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

• ARY Zindagi
• A-Plus Entertainment
• Aaj Entertainment
• ARY Digital
• ATV
• BOL Entertainment (HD)
• Dhoom TV
• Express Entertainment
• Geo Entertainment
• Geo Kahani
• Hum TV (HD)
• Hum Sitaray
• H Now Entertainment
• Indus TV
• Indus Vision
• LTN Family
• Play Entertainment
• PTV Home
• PTV Global
• PTV National (Multi-languages)
• TV One
• Urdu 1

Punjabi

• Punjab TV
• Apna Channel

Sindhi

• KTN
• Sindh TV
• Awaz TV
• Dharti TV

Pashto

• AVT Khyber
• Hum Pashto 1
• Aruj TV

Balochi

• PTV Bolan

Saraiki

• Kook TV

Hindko/Pothohari

• Kay 2 TV

Kashmir/Gilgit Baltistan

• AJK TV

News channels

Main article: List of news channels in Pakistan

Urdu News

• Samaa TV
• 7 News (HD)
• 24 News HD
• 92 News (HD Plus)
• Aaj News
• Abb Takk News
• ARY News
• BOL News (4K)
• 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 HDc
• News One
• Such TV
• Public News (HD)
• Rohi
• Metro1 News

Punjabi News

• Apna 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
• CNN International South Asia
• Indus News (4K)
• PTV World

Sports

• Geo Super
• PTV Sports
• Ten Sports Pakistan

Children's

• Nickelodeon (Pakistani TV channel)
• Cartoon Network (Pakistani TV channel)
• Pop (Pakistani TV channel)
• Baby TV
• Discovery Kids
• Kids Zone (Pakistani TV channel)

Music

Main article: List of music channels in Pakistan

• 8XM
• ARY Musik
• Jalwa TV
• Oxygene TV
• Indus Music
• G Kaboom

Food

• Hum Masala

Religious

• ARY Qtv
• Haq TV
• Labbaik TV
• Madani Channel
• Paigham TV

Education

• Raah TV
• Virtual University (VU 1, VU 2, VU 3, VU 4)
• National Geographic Channel
• Discovery Channel
• Animal Planet
• PTV Teleschool

Movies

• Filmax
• FilmWorld

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)
• Business Plus(shut down in 2018)

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

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))
• Indus Plus (replaced by Indus News)

Music

• Aag TV (replaced by Geo Kahani)
• MTV Pakistan (replaced by Indus Music)
• Play TV (Pakistan) (replaced by Play Max, now known as Play Entertainment)
• VH1 Pakistan (shut down in 2009)

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)

Movies

• HBO Pakistan
• WB Channel Pakistan

External links

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