# Aaj News > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Aaj_News > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Aaj_News.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaj_News > Source revision: 1351773969 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Pakistani television news channel Television channel AAJ NEWS HD آج نیوز AAJ News logo since March 2009 Country Pakistan Headquarters Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan Programming Language Urdu Picture format (1080p 16:9 HDTV, MPEG-4) Ownership Owner Business Recorder Group Sister channels Aaj Entertainment Play Entertainment History Launched March 23, 2005; 21 years ago (2005-03-23) Former names AAJ TV (2005–2009) Links Website aaj.tv **Aaj News HD** ([Urdu](/source/Urdu_language): آج نیوز, [lit.](/source/Literal_translation) 'Today News') is a 24-hour Pakistani news [television](/source/Television) channel. It is a privately owned [Urdu language](/source/Urdu_language) TV station which covers national and international news. It began as a 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] ## History Aaj News was started on 23 March 2005 by the Business Recorder Television Network, a subsidiary of Business Recorder Group which also operates Aaj Entertainment.[4] On 22 April 2007, [PEMRA](/source/Pakistan_Electronic_Media_Regulatory_Authority) 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](/source/Supreme_Judicial_Council_of_Pakistan) and unable to present a NOC from the [Ministry of Information & Broadcasting](/source/Ministry_of_Information_%26_Broadcasting_(Pakistan)).[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] ## Programmes ### Hosts #### Current - [Munizae Jahangir](/source/Munizae_Jahangir) #### Former hosts - [Azfar Rehman](/source/Azfar_Rehman) - [Asma Shirazi](/source/Asma_Shirazi) - [Rana Mubashir](/source/Rana_Mubashir) - [Sana Bucha](/source/Sana_Bucha) - [Syed Talat Hussain](/source/Syed_Talat_Hussain) - [Javed Ahmed Ghamidi](/source/Javed_Ahmed_Ghamidi) - [Ali Saleem](/source/Ali_Saleem) ## Former programs - *[3 Idiots](/source/3_Idiots_(TV_series))* - *News, Views & Confused* (a satirical comedy hosted by [Fasi Zaka](/source/Fasi_Zaka))[8] ## See also - [List of Pakistani television stations](/source/List_of_Pakistani_television_stations) - [List of news channels in Pakistan](/source/List_of_news_channels_in_Pakistan) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-BBC_1-0)** [Taliban attack Pakistan's Aaj TV station in Karachi](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-18590179) BBC News website, Published 26 June 2012, Retrieved 11 November 2021 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Pakistan media condemn attack on teenage activist](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-19898774) BBC News website, Published 10 October 2012, Retrieved 11 November 2021 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Pakistani media demand action over airport attack](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27779474) BBC News website, Published 10 June 2014, Retrieved 11 November 2021 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Blurred vision: Where is Pakistani television headed?"](https://tribune.com.pk/story/543008/blurred-vision/). *The Express Tribune*. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Pemra serves notice on TV channel"](https://www.dawn.com/news/243698/pemra-serves-notice-on-tv-channel). *Dawn (newspaper)*. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Aaj News"](https://pakistan.mom-rsf.org/en/media/detail/outlet/aaj-news/). *Media Ownership Monitor Pakistan website*. Retrieved 11 November 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Business Recorder Group - profile"](https://pakistan.mom-rsf.org/en/owners/companies/detail/company/company/show/business-recorder-group/). *Media Ownership Monitor Pakistan website*. Retrieved 11 November 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [How Pakistan's Satirists Poke Fun, Politically](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/27/AR2007112702243_pf.html?noredirect=on) The Washington Post (newspaper), Published 28 November 2007, Retrieved 11 November 2021 ## External links - [Official website](https://www.aaj.tv/) v t e Television in Pakistan Public PTV Home PTV News PTV Global PTV National PTV Sports Pakistan TV PTV Bolan AJK TV Entertainment ATV A-Plus Entertainment ARY Digital Express Entertainment Jang Group Geo Entertainment Geo Kahani Hum Network Hum Sitaray Hum TV Urdu 1 Discover Pakistan TV News National 24 Digital 92 News Aaj News ARY News BOL News Chaupal TV Dawn News Dunya News Express News Geo News GNN Hum News Samaa TV Local City 42 Lahore News Rohi News Music 8XM ARY Musik Sports A Sports Geo Super PTV Sports Ten Sports Religious ARY Qtv Food Hum Masala Kids Cartoon Network Regional Sindh TV Hum Pashto 1 Khyber TV KTN Defunct AAG TV Business Plus CNBC Pakistan Fashion TV (Pakistan) Geo English HBO Pakistan Indus News MTV Nickelodeon Oxygene TV Play Max Style 360 Tribune 24/7 VH1 Pakistan VSH News Waqt News WB Channel By language Urdu English Punjabi Pashto Sindhi Balochi Authority control databases International VIAF National United States --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Aaj News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaj_News) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaj_News?action=history)). 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