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AAJ TV is a 24 hour Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

i news television channel. Aaj in English
English language
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 means "Today".

Channel and its Programmes

AAJ News was initially started on March 23, 2005 by the Business Recorder Group
Business Recorder Group
The Business Recorder Group is a media conglomerate in Pakistan.The Business Recorder Group specializes in niche businesses.-Daily Business Recorder:...

. The Business Recorder Group is one of the most prominent media conglomerates in Pakistan.

As Aaj News is the only Television network to have an Earth Station, it provides flexibility and control in responding to local and international events. AAJ News caters to all tastes by providing four programming features in the form of News, Current Affairs, Entertainment and Infotainment.

With a vast amount of experience with the Business Recorder Group, AAJ News provides round the clock news coverage from around the world in collaboration with their partner news sources in more than 100 countries.

Combining news reporting with analytical strengths provided by the respected social and political commentators in Pakistan, accounts for in depth and precise Current Affairs programs.

One of the major achievements in entertainment programming is its one of its kind "The late night show with Begum Nawazish Ali aired on Saturday every week. The show is based on the idea of a male host in disguise of a rich feminist portraying a page-3 elite of the country. The host takes interviews of some very prominent figures from within country talking broadly about the socio-economic issues of the nation.

Another popular show is a program called the 4 Man Show
4 Man Show
The 4 Man Show is a Pakistani television series that airs on Aaj TV on Sundays at 8:00 PM. It made its debut on TV in 2009 and is currently on the air.-Concept:...

. It is a show with 4 'anchors' (hence the title) giving the news and taking interviews with 'political leaders' (actors with cheap make-up). However it is deeply immersed in comedy and political satire and is a 'loose cannon' meaning no one is immune (sometimes even themselves).

On April 22, 2007 The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority is a regulatory body established by Pakistan on 1 March 2002.- Functions of the Authority :...

 (Pemra) has served a show-cause notice on Aaj News, for airing news, talk shows and other programmes on the current judicial crisis and threatened it with closure.

In notice, it said that the TV channel had violated the Pemra Ordinance in its news, talk shows and programmes on an issue pending with the Supreme Judicial Council.

The notice said that the channel had also failed to produce a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the external publicity wing of the ministry of information and broadcasting which was required for the processing of short-term uplinking licence.
On 23 March 2009,Aaj news has been Convrted In to 24hr news channel.

Change of format

Recently Aaj TV changed its format from being a hybrid channel into becoming solely a news channel, even though it retained a couple of its entertainment shows like 4 Man Show
4 Man Show
The 4 Man Show is a Pakistani television series that airs on Aaj TV on Sundays at 8:00 PM. It made its debut on TV in 2009 and is currently on the air.-Concept:...

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Entertainment programmes

  • Late Night Show With Begum Nawazish Ali
  • The 4 Man Show
  • Live With Khalid Butt
  • Andar ki baat Raja ka Sath

Infotainment programmes

  • weham ( Farhan Gauhar)
  • Budget Documentries (Zafar Zaidi)
  • Awaz
    Awaz
    Awaz were a Pakistani pop band that formed in Karachi in 1992. The group was formed by Haroon Rashid, lead vocalist, who was soon joined by keyboardist Faakhir Mehmood and lead guitarist Asad Ahmed...


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MIDDAY NEWS
AMN BRABRI KA SATH

Current affairs programmes

  • Islamabad Tonight
    Islamabad Tonight
    - Islamabad Tonight :Islamabad Tonight is a leading current affairs programnme from Islamabad, Pakistan, hosted by Nadeem Malik. Islamabad Tonight launched in December 2008 has become one of the most popular current affairs discussion programme...

  • Aaj Ki Khabar
  • News Roundup
  • Pakistan At7

Competitors

  • ARY News
  • Dawn News
    Dawn News
    Dawn News was Pakistan's 24-hour Urdu news channel. Based in Karachi, the station is a subsidiary of Pakistan Herald Publications Limited , Pakistan's largest English-language media group. The test transmission of the station occurred on May 25, 2007, and the channel went live on July 23, 2007...

  • Din News
  • Dunya News
    Dunya News
    Dunya News is an Urdu language news and current affairs television channel from Pakistan. Dunya in English means "World". Since its launch in 2008, the channel have been giving strong competition to the other news channels in the country. Dunya News is now available throughout Pakistan on local...

  • Express News
    Express News (Pakistan)
    Express News is an Urdu language Pakistani television news channel launched on January 1, 2008. It is owned and run by the country's third largest Urdu daily, Daily Express...

  • Geo News
    GEO News
    Geo News is a Karachi-based Pakistani news channel, fully owned and operated by Jang Group. The channel started its broadcasting in November 2005 and has millions of Urdu-language viewers around the world.- Popular Shows :...

  • Indus News
  • News One
    News One
    Launched on November 27, 2007, News ONE is Pakistan's premier news channel and is licensed by Air Waves Media Ltd. and comes under the umbrella of the largest advertising group in Pakistan, The Interflow Group of Companies....

  • PTV News
    PTV News
    PTV News is a 24-hour state news channel in Pakistan. It provides news in English and Urdu to the Pakistani community worldwide...

  • Samaa News
    SAMAA TV
    SAMAA TV is a Pakistani news network.- Competitors :*Dunya News*Geo News*ARY News*Express News*Indus News*Waqt News- External links :*...

  • Waqt News

See also

  • List of Pakistani television stations
  • Masoom Usmani
  • Begum Nawazish Ali
  • News, Views & Confused
    News, Views & Confused
    News, Views & Confused is a Pakistani political and social satire show. It is based on BBC’s popular panel show Have I Got News for You. It started to air on one of Pakistan’s leading TV channels AAJ TV from April 11, 2007. The show is hosted by TV personality and journalist Fasi Zaka and co-hosted...

  • Karachi Riots
  • Mohsin Abbas (Canada Correspondent)
  • Jans
    Jans
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    (Cameraman)

External links

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