AAJ TV

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owner = Business Recorder Group
slogan = AAJ
country = Pakistan
editor = M. A. Zuberi
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web = [http://www.aaj.tv www.aaj.tv]
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AAJ TV is 24 hour Pakistani entertainment Television Channel. "Aaj" in English means "Today".

Channel and its programmes

AAJ TV was initially started in 2005 by the Business Recorder Group. The Business Recorder Group is one of the most prominent media conglomerates in Pakistan.

As Aaj TV is the only Television network to have an Earth Station, it provides flexibility and control in responding to local and international events. AAJ TV caters to all tastes by providing four programming features in the form of News, Current Affairs, Entertainment and Infotainment.

With a vast amount of experience with the Business Recorder Group, AAJ TV provides round the clock news coverage from around the world in collaboration with their partner news sources in more than 100 countries.

Combining news reporting with analytical strengths provided by the respected social and political commentators in Pakistan, accounts for in depth and precise Current Affairs programs.

The Current Affair which are boosting Aaj Television toward its bright future are Live With Talat ( 2205 to 2300 Every Monday to Friday)Bolta Pakistan ( 2305 to 2355 Every Monday to Friday)One of the major achievements in entertainment programming is its one of its kind "The late night show with Begum Nawazish Ali aired on Saturday every week. The show is based on the idea of a male host in disguise of a rich feminist portraying a page-3 elite of the country. The host takes interviews of some very prominent figures from within country talking broadly about the socio-economic issues of the nation.

Another popular show is a program called the 4 Man Show. It is a show with 4 'anchors' (hence the title) giving the news and taking interviews with 'political leaders' (actors with cheap make-up). However it is deeply immersed in comedy and political satire and is a 'loose cannon' meaning no one is immune (sometimes even themselves).

On April 22 2007 The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has served a show-cause notice on Aaj TV, for airing news, talk shows and other programmes on the current judicial crisis and threatened it with closure.

In notice, it said that the TV channel had violated the Pemra Ordinance in its news, talk shows and programmes on an issue pending with the Supreme Judicial Council.

The notice said that the channel had also failed to produce a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the external publicity wing of the ministry of information and broadcasting which was required for the processing of short-term uplinking licence.

Aaj TV and the Karachi Riots

On May 12, 2007, at least 41 (official government figure) people were killed in riots erupting across the city of Karachi--the capital of the province of Sindh and the most populous city in the country of Pakistan. Roads were blocked, cars burned and hundreds of people injured and arrested. The violence erupted after the arrival of suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who came to address the city bar association on the 50th anniversary of establishment of the Sindh High Court Bar Association.cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/pakistan.strife/index.html|title=Deadly violence erupts in Pakistan|author=Syed Mohsin Naqvi|publisher=CNN|date=2007-05-12]

During riots in Karachi, a mob also attacked offices of television station Aaj TV, a news network that has covered the recent dispute between Chief Justice Chaudhry and President Musharraf extensively. A huge mob surrounded the building earlier today, and the network issued the following statement regarding the current crisis:

Our cameramen were shooting the rally procession when the gunmen started to fire indiscriminately at our office. No security was sent to us though the firing went on for three hours.

According to a later press release from Aaj TV Spokesperson, Arshad Zuberi, the building came under fire from MQM supporters who wanted the airing of live footage of the unrest in the city stopped. [ [http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/13/top6.htm| Armed men attack Aaj TV office] ] Its parking was set ablaze with uncontrolled fires while similar infernos raged throughout the city.cite web|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/world/05_2007/gunmen-open-fire-at-pak-tv-channel-40437.html|title=Gunmen open fire at Pak TV channel|publisher=CNN-IBN|date=2007-05-12] cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=METr2vAtObs|title=MQM Terrorists attack Aaj TV studios|publisher=Aaj TV]

Entertaintment Programme

*Trendlines
*Urban Desi
*AAJ Entertainment Tonight
*Late Night Show With Begum Nawazish Ali
*The 4 Man Show
*Such Beetiyan
*Super Karara
*News Views & Confused
*Chowki No. 420
*Very Very Pakistani
*Kiran aur George
*Qaatil

Infotaintment

*Live with Javed Ahmed Ghamidi
*Benaqabt
*Sehat Aik Naimat
*Safar-e-Hidayat
*Awaz
*All in the family
*Youth Dialogue
*AAj Awam Ke Sath
*Very Very Pakistani

Curreent Affairs

*AAJ Markets
*LIVE With Talat
*News Roundup
*Bolta Pakistan

References

ee also

*List of Pakistani television stations
*Begum Nawazish Ali
*News, Views & Confused
*Karachi Riots

External links

* [http://www.aaj.tv Official Site]
* [http://www.businessrecorder.com The Business Recorder Group]
* [http://video.aol.com/video/pakistan-aaj-tv-live/1912312 AAJ TV streaming/Jump TV]