G News Network, commonly known as GNN, is a Pakistani 24-hour news and current affairs channel based in
Lahore
Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city ...
,
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
. It is owned and operated by
Gourmet Foods
Gourmet Foods is Pakistani retail chain of food products with its company headquarters in Lahore, Pakistan. It has seven processing units across the country and over 100 stores in Lahore.
It has outlets in Hafizabad, Dera Ismail Khan, Sargodha, ...
.
It was launched in 2005 as CNBC Pakistan under a license from CNBC Asia Pacific. It was then owned by Vision Network Television Limited.
In 2015, it was renamed as Jaag TV and was relaunched. In 2018, it was again relaunched with a new name GNN.
History
It started its transmission under name of CNBC Pakistan by taking a license from CNBC Asia. It was then owned by Vision Network Television.
In 2015, it was relaunched as Jaag TV after struggling to compete in the Pakistani market. The channel continued to struggle and was bought by Pakistani bakery company,
Gourmet Bakeries.
Reportedly, they bought it for 1.5 billion to diversify their business.
In 2018, the company announced its intention to rename the channel and relaunch it under the name, G News Network. For this purpose, they appointed
Amir Mir
Amir Mir is a veteran Pakistani journalist who is currently CEO of GNN, a digital media project. Earlier until 2019, he was working as chief operational officer of the news channel GNN as well as a founding member since the channel's inceptio ...
, brother of journalist and anchor
Hamid Mir
Hamid Mir ( ur, حامد میر; born 23 July 1966) is a Pakistani journalist, columnist and writer. Born in Lahore to a journalistic family, Mir initially worked as a journalist with Pakistani newspapers. He has hosted the political talk show ' ...
, as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the channel.
On 10 August 2018,
Hamid Mir
Hamid Mir ( ur, حامد میر; born 23 July 1966) is a Pakistani journalist, columnist and writer. Born in Lahore to a journalistic family, Mir initially worked as a journalist with Pakistani newspapers. He has hosted the political talk show ' ...
left
Geo TV
Geo Television Network is a television channel based in Pakistan. It was established in May 2002 and is owned by the Jang Media Group. The channel began its test transmission on 14 August 2002, with regular transmission beginning on 1 October 2 ...
and joined GNN as President of the channel along with two other colleagues
Sohail Warraich
Suhail Warraich (born 8 November 1961) is a Pakistani journalist, television host, analyst and media personality. Warraich's
most popular programme is Ek Din Geo k Sath on Geo News every Saturday and Sunday. He also shares his opinions on ...
and Munib Farooq.
But his stint remained brief at GNN as two months later on 12 October 2018, Hamid Mir left GNN.
Senior journalist Dr.
Shahid Masood
Shahid Masood ( ur, ) is a Pakistani columnist and political analyst who hosts the talk show ''Live with Dr. Shahid Masood'' on GNN. He is known for his series ''End of Time'' on ARY''.''
Previously, he served as Group executive director of ...
joined GNN as President on 14 April 2019, continuing his show ''Live With Dr. Shahid Masood''.
Senior journalist Arif Hameed Bhatti joined GNN as Chief operating officer (COO) on 13 June 2019. He will host a show at GNN.
Shows
*''Khabar Hai'' (Arif Hameed Bhatti, Saeed Qazi and Tahir Malik)
*''Live With Dr Shahid Masood'' (
Shahid Masood
Shahid Masood ( ur, ) is a Pakistani columnist and political analyst who hosts the talk show ''Live with Dr. Shahid Masood'' on GNN. He is known for his series ''End of Time'' on ARY''.''
Previously, he served as Group executive director of ...
; anchor: Zaryab Arif , earlier Mehr U. Sher, Naila Ali, Samina Pasha)
* ''Clash with Aisha Yousaf''
* ''China Today''
* ''Joke Dar Joke'' (Hina Niazi)
* ''Fard-e-Jurm''
* ''Face to Face with Ayesha Bakhsh''
*''View Point'' (Imran Yaqub Khan, Samina Pasha and Zafar Hilaly)
* ''G Kay Sung'' (Mohsin Bhatti)
* ''Taron Sy Karain Batain'' (Fizza Ali)
* ''Food Street''
* ''Aisa Dais Hai Mera''
* ''Nagar Nagar ki Khabar''
* ''News Edge''
* ''Global Insight''
Former shows
* ''Aashkar''
* ''Bebaak''
* ''Clash with Aisha Yousaf''
* ''
Hamid Mir
Hamid Mir ( ur, حامد میر; born 23 July 1966) is a Pakistani journalist, columnist and writer. Born in Lahore to a journalistic family, Mir initially worked as a journalist with Pakistani newspapers. He has hosted the political talk show ' ...
Show''
* ''Inside Out''
See also
*
List of television stations in Pakistan
This is a list of television channels in Pakistan. Television in Pakistan was introduced in 1964.
Current Channels
General Entertainment Urdu
Punjabi
* Punjab TV
Sindhi
* Awaz TV
* Dharti TV
* Kashish
* KTN
* Sindh TV
Pashto
* ...
*
List of news channels in Pakistan
This is a list of news channels in Pakistan. These are Pakistani general, business and defunct news channels with their headquarters, launched year, closed year and languages arranged alphabetically.
General news channels
Defunct news chan ...
References
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Television stations in Pakistan
24-hour television news channels in Pakistan
Television stations in Lahore
CNBC global channels
Mass media in Karachi
Television channels and stations established in 2005