Dunya News is an Urdu

Urdu

Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

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Current affairs

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 television channel from 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...

. 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 cable operators. The headquarters of the channel are located at Abbot Road, Lahore

Lahore

Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...

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Popular programs

The most popular programs on the channel include:

• Policy Matters - Nasim Zehra
  Nasim Zehra
  Nasim Zehra is a Pakistani anchor and a columnist.- Education :Nasim Zehra is a fellow of Harvard University Asia Center, Cambridge, Mass. and Adjunct professor at SAIS Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC. She did MBA from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.- Career :She became Pakistan’s...
  
  
• In Session - Asma Chaudhry
  Asma Chaudhry
  Asma Chaudhry is a Pakistani female journalist and anchor. She is currently anchor on the Dunya News's program "In Session with Asma Chaudhry".- External links :* on the Dunya News...
  
  
• Hasb-e-Haal
  Hasb-e-Haal
  Hasb-e-Haal is a comedy show that airs on Dunya TV at 11:05 pm from Thursday to Sunday. It stars Sohail Ahmed, Junaid Saleem and Najia Baig....
  
  - Sohail Ahmed
  Sohail Ahmed
  Sohail Ahmed is a Pakistani comedian, and stage and TV actor. He is most notable for comedy stage dramas based in Lahore.-Early Life:...
  
  , Junaid Saleem
  Junaid Saleem
  Junaid Saleem is a Pakistani journalist and Talk show host at Dunya News. He is working as a host in a Pakistan most popular political comedy talk show Hasb-e-Haal, with Najia Baig and Sohail Ahmed.- Early life and education :...
  
  
• Khari Baat - Mubasher Lucman
  Mubasher Lucman
  Mubasher Lucman is a Pakistani talk show host. His subjects range from politics to social engineering to astrology. He writes not only in Urdu but also in the English dailies. Mr Lucman is also a film director and has produced and directed several commercials, television plays besides a feature...
  
  
• Cross Fire - Meher Bukhari
  Meher Bukhari
  Meher Bukhari is a Pakistani female journalist and a host, working at Dunya News. She has been working on SAMAA TV and fired later.- Career :She started her career as a Journalist and a Host on TV programs in SAMAA TV which she fired later...
  
  
• News Watch - Javed Iqbal
  Javed Iqbal (anchor)
  Javed Iqbal is a Pakistani anchor currently working on Dunya News and other large groups of media in Pakistan.- Career :He started his career from University of Peshawar as Media and Protocol officer. He is currently working at Dunya News as a host in "NEWS WATCH" program. And also working on other...
  
  
• Nafaa Nuqsan - Anis Shiekh
  Anis Shiekh
  Anis Shiekh is a Pakistani Business Journalist and anchor.He is currently working with Dunya News as The Editor of Business Desk. He is also the host for a talk show and current affairs program named as "Nafaa Nuqsan".- External links :* at Dunya News...
  
  

Competitors

• AAJ TV
  AAJ TV
  AAJ TV is a 24 hour Pakistani news television channel. Aaj in English means "Today".-Channel and its Programmes:AAJ News was initially started on March 23, 2005 by the Business Recorder Group...
  
  
• 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
• 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

External links

• Official website
• Watch Dunya TV