Native name بول Area served Pakistan Headquarters Karachi, Pakistan | Romanized name Bol (lit. 'speak') Products Television Channel | |
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Industry Media and publishing house CEO Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh (Jun 2013–) Founders Viqas Atiq, Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh Similar ARY News, Dunya News, Geo News, Samaa TV | ||
BOL Network (Urdu: بول نیٹ ورک) is a media conglomerate based in Karachi owned by Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh, who also served as the CEO and chairman of the media network.
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Bol has launched its live regular transmission on 25 December 2016. Bol News
Initial Start
The BOL Network was started by Pakistani businessman, Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh in June 2013, and according to him, it was meant to create an independent media house to portray a soft image of Pakistan and several notable journalists joined the network at that time. Bol claims to have offered insurance of up to Rs. 10 million to cable operators. In 2014, BOL Network advertised on more than 20,000 public transport vehicles in Pakistan. The company also announced a television set brand by the name of BG.
Media personnel
During the early phases of Bol, many prominent media personnel joined the network. These included Nabeel Zafar, Zeba Shehnaz and Haider Imam Rizvi who joined the entertainment channel. Kamran Khan, Mubasher Lucman, Jasmeen Manzoor and Iftikhar Ahmed were reportedly a part of the Bol News channel.
Locations and infrastructure
The head office is located in Karachi and called Bolistan The network's regional headquarters in the provinces are in Lahore and Islamabad. BOL Network, also operated their own DSNG vans.