News One was bought by another Property Tycoon, Al Kabir Real Estate Developers.
Big real estate conglomerates now also own TV channels:
- Express TV: Lackson Group of Lakhani Family (Sultan Ali Lakhani)
- Nukta Digital: Bahria Town
- Azad Digital: Muhammad Musawar Abbasi (New Owner of Malik Riaz Properties)
- Green Entertainment: Al Kamal Media (Founder & CEO is Fasih Ur Rehman)
- Channel 24, Channel 42, Channel 41: City News Group (Founder & CEO is Fasih Ur Rehman)
- Dunya TV: Mian Amer Mahmood (Owners of Union Developers & Punjab Commerce Colleges)
- Samaa TV: Aleem Khan (Owner of Park View Housing)
- SUNO TV: Saad Nazir (Chairman of Blue World City Hosuing)
- Capital TV: Ahmad Riaz Sheikh as Chairman & Hashaam Riaz Sheikh as Vice Chairman (Ahmad Riaz Sheikh was a former Additional Director General of FIA and Intelligence Bureau)
- Public News: Al Rehman Developers (ARD) (owned by Mian Muhammad Mushtaq)
- PNN (Now Aik News): Asad Ali Khokhar & Mudassir Ali Khokar (Owner of Soul City Housing)
- News One: Al Kabir Real Estate
Many other small news papers and TV channels are owned by politicians and housing society owners to influence and take benefits from the Govt.
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