Waqt News

Waqt News
Launched 2007
Owned by Nawaiwaqt Newspapers Group
Slogan Karo Waqt Ka Samna
Country Pakistan
Language Urdu
Broadcast area South Asia
Headquarters 23, Queens Road, Lahore, Pakistan
Website http://www.waqtnews.tv
Availability
Satellite
Intelsat
Thaicom		 Frequency 4003 Hz
Cable
IPTV
PTCL Smart TV (Pakistan) 020

Waqt News is a Pakistani TV news channel owned by Nawa-i-Waqt media group founded by Hameed Nizami. It was launched in early 2007 in Pakistan. Nawa-i-Waqt is considered to be one of the most vocal media groups in Pakistan.[1]

Waqt News is affiliated with the Nawa-i-Waqt media group and joins the long list of TV news channels already functioning in Pakistan.[2]

According to a source that reviews international TV news channels, "The influential print and electronic media group is long been cited as one having critical appearance and importance in the media houses of the country. The news correspondent network of the channel is one of the largest in the country. The sensationalism and rating-oriented approach has always been a journalistic taboo for the flag bearers of Waqt."[1]

In November 2009, news managers from many TV channels in Pakistan worked out the informal, self-applied guidelines for covering news about terrorism. These voluntary guidelines have been endorsed by most TV networks in Pakistan including Waqt News.[3]

In February 2016, a confrontation between the police and the journalists was described by a major newspaper in Karachi in an article, where a Waqt News correspondent was also roughed up.[4]

Availability

Waqt News is available throughout Pakistan from the local cable operators as well as on satellite.[5]

Some major TV shows


See also

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.livenewsbox.com/pakistani/waqt-news.html, Profile of Waqt News TV channel on livenewsbox.com website, Retrieved 21 February 2017
  2. ↑ http://channels.tv.com.pk/, List of many Pakistani TV channels including Waqt News on tv.com.pk website, Retrieved 21 February 2017
  3. ↑ http://www.dawn.com/news/851821, 'More channels endorse guidelines', Dawn newspaper, Published 17 November 2009, Retrieved 21 February 2017
  4. ↑ https://tribune.com.pk/story/1039180/media-men-face-law-enforcers-wrath/, 'Media men face law enforcers' wrath', The Express Tribune newspaper, Published 3 February 2016, Retrieved 21 February 2017
  5. ↑ http://www.lyngsat.com/, Retrieved 21 February 2017
  6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/user/waqtnews, 'Salam Pakistan' morning TV show from Waqt News on YouTube, Retrieved 21 February 2017


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