National Communication Services (SMC)
National Communications Services (SMC-Pvt) Ltd was established in 2006 and notified by SECP as having merged into another company, the Punjab College of Information Technology Pvt Ltd under section 287 of the Companies Ordinance, 1984, in October 2009. The National Communications Services (SMC-Pvt) Ltd owns and operates Dunya News, a satellite news television channel offering live current affairs transmission as well as Dunyanews.tv, an online news portal. The channel was among the top 10 news channels and the website among the top 10 news websites in Pakistan in terms of audience share in 2018, according to Gallup Pakistan data. According to the company’s Form A (SECP document) dated 27 Oct 2018, the company had only one shareholder (Chief Executive and Founder Mian Amer Mahmood