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
• Express Entertainment
• Filmazia Entertainment
• Geo Entertainment
• Geo Kahani
• Hope TV
• Hum Sitaray
• Hum TV
• Indus Vision
• Kay 2 TV
• Mirror TV
• Play Entertainment
• Prime TV
• PTV Global
• PTV Home
• PTV National
• See TV
• SBN
• TV One (Pakistan)
• Urdu 1
• Zindagi TV
• MY TV (Only available on PTCL Smart TV)
• My Drama (Only available on Wateen)

Religious

Islamic

• Ahlebait TV
• ARY Qtv
• Madani Channel
• Labbaik TV
• Hadi TV 1
• Hadi TV 2
• Hadi TV 3
• Hadi TV 4
• Hadi TV 5
• Haq TV
• Hidayat TV
• Mashriq TV
• Paigham TV
• Smart Awakening (Only available on PTCL Smart TV)
• Takbeer TV

Ahmadiyya Muslim

• Muslim Television Ahmadiyya International

Christianity

• Catholic TV (Pakistan)
• GOD TV
• Angel TV
• Shalom TV

Hinduism

• Satsang TV
• Zee Jagran
• Aastha TV

News channels

Urdu News

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

Punjabi News

• Apna News

Sindhi News

• KTN News
• Sindh TV News

Pushto News

• Khyber News

Balochi News

• VSH News

English News

• PTV World
• BBC World News South Asia
• CNN International South Asia

Punjabi general entertainment

• Apna Channel
• Punjab TV

Sindhi general entertainment

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

Pushto general entertainment

• AVT Khyber
• Pashto 1

Hindko general entertainment

• Kay 2 TV

Balochi general entertainment

• PTV Bolan

Kashmiri general entertainment

• AJK TV

English general entertainment

• AXN Pakistan
• Animax Pakistan
• MN+
• Movies Now
• My Series (Only available On Wateen)

Sports

• PTV Sports
• Geo Super
• Ten Sports Pakistan
• Cricket Channel (Only available on DWN (Digital Wireless Network)

Childrens

• Cartoon Network Pakistan
• Nickelodeon Pakistan
• Toonami Pakistan
• ZeeQ
• NMX Kids (Only available on NayaTel)
• WOW TV (Only available on Wateen)

Movies

Urdu movies

• Film World
• Silver Screen
• Cinema One
• Sony Wah
• Zee Cinema
• Sony MAX 2
• NMX Entertainment (Only available on NayaTel)
• DWN Cine (Only available on DWN (Digital Wireless Network))
• DWN Dhamaka (Only available on DWN (Digital Wireless Network))
• SUN TV Plus (Only available on DWN (Digital Wireless Network))
• My Cinema 1 (Only available on Wateen)
• My Cinema 2 (Only available on Wateen)
• My Cinema 3 (Only available on Wateen)

English movies

• Filmax
• HBO Pakistan
• AXN PK
• Sony PIX
• WB Channel Pakistan
• NMX HD (Only available on NayaTel)
• DWN Plus (Only available on DWN (Digital Wireless Network)
• DWN Action (Only available on DWN (Digital Wireless Network)
• My Movies 1 (Only available on Wateen)
• My Movies 2 (Only available on Wateen

Music

• ARY Musik
• 8XM
• Jalwa
• Oxygene (TV channel)
• Indus Music
• Zee ETC Bollywood
• B4U Music
• MTV TV
• Music Channel (Only available on DWN (Digital Wireless Network))
• My Box (Only available on Wateen
• Play TV (Pakistan) now replaced by Play Entertainment
• AAG TV now replaced by Geo Kahani

Health

• Health TV

Food

• Hum Masala
• Living Foodz
• Zee Khana Khazana

Education

• VTV 1
• VTV 2
• VTV 3
• VTV 4
• Raah TV

Business

• Business Plus
• Zee Business
• ET Now

Shopping

• Smart Protocol (Only Available on PTCL Smart TV)
• Zee Shop

Electronic program guide

• Wateen Electronic Program Guide (Only available on Wateen)

