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 (PHPL), 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. On May 15, 2010, Dawn News converted into an Urdu news channel after successful test transmission of four hours a day. The conversion is mainly due to its financial crisis and thin viewership in the country. Now Express 24/7 replaced it as the Pakistan’s only English news channel for a brief time, which was also then shut down by Express Media Group for financial reasons.
Dawn News’ Test Transmission was launched by former President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf. The complete launch of the channel coincided with the result of the Supreme Court case which cleared the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who had been suspended by General Musharraf. The channel was initially housed in Haroon House, the head-office of PHPL, but later moved to its current premises in West Wharf, Karachi.


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  1. Because of the graciousness , International standard of News ,Analysis and other programmes of current affairs. Highly cultured, professionals and Soft-spoken people with a positive approach are attached with this prestigious organization and the top look to have no secret agenda.

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