CNBC Pakistan is Pakistan's 24-hour bilingual Urdu and English language business and news channel which reports financial and business information, presenting in-depth and up-to-the-minute coverage of regional and international affairs from a Pakistani economic perspective. CNBC Pakistan was founded in 2004 by CNBC Asia to broaden their reach into Pakistan's expanding capital markets, and inaugurated by the Pakistan's former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.
CNBC Pakistan's initial broadcast began on November 15, 2005 and is owned by Vision Network Television Limited. Approximately 250 employees work with CNBC Pakistan. Its headquarters are located at the Techno-city Corporate Tower in Karachi. Smaller bureaus are also found in Islamabad and Lahore. CNBC Pakistan uses a three band ticker with the upper and central band for stocks and the lower band for news.
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CNBC Pakistan HQ at night
Owned by Vision Network Television Limited, a Pakistani Company, CNBC Pakistan has access to the global CNBC network. While broadcasting with state-of-the-art studios and production facilities from Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad, CNBC Pakistan transmits live programming in both Urdu and English from a Pakistani perspective 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The channel is already poised as the most important media outlet in Pakistan for the economic sector, reflecting the sustained growth and opportunities in the nation’s financial markets.
CNBC Pakistan is a notable addition to the Pakistani media landscape, utilizing the global resources of the CNBC network, delivering continuous flow of relevant engaging news from all of the Pakistani markets and from business centers around the world. Broadcasting according to the highest international newsgathering and reporting standards, investing heavily in the Human Resource area to bring the best and the most talented Pakistanis to the channel.
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Samaa News is sister channel of CNBC Pakistan. It is housed in the same building as CNBC Pakistan and in fact shares the Master Control Room with CNBC Pakistan.
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