Samaa TV ( ur, سماء) is a Pakistani Urdu language news channel owned by

Aleem Khan Abdul Aleem Khan (born 5 October 1972) is a Pakistani former politician and a businessman tycoon. Aleem Khan owns Samaa TV and Vision Group. He was also the Senior Minister of Punjab and Minister of Food from 2020 to 2021. He also served as a me ...

. It is the fourth-largest news channel in Pakistan with a market share of 7 percent. The word 'Samaa' ("سما") is Urdu for 'sky' or 'heaven'. It is broadcast simultaneously from five major cities of Pakistan –

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former c ...

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second List of cities in Pakistan by population, most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th List of largest cities, most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is th ...

Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital ...

Quetta Quetta (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه‎) is the tenth most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in south-west of the country close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is the capital of th ...

and

Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

History

Samaa TV was founded in 2007 by Jaag Broadcasting Systems (Pvt) Limited. In 2020, former provincial minister,

, acquired Samaa TV from Jaag Broadcasting Systems through his subsidiary real estate company, Park View Limited. Samaa TV claims that it resists sensationalism in news presentation to the public and focuses on presenting news based on facts. Its company slogan is 'Sansani Nahin, Sirf Khabrain' (No Sensationalism, Only News). In 2022, Samaa TV producer

Athar Mateen Athar Mateen was a senior producer of Samaa TV. On 18 February 2022, 8:29 AM Mateen was killed in a firing incident on a car near North Nazimabad Five Star Chowrangi area of Karachi. According to police and FIR, the incident took place during the ...

was killed during a robbery in North Nazimabad Karachi.

Channels

Samaa Network Operates the Following Channels: Samaa News Pakistan - HD – 24-Hour Urdu News Channel (Launched in 8 December 2007) Samaa News UAE - HD – 24-Hour Urdu News Channel (Launched in May 30, 2022) Samaa News UK - HD – 24-Hour Urdu News Channel (Launched in Aug 21, 2022)

Upcoming channels

Samaa News USA - HD – 24-Hour Urdu News Channel Samaa News Australia - HD – 24-Hour Urdu News Channel Samaa Entertainment - HD – 24-Hour Entertainment Channel Samaa Sports - HD – 24-Hour Sports Channel

Programming

*''Nadeem Malik Live'' *Red Line With Syed Talat Hussain *''Naya Din'' with Mehak Aslam & Faisal Karim *''Do Tok With Kiran Naz'' *''Super Over'' with Ahmed Ali Butt'' *''7 se 8 '' *Game Set Match with Sawera Pasha & Adeel Azhar *''Meray Sawaal with Mansoor Ali Khan'' *''Qutb Online'' *''Pukaar with Muhammad Zohaib Saleem Butt *''Black and White with Hassan Nisar'' *''Straight Talk with Ayesha Bakhsh''

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