JournalismPakistan.com
September 11, 2017

ISLAMABAD – Forty-four percent Pakistanis claim to watch news channels every day, according to a survey.

The study was released by Gilani Research Foundation and carried out by Gallup & Gilani Pakistan, the Pakistani affiliate of Gallup International.

A media release said that a nationally representative sample of men and women from across the four provinces was asked: “Regarding watching news on the television, please tell how often in a week do you watch news on TV?”

In response to this question, 44% said they say saw new channels every day or almost every day, 32% said at least three to four times a week while 18% said at least once a week. Only 6% said never.

The latest survey was carried out among a sample of 1751 men and women in rural and urban areas of all four provinces between August 14- 21.