AAJ TV

(PAKISTAN KI AWAAZ)

INTRODUCTION: AAJ News was initially started on March 23, 2005 by the Business Recorder Group. 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. Building on the immaculate news reporting experience of the Business Recorder, AAJ News provides round the clock news coverage from around the world in collaboration with our 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. AAJ News employs over 1,000 employees and has fully equipped bureaus in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad . AAJ News is the only digital satellite channel to have an Earth Station in Pakistan that broadcasts directly to the AsiaSat satellite with a footprint of over 60 countries.

On April 22, 2007 The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory 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. THE WEB TEAM: The AAJ News Web Team consists of highly competent professionals from the media industry. WEB EDITOR:

Bilal Khan

WEB NEWS SUB-EDITOR:

Muhammad Aijaz Humair Rana Majid Siddique Javeria Nasir

REPORTERS:

Asfar Imam Chief Reporter Mudassir Aziz Benazir Mehdi Noman Rafiq Nasir Butt

OPINION WRITERS:

Azfar Ali Aziz-ud-Din Ahmad Adnan Shamim Ahmed Quraishi Faisal Rahman Hasan Iftikhar Ishtiaq Mehkri Muhammad Yasir Nasir Farooq Nusrat Nasarullah Parvez Jamil Rabia Garib Sadaf Fayyaz Saima Absar Kazmi Shazia Yousuf Syed Ali Raza Abidi Talha Chaudhry

CHANGE OFFORMAT: 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. NEWS DEPARTMENTS: News departments include:

National news World news Business news Sports news

Entertainment news

Film news Music news

Technology news Life and Style

Education news Health news Women news Fashion news Editorials Column Blog Exclusive reports

Exclusive news

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