by Express Entertainment)
• Geo English (replaced by Geo Tez)

General entertainment

Urdu general entertainment

• The Pakistani Channel (changed its name to ARY Digital)
  • Hum 2 (replaced by Hum Sitaray)
• Indus TV (changed its name to Indus Vision)
• Network Television Marketing (replaced by Shalimar Television Network)
• PTV (divided into different PTV channels)
• PTV Two (name changed to PTV World in 1998)
• PTV Prime (changed its name to Prime TV Asia)
• Channel 3 (shut down in 2005)
• Shalimar Television Network (replaced by ATV (Pakistan))
• TMN TV (the project was abandoned)
• TVOne Global (changed its name to TV One (Pakistan))

Music

• Aag TV (replaced by Geo Kahani)
• G-Kaboom (shut down in 2012)
• MTV Pakistan (replaced by Indus Music)
• The Musik (changed its name to ARY Musik)
• Play TV (Pakistan) (replaced by Play Max, now known as Play Entertainment)
• VH1 Pakistan (shut down in 2009)

Movies

Urdu movies

• Filmazia (changed its name to Filmazia Entertainment)

English movies

• Filmax (now dubs Hollywood films in Urdu)

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)

Shopping

• ARY Shopping (the project was abandoned)

Pay TV services

Current pay TV services

• DWN (Digital Wireless Network)
• NayaTel
• PTCL Smart TV
• Wateen
• WorldCall CATV

Former pay TV services

• Shaheen Pay TV (replaced by Southern Networks)
• Southern Networks (replaced by DWN (Digital Wireless Network))
• Sun TV (replaced by Shaheen Pay TV)

External links

• "List of Satellite TV License issued by PEMRA" (PDF). (61 KB)
• List of TV Channels in Pakistan
• Media Monitoring & Research in Pakistan