Former channels

Religious

Christianity

• Good News TV

Hinduism

• Satsang TV
• Sadhna TV

News

Urdu news

• Indus News (Shut down in 2012)
• CNBC Pakistan (replaced by Jaag TV)
• ARY One World (Changed its name to ARY News)
• PTV World (Returned in 2012, now an English language news channel)
• BOL News (licence cancelled by PEMRA)

English news

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

General entertainment

Urdu general entertainment

• The Pakistani Channel (Changed its name to ARY Digital)
• People's Television Network (Replaced by Network Television Marketing)
• Network Television Marketing (Replaced by Shalimar Television Network)
• Shalimar Television Network (Replaced by ATV (Pakistan))
• Indus TV (Changed its name to Indus Vision)
• PTV (Divided into different PTV channels)
• PTV One (Shut down in 2000)
• PTV Two (Shut down in 2000)
• PTV Prime (Changed its name to Prime TV Asia)
• Channel 3 (Shut down in 2005)
• Hum 2 (Replaced by Hum Sitaray)
• TMN TV (The project was abandoned)
• Channel G (replaced by G-Kaboom)
• TVOne Global (Changed its name to TV One (Pakistan))
• Sohni Dharti TV (Licence cancelled by PEMRA)

Punjabi general entertainment

• PTV Punjab (Replaced by PTV National)

Sindhi general entertainment

• PTV Sindh (Replaced by PTV National)

Pushto general entertainment

• PTV N.W.F.P (Replaced by PTV National and PTV Bolan)

Balochi general entertainment

• PTV Balochistan (Replaced by PTV National and PTV Bolan)

Kashmiri general entertainment

• PTV Kashmir (Replaced by PTV National and AJK TV))

Gilgiti general entertainment

• PTV Gilgit (Replaced by PTV National)

Bengali general entertainment

• * PTV Bengal (Replaced by BTV, the first national television of Bangladesh due to its separation in 1971)

Childrens

• Geo Kids (Shut down in 2009)

Music

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

Movies

Urdu movies

• Filmazia (Changed its name to Filmazia Entertainment)

English movies

• Filmax (Now dubs Hollywood films in Urdu)

Sports

• ESPN Pakistan (Since it was a timeshift version of ESPN India,it's transmission was affected when ESPN India changed its name to Star Sports 4,which led the channel to go off air in 2013)

Food

• Masala TV (Changed its name to Hum Masala)
• ARY Zauq (Replaced by ARY Zindagi)

Fashion

• Style 360 (Replaced by Hum 2 now Hum Sitaray)

Shopping

• ARY Shopping (The project was abandoned)

Upcoming channels

News

Urdu news

• Al Jazeera Urdu
• Dais
• Bahria Town TV
• BBC Urdu
• OTV

English news

• Herald News
• Dawn News English

General entertainment

Urdu general entertainment

• PTV Gold
• Dunya Entertainment

Punjabi general entertainment

• PTV Panjnad

Sindhi general entertainment

• PTV Mehran

Pushto general entertainment

• PTV Abaseen

Movies

Urdu movies

• Geo Films
• ARY Films

Sports

• PTV Sports 2
• ARY Sports

Unknown status

It is not confirmed whether these channels have stopped airing or not. This list also includes channels that have been planned for a long time but have not started broadcasting yet.

General entertainment

Urdu general entertainment

• Lucky TV
• Next One
• Family Channel
• Sky Entertainment
• Happy TV
• Natak

English general entertainment

• Geo World

Sports

• Premier Sports

Pay TV services

Current Pay TV services

• PTCL Smart TV
• WorldCall CATV
• NayaTel
• DWN (Digital Wireless Network)
• Wateen
• Dish TV (Originally Indian,but available in Pakistan with Pakistani Channels as well as Dish TV 's original channels)

Former Pay TV services

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