Hum TV
Geo News
Pakistani pay television news channel
Television channel
Geo News (Urdu: جیو نیوز) is a Pakistani news channel owned by the Jang Media Group.[1] It was launched in October as the news and current affairs program was under its flagship channel Geo TV, which later in , Geo TV decided to launch its own news channel.
History
Geo News was launched in October as Geo TV.[1][2]
In June , Geo New was suspended for their accusation against the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency and its then-chief Zaheer-ul-Islam for attacking its journalist Hamid Mir.[3]
In , the employees of Geo News were not paid for three months and the editor-in-chief was summoned to explain the situation.
Imran Aslam, an executive of Geo Network said, "This is an attempt to financially cripple the organization into submission." The news channel owner has also been summoned by the court in the past on the issue of non-payment of employee salaries.[4]
Controversies
According to Declan Walsh, some militant outfits including Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, and Muttahida Qaumi Movement's alleged militant wing have infiltrated the Geo group that helped them in executing the murder of Wali Khan Babar and the attack on the Pakistan Navy's aviation base in [5]
Notable hosts and analyst
Current
Former
Programming
Current programming
Former programming
- 1 Say 2
- 51%
- Alif ()
- Aaj Kamran Khan Kay Saath (–)
- Bazaar (–)
- BNN (–)
- Burka Avenger
- Career Online
- Ghamidi
- Geo Shaan Say (–)
- Team Muhafiz ()
- Geo Ajooba (–)
- Geo Dost (–)
- Geomentary ()
- Geo F.I.R ( - )
- Hum Awam (–)
- Lekin (–)
- 50 Minutes ( - )
- Awam Ki Adalaat ( - )
- Aik Din Geo Ke Saath ()
- Wasu Aur Mein ()
- Jawab Deyh ( - )
- Newsroom ( - )
- Meray Mutabiq with Shahid Masood
- Match Box
- The Sportsman Show ()
- The Awaien Show
- Follow Round Up
- Crisis Cell ( - )
- Choraha ( - )
- Jugnu ( - )
- Kahney Main Kya Harj Hai ()
- Foreign Affairs ( - )
- Aalim Online ( - )
- Hum Sub Umeed Se Hain ( - )
- Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave