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24-hour Urdu news channel. Based in Islamabad, the channel is a business unit of Hum Television Network (HNL), her Other sister channels belonging to Network are Hum TV,

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. The transmission of the channel started on May 11, 2018. Hum News has bureaus in five major cities of Pakistan –

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with reporters in every major urban center of Pakistan. Arrangements with special correspondents enable Hum News to cover stories from major cities of the world.

Footprint

Hum News is available on Satellite PakSat-1R at 38.0 Degree and coordinates are, Downlink Frequency: 3793 MHz, Symbol Rate: 4444Ksym/s, FEC: 3/4, Polarity: Vertical
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is available on these parameters in Pakistan and Middle East.

Staff

Key staff members of Hum News are * President:

Sultana Siddiqui Sultana Siddiqui also known as Sultana Apa ( Sindhi: سلطانا آپي)is a Pakistani media mogul, television director, and producer who is the founder of Hum Network Limited. Siddiqui is an active director of Hum Network Limited and the pre ...

* CEO:

Duraid Qureshi Hum Network Limited or Hum TV Network Limited ( ur, ہم نیٹ ورک) is a Pakistani media company based in Karachi, Pakistan. It was established in February 2004 by Sultana Siddiqui. It is a current member of Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Unio ...

* Head of Programming: Akhtar V Azeem * Director News: Muhammad Rehan Ahmed

Anchors

* Program ‘Breaking Point With Malick’: Muhammad Malick * Program ‘Hum Meher Bokhari Kay Saath’: Meher Bokhari * Program ‘Pakistan Tonight’: Syed Samar Abbas * Program ‘Newsline’: Dr. Maria Zulfiqar Khan * Program ‘Subah Say Agay’: Shiffa Yousafzai and Ovais Mangalwala * Program ‘Views Makers’: Shaista Yousaf * Program ‘Pakistan Ka Sawal’: Saad ul Hasan * Program ‘Khabar aur Tajzia’: Muzammil Suharwardi

Programs

Hum News’ current weekday schedule consists mostly of rolling news programming during daytime hours, followed by in-depth news, informative and analysis based programs during the evening and prime time hours. Being one of the youngest News channel in Pakistan, Hum News focuses on a younger demographic. Its bulletins boast highest number of news stories on sports, entertainment, women affairs, youth issues and climate change. Hum News also carries bell to bell coverage of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) 5 days a week. Hum News was the first channel to broadcast First Lady Bushra Bibi’s interview, besides that Hum News has done programs with the President

Arif Alvi Arif-ur-Rehman Alvi (; born 29 July 1949) is a Pakistani dentist and politician currently serving as the 13th President of Pakistan, in office since 9 September 2018. He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2 ...

, Prime Minister Imran Khan, Governors and Chief Ministers of Provinces and several Federal Ministers. Hum News has a very versatile programming schedule which includes a variety of infotainment, political, religious and social shows. * Subah Say Agay: is a morning show, hosted by Ovais Mangalwala and Shiffa Yousafzai. This program airs five times a week from Monday to Friday from 10 AM to 12 PM (PST). This is an infotainment show consisting of different segments for all age group

* Breaking Point with Malick: Hum News flagship prime time show Breaking Point with Malick is hosted by Mohammad Malick; a senior journalist. This program airs on weekdays from Monday to Thursday at 8 PM (PST). Many political figures like Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed, IT minister Shibli Faraz and economists Shoukat Tareen have been on this show previousl

* Hum Meher Bokhari Kay Sath: Meher Bokhari; a renowned journalist and anchor hosts another prime time show. This program airs on weekdays from Monday to Thursday, at 10 PM (PST). It’s a current affairs show that mainly discusses political and social issue

* Views Makers: Hum News flagship prime time show Views Makers is hosted by Shaista Yousaf. This program airs on weekdays from Monday to Thursday at 07 PM (PST). This is also a current affairs show but is solely based on opinions of different analyst

* Pakistan Ka Sawal: Hum News flagship prime time show Pakistan Ka Sawal is hosted by Saad ul Hassan. This program airs on Friday and Saturday at 7 PM (PST). This show is based on lead stories of the day and he issue/ topic is discussed with related guest

* Hum Awaz: A Roadshow from Karachi highlighting the social and environmental issues and its remedies, this show is hosted by Zunaib Khanzada. You can watch it every Sunday at 7 PM (PST

* Pakistan Tonight: Another Prime Time talk-show of Hum News, hosted by Syed Samar Abbas. This program airs on weekends from Friday to Sunday at 8 PM (PST). This show includes all the top news and political storie

* Newsline: It’s another weekends prime time show hosted by Dr Maria Zulfiqar Khan. This show highlights current affairs, political stories and social issues too. This program airs on weekends from Friday to Sunday, at 10 PM (PST

* Khabar Aur Tajzia: Muzammil Suharwardi hosts a political talkshow Khabar Aur Tajzia on weekends. This program airs on Saturday and Sunday, at 5:30 PM (PST). This show includes topics that are related to current affairs and political issue

Special Shows

* 60 hours to Glory (PATS): Hum News collaborated with ISPR and produced the first ever military reality show 60 HOURS TO GLORY based on 4th Pakistan Army Team Spirit Competitio

* Hum Investigates: Hum Investigates consists of well researched and well produced documentaries based on politics, social issues, historical figures and event

* Main Nahi Hum: This program highlights social issues which are normally ignored and questions social stigmas of our society. Muniba Mazari hosts the progra

* Game Plan: A special sports show based on critical analysis with cricket expert

* Cover Page: An entertainment show contains news and updates about entertainment industry, also about new film releases both national and internationa

Hum News Special Transmissions

Hum News has done special transmission on all special occasions like Independence Day, Elections, Iqbal Day, Kashmir Day, Quaid’s Day, Women’s Day and many more. * SIUT Transmissio

* COVID-19 PM Teletho

* New Year Special Transmissio

* Hum News Budget Special Transmissio

* Election Transmission 201

* By Election Transmissio

* Documentary on Afghanistan/ 9/1

* PM Special Interview with Hamza Ali Abbas

Hum News Special for Overseas

While COVID-19 was on peak, there was a communication gap between government officials and overseas Pakistani’s stuck in other countries, to overcome this issue Hum News launched a program with Special Assistant to PM Zulfi Bokhari.

Ramadan Transmissions

In Ramadan, Hum news airs special Ramadan transmission.

PSL Special Show

Hum news launched a sports show specially based on Pakistan Super League, which included a comprehensive analysis on teams, players and matches.

Hum Women Leader Awards

Hum News is the only channel to award the efforts of women leaders around the Pakistan, and these Awards airs every year on Hum news.

Hosts

Ovais Mangalwala Ovais Mangalwala ( ur, ; born 18 August 1977), is Pakistani television host, writer, and producer. He is best known for hosting the satirical Express News program "Kaha Sunaa Maaf" from 2012 to 2017. Mangalwala currently hosts Hum News morning ...

* Shaista Yusuf * Muhammad Malick * Syed Sammer Abbas * Taha Siddique * Fazeela Sahiba * Dr. Maria Zulfiqar * Shiffa Yousafzai * Lubna Abbas * Rabia Ahsan

Programming

*Bari Baat with Adil Shahzeb *Nadeem Malik Live * Pakistan Tonight * Game Plan * Agenda Pakistan * Cover Page * Subhay Se Aaghay * Main Nahin HUM * HUM Investigates

Islamabad bureau/reporters

* Ibrahim Raja - Bureau Chief * Sarfraz Raja * Tariq Mahmood Malik * Javed Soomro * Nauman Maqsood * Farid Sabri * Rehan Syed * Faizan Khan (journalist), Faizan Khan * Muhammad Zareef * Zoohraiz Bangish

References

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