Dawn News is Pakistan's first 24-hour English news channel. Based in Karachi, the station is a subsidiary of Pakistan Herald Publications Limited (PHPL), Pakistan's largest English-language media group. The test transmission of the station occurred in May 2007, and the channel went live on July 23, 2007. Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ... Television news refers to the practice of disseminating current events via the media of television. ... A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Advertising slogans are short, often memorable phrases used in advertising campaigns. ... The Dawn Group of Newspapers is Pakistans second largest newspaper group. ... is the 204th day of the year (205th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...   (Sindhi: , Urdu: ) is the largest city in Pakistan and is the provincial capital of Sindh province. ...

Dawn News' Test Transmission was launched by President Pervez Musharraf. The complete launch of the channel coincided with the result of the Supreme Court case which cleared the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who had been suspended by General Musharraf. The channel was initially housed in Haroon House, the head-office of PHPL, but later moved to its current premises in West Wharf, Karachi. The President of Pakistan (Urdū: صدر مملکت Sadr-e-Mumlikat) is the head of state of Pakistan. ... Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: ) (born 11 August 1943, Delhi) is the current President of Pakistan, Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army. ...

The channel has an online stream available on its web site for foreign viewing.

See also

• Dawn Group of Newspapers
• Dawn
• List of Pakistani television stations

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External links

• Launching Ceremony of DAWN NEWS
• Dawn TV
• Online TV