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BBC Urdu (Urdu: بی بی سی اردو) is a digital television station covering the Indian subcontinent in the Urdu language. [1] It was the Urdu language station of the BBC World Service , accompanied by its website, which served as a news portal and provided online access to radio broadcasts.
In 2014, BBC started broadcasting the programme on Aaj TV under a partnership agreement. [2] In January 2021, BBC Urdu stopped broadcasting the programme on Aaj TV and terminated the agreement, citing interference with their editorial policy as one of the reasons, and moved distribution of the programme to YouTube and other online platforms. [3]
BBC News, The World Today, Verified Live, BBC News Now: Frankie McCamley: BBC News: Rich Preston: BBC News, The World Today, Verified Live, BBC News Now: Kasia Madera: BBC News, The World Today, Verified Live, BBC News Now: Vishala Sri-Pathma BBC News, Business Today: Lewis Vaughan Jones BBC News, The World Today, Verified Live, BBC News Now ...
Wasatullah Khan Urdu: وسعت اللہ خان is a Pakistani journalist, columnist and host. [1] Has been associated with BBC Urdu since 1991. He authored a book on the 2010 Pakistan floods named Sailab Diaries (Flood Diaries). He is also a co-host of a talk-show Zara Hut Kay for Dawn News. [2] [3]
The programme's slot originally dates back to 2004, as BBC Four News before evolving into The World and World News Today with Zeinab Badawi. [5] During this period it was the only programme produced by BBC News for UK audiences devoted principally to international news, simulcast by what was then BBC World (later BBC World News), the BBC News ...
Safdar joined Pakistan Television Lahore as a newscaster in 1975. She remained associated with PTV till 1990. In January 1990, she went abroad with her family and joined BBC Urdu Service in London, where she worked as a newscaster till 2014. She did several broadcasting courses at the BBC. [1] [2] [3]
The BBC Urdu service began its radio service back in 1940, when it was known as 'BBC Hindustani', launched to mitigate wartime misinformation. Following the Partition of India, it was renamed to 'BBC Urdu', and continued until 2022 after which it was discontinued. [28] [29] Many other radio stations in Urdu are broadcast throughout the UK.
BBC News Now, styled also as BBC News Now with Lucy Hockings, is a news programme that premiered on both UK feed and international feed of BBC News channel on 22 May 2023 as part of a refresh following the merger of the two news channels. [1] The programme is mainly hosted by Lucy Hockings.