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

• A-Plus Entertainment
• Aaj Entertainment
• ARY Digital
• ARY Zindagi
• ATV
• Apna Channel
• BOL Entertainment (HD)
• Express Entertainment
• Geo Entertainment
• Hum TV (HD)
• Hum Sitaray
• H Now Entertainment
• LTN Family
• Peace TV Urdu
• Play Entertainment
• PTV Home
• PTV Global
• TV One
• Urdu 1 (HD)

Punjabi

• Punjab TV

Sindhi

• Awaz TV
• Dharti TV
• KTN
• Sindh TV

Pashto

• AVT Khyber
• Pashto 1

Hindko

• Kay 2 TV

Balochi

• PTV Bolan

Kashmir/Gilgit Baltistan

• AJK TV
• Kay2 TV

Religious

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

News channels

Urdu News

• 24 News HD
• 7 News (HD)
• 92 News (HD Plus)
• Aaj News
• Abb Takk News
• ARY News
• BOL News (4K)
• Business Plus
• Capital TV
• Channel 5
• City 41
• City 42
• Dawn News
• Din News HD
• Dunya News
• Express News
• Geo News
• Geo Tez
• GNN (HD)
• Hum News (HD)
• Lahore News (HD)
• Neo TV HD
• News One
• PTV News
• Royal News
• Samaa TV
• Such TV
• Public News (HD)

Aap News

Sindhi News

• Awami Awaz TV
• KTN News
• Sindh TV News

Pushto News

• Khyber News
• Mashriq TV

Balochi News

• VSH News

English News

• BBC South Asia
• Indus News (4K)
• PTV World
• Tribune 24/7

Sports

• Geo Super
• PTV Sports
• Ten Sports Pakistan

Children's

• Cartoon Network
• Nickelodeon Pakistan

Movies

Urdu Movies

• Filmazia

English Movies

• Filmax

Music

• 8XM
• ARY Musik
• Jalwa
• Oxygene

Health

• None right now

Food

• Hum Masala

Education

• Raah TV
• Virtual University VU 1, VU 2,VU 3,VU 4

Business

• Business Plus

Fashion

• None right now

Former channels

News

Urdu news

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

• Tribune 24/7

General entertainment

• Zaiqa Enjoy Kids

Urdu general entertainment

• The Pakistani Channel (changed its name to ARY Digital)
• Filmazia Entertainment (name changed to LTN Family)
• Hum 2 (replaced by Hum Sitaray)
• Channel 3 (shut down in 2005)
• PTV Prime (changed its name to Prime TV Asia)
• PTV Two (name changed to PTV World in 1998)
• Shalimar Television Network (replaced by ATV (Pakistan))
• TMN TV (the project was abandoned)
• TVOne Global (changed its name to TV One (Pakistan))

TV Today Karachi

Music

• Aag TV (replaced by Geo Kahani)
• ARY Musik (formerly the Musik)
• MTV Pakistan (replaced by Indus Music)
• 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 channel)

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)

External links

• "List of Satellite TV License issued by PEMRA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-20. (61 KB)
• List of TV channels in Pakistan
• Media Monitoring & Research in Pakistan
• Pakistan DTH channel list
• Pakistani Television Channels List