Hum News
| Hum News | |
|---|---|
| Owned by | Hum Network Limited |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Language | |
| Headquarters | Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Website | |
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Hum News is a Pakistani 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, Hum Masala and Hum Sitaray.
The transmission of the channel started on 11 May 2018. Hum News has bureaus in five major cities of Pakistan – Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Quetta, and Peshawar 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[edit]
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. Hum English is available on these parameters in Pakistan and Middle East.
Staff[edit]
Key staff members of Hum News are
- President: Sultana Siddiqui
- CEO: Duraid Qureshi
- Digital Sales Head: Hassan Akbar
Anchors[edit]
- Program ‘Pakistan Tonight’: Syed Samar Abbas
- Program ‘Newsline’: Maria Zulfiqar
- Program ‘Hum Dekhen Gey’: Mansoor Ali Khan
- Program ‘Khabar aur Tajzia’: Muzammil Suharwardi
- Program ‘Up Front’: Mona Alam
- Program ‘Faisla Aap ka’: Asma Shirazi
- Program ‘Subh say Agay’: Mohammad Shoaib & Sabeen Farooq
- Program ‘Hum Awaz’: Adil Nizami
Programs[edit]
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, 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 Mohammad Shoaib and Sabeen Farooq. 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 groups
- Faisla Aap ka Asma shirazii hosts a political talk show Faisla Aap Ka . This program airs on Monday To Thursday, at 8:03 PM (PST). This show includes topics that are related to current affairs and political issues.
- Newsline It’s another prime time show hosted by Dr Maria Zulfiqar Khan. This show highlights current affairs, political stories and social issues too. This program airs on from Friday to Sunday, at 10:03 PM (PST).
- Khabar Aur Tajzia Muzammil Suharwardi hosts a political talk show Khabar Aur Tajzia. This program airs on Thursday To Sunday, at 7:03 PM (PST). This show includes topics that are related to current affairs and political issues.
- Upfront Mona Alam hosts a political talk show Upfront on weekends. This program airs on Monday To Wednesday, at 7:03 PM (PST). This show includes topics that are related to current affairs and political issues.
- 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 8:03 PM (PST). This show includes all the top news and political stories.
- Hum Dekhen Gey Tune into a dynamic program featuring rapid news updates, insightful analysis, and top stories of the day. Hosted by the vibrant and articulate Mansoor Ali Khan. Aired from Monday to Thursday at 10:03 PM.
- Hum Awaz Adil Nizami hosts a weekly public talk show every Sunday at 7:03 PM (PST). The program covers a range of current affairs and political topics.
Hum News Special for Overseas[edit]
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[edit]
In Ramadan, Hum news airs special Ramadan transmission.
PSL Special Show[edit]
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[edit]
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.[citation needed]
Hosts[edit]
- Mansoor Ali Khan
- Syed Sammer Abbas
- Mona Alam
- Adil Nizami
- Maria Zulfiqar
- Muzammil suharwari
- Asma Shirazi
- Mohammad Shoaib
- Sabeen Farooq
Programming[edit]
- Pakistan Tonight
- Upfront
- Subah Se Agay
- Hum Dekhen Gey
- News Line
- Faisla Aap Ka
- Subh say Agay
- Khabar Aur Tajziya
- Hum Awaz
Islamabad Bureau
- Javed Soomro: Bureau Chief
- Khuram Iqbal Ansari: Producer
- Mian Abdul Basit: Associate Producer
- Sheikh Qasim Shahid: Reporter + Assignment Editor
- Faizan Khan: Reporter
- Farah Mehjabeen: Reporter
- Muhammad Zareef: Reporter
- Aqeel Ahmed: Reporter
- Ruman Muzaffar: Reporter
- Saba Bajeer: Reporter
- Ayaz Ahmed: Reporter
Hum News Digital[edit]
- Urdu Desk
- Abdur Razzaq Sial (Editor)
- Muhammad Hasnat Mughal (Producer)
- English Desk
- Nizam U din Salarzai (Editor)
- Zaffar Ali Khan ( Senior Sub Editor)
- Video Desk
- Syed Aitezaz Hassan (Associate Producer)
- Fahad Hafeez (Associate Producer)
References[edit]
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