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BBC Urdu (Urdu: بی بی سی اردو) is a digital television station covering the Indian subcontinent in the Urdu language. 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.
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. Many other
References. Sairbeen. Sairbeen ( Urdu: سیربین) is a flagship news and current affairs programme produced by BBC Urdu, currently being distributed on online platforms including YouTube. It is currently hosted by Aliya Nazki. [1] The show first began airing in 1968 on radio, [1] and was previously hosted by notable Pakistani broadcasters ...
The BBC World Service began on 19 December 1932 as the BBC Empire Service, broadcasting on shortwave and aimed principally at English speakers across the British Empire. In his first Christmas Message (1932), King George V characterised the service as intended for "men and women, so cut off by the snow, the desert, or the sea, that only voices ...
The Urdu Wikipedia ( Urdu: اردو ویکیپیڈیا ), started in January 2004, is the Standard Urdu -language edition of Wikipedia, a free, open-content encyclopedia. [1] [2] As of 21 May 2024, it has 206,120 articles, 179,704 registered users and 14,301 files, and it is the 54th largest edition of Wikipedia by article count, and ranks 20th ...
He was born in Okara, Punjab. He graduated from Pakistan Air Force Academy as a pilot officer, but subsequently left to pursue a career in journalism. [12] He initially worked for Newsline and wrote for The Washington Post and India Today. He is a graduate of the University of East Anglia. [13] In 1996, he moved to London to work for the BBC.
— Malala Yousafzai, 24 January 2009 BBC blog entry In February 2009, girls' schools were still closed. In solidarity, private schools for boys had decided not to open until 9 February, and notices appeared saying so. On 7 February, Yousafzai and her brother returned to their hometown of Mingora, where the streets were deserted, and there was an "eerie silence". She wrote in her blog: "We ...
Durdana Ansari. Durdana Ansari OBE (born 1 March 1960) [2] [3] is a British entrepreneur, public speaker and activist for female empowerment. [4] She is a former charity director, journalist, presenter and producer at the BBC World Service. [5]