City 42 is a
Lahore-based news channel which broadcasts news and information about latest happenings and events in the city of Lahore in
Punjab,
Pakistan. The channel was founded in 2009 and is owned by Mohsin Naqvi who is the founder of City News Group.
Naqvi is politically affiliated with
Chaudhrys of Gujrat through marriage.
The channel broadcasts a variety of programs in
Urdu and
English which span from current affairs to general
infotainment
Infotainment (a portmanteau of ''information'' and ''entertainment''), also called soft news as a way to distinguish it from serious journalism or hard news, is a type of media, usually television or online, that provides a combination of infor ...
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History
The channel was founded in 2009 by a Pakistani
media mogul, Mohsin Naqvi, as C42.
The channel name was based on
landline telephone
A landline (land line, land-line, main line, home phone, fixed-line, and wireline) is a telephone connection that uses metal wires or optical fiber telephone line for transmission, as distinguished from a mobile cellular network, which us ...
dialing code of Lahore, 042.
See also
*
List of news channels in Pakistan
References
External links
City 42 - Official website24 News HD - Official website24 News Urdu - Official website*
Rohi
NNB Networks - News Website
Television channels and stations established in 2009
Television stations in Lahore
Television stations in Pakistan
24-hour television news channels in Pakistan
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