News channel Ary

ARY News is a Dubai-based Pakistani news channel launched in 26 September 2004. A bilingual news channel in English and Urdu, it is a part of the ARY Digital Network, which is a subsidiary of ARY Group. It has a large audience and one main competitor in Geo News. It was previously known as ARY One World until 2009 when it was re-branded as ARY News.

Current affair programs with prominent Pakistani journalists are the strength of ARY News. Its program mix covers all the genres of news & infotainment, and most of its programs are presented by top international anchors such as P.J. Mir, Nasrullah Malik, Ayaz Amir, Qurat ul Ain Hassan, Farah Farooq, Sadaf Abdul Jabbar, Kashif Abbasi, Wasim Badami, Iqrar ul Hassan and Asima Shirazi.

ARY News is one of the first dedicated international news channels in Pakistan. It has exclusive correspondents in almost all major capitals around the globe, a network of over 500 reporters and correspondents in Pakistan, and major international networks as exclusive partners for the exchange of news, information and other technical facilities. The channel also maintains a rich archive library with exclusive footage.

International availability

ARY News is available in the United States via Dish Network^[1] and in the UK on Sky Digital.^[2]

Online streaming

After the 2007 state of emergency in Pakistan, many private TV channels were shut down by PEMRA including ARY News, but it continued live online streaming. The ban has now been removed.^{[citation needed]}

Controversy

On November 16, 2007, after the pressure from General Musharraf, ARY News shut down. After the imposition of emergency in Pakistan, all private news channels were banned. On November 16, Musharraf ordered PEMRA to cancel ARY's license, and ARY shut down. The Pakistani government has claimed that Dubai Media City authorities have closed these channels and that the Government of Pakistan has nothing to do with it. However, Dubai Media Centre authorities have dismissed these statements had said that they had no hand in this at all.^{[citation needed]}

ARY One World returns

After the ARY News owners signed the new PEMRA ordinance and accepted the conditions of government, coverage resumed on November 22, 2007. One important condition was that channel would not present any argument, whether from public or from opposition politicians, against the current government. Many human rights were cancelled due to this government act.^{[citation needed]}

Hacking of aryoneworld.net

After the resignation of Musharraf the ARY News website was hacked and now has been restored.

References

1. http://en.wikipedia.org