ARY News

ARY News is a major Pakistani Urdu-language news channel operated by the Dubai-based ARY Digital Network, launched in 2004. One of the country's most-watched news broadcasters and the chief rival to Geo News, it is rated Right-Center by Media Bias/Fact Check. Its website carries coverage of politics, business and current affairs.

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ARY News at a glance

Country: Pakistan
Region: South Asia · Asia
Kind of outlet: Television news channel
Editorial leaning: Right-leaning
Website: arynews.tv ↗
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How Crosswire groups ARY News

Crosswire groups ARY News as Right-leaning for comparisons within Pakistan's directory. This is an approximate Crosswire label, not a verified rating of its individual articles or a claim that every journalist shares one position. In Pakistan, Dawn and The Express Tribune are listed as Centrist — so you can open ARY News beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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This is an approximate orientation, not a definitive judgement — and not a rating of quality or accuracy. Read how Crosswire classifies editorial leanings. This profile does not include an individual assessment citation. Page updated 2026-09-28; this is a content-change date, not a fresh fact-check of the outlet. Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.

Where ARY News sits in Pakistan's press

ARY News is one of 5 outlets tracked in Pakistan, and one of 2 television news channels among them — the other being Geo News. By outlets tracked, Pakistan ranks 17th of the 33 countries on Crosswire's Asia hub, which lists 169 outlets in all.

Across Asia, Crosswire tracks 12 of the 66 television news channels in the directory. The nearest counterparts to ARY News outside Pakistan, starting with South Asia, are Astro Awani (Malaysia), Channel NewsAsia (Singapore), GMA News (Philippines) and Democratic Voice of Burma (Myanmar). Opening one of them beside ARY News is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.