How a 30 year old became a media tycoon

Deep into the winding, messy streets of a Lahore township, on one end of a broken road stands a building five stories...

Hum Network public notice confirms likelihood of a takeover

KARACHI: Hum Network Limited (HUMNL) on Tuesday issued a public notice on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) regarding a story published in...

As Samaa drowns in losses, Aleem Khan offers to buy the channel

The story of Samaa will eventually be the story of every news channel in Pakistan

Sultana Siddiqui asks SECP to inquire alleged attempt to takeover Hum Network

KARACHI: President Hum Network Limited (HUMNL) Sultana Siddiqui on Thursday asked the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) to inquire about...

Food ‘giant’ Gourmet set to launch TV channel

As per reports, earlier in 2016, the company bought the struggling Jaag TV, with an estimated investment of Rs1.5 billion, in a bid to break into the media industry

What in the world happened with the PSL media rights bid? 

On the 23rd of December, Geo and ARY found themselves sitting across a table with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in the...

After Daewoo and K-Electric, why is AsiaPak interested in Bol News?

There is only one reason to buy a television channel in this day and age: influence. But could Bol’s baggage be too much to handle?

JSCL denies involvement in alleged attempt to take over HUMNL

KARACHI: Jahangir Siddiqui & Co Limited (JSCL) on Monday wrote a letter to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) denying its involvement in...

Real estate entity Al Rehman Developers buys Public News

Acquisition of channel announced on social media

Hum Network’s EOGM ends with share registrar unchanged

KARACHI: Hum Network Limited (HUMNL) on Saturday held an extraordinary general meeting (EOGM) primarily for the election of directors and to vote...

Media Times, the Taseer-owned media conglomerate, is still struggling

The company says that it plans to reinvent itself. Will the Taseers walk the talk?

State Life Insurance endorses education for boys, marriage for girls

State Life Insurance, a government-owned life insurance company that is the largest insurance provider nationally, has employed all cultural stereotypes in an advertisement for...

Jabbar Thaikaydar, the man who introduced money making in Pakistani media

In the early 1980s, as he carried banners of the Lakson Tobacco Company on his motorbike through the dusty roads of Lahore,...

Hum network to launch news channel

Karachi: In a notification sent to the bourse on Friday, Hum Network Limited (HNL) announced that it would be launching a news...

Star-studded premieres of “Peek Freans presents Gluco Allahyar and the Legend of Markhor” held in Lahore and Karachi

KARACHI: Star-studded premieres of “Peek Freans presents Gluco Allahyar and the Legend of Markhor”, the latest animation movie by ARY Films and 3rd...