Geo News

Geo News is Pakistan's most-watched private news channel, launched in 2002 by the Jang Media Group, the country's largest media conglomerate. Broadcasting in Urdu with an English-language website, it provides round-the-clock coverage of Pakistani politics, business, sport and world news, and its bulletins and talk shows are among the most influential in the country.

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Geo News at a glance

Country: Pakistan
Region: South Asia · Asia
Kind of outlet: Television news channel
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups Geo News

Crosswire groups Geo News as Centrist for comparisons within Pakistan's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Pakistan, ARY News is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open Geo 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 Geo News sits in Pakistan's press

Geo News is one of 5 outlets tracked in Pakistan, and one of 2 television news channels among them — the other being ARY 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 Geo News outside Pakistan, starting with South Asia, are CGTN (China), Astro Awani (Malaysia), Channel NewsAsia (Singapore) and GMA News (Philippines). Opening one of them beside Geo News is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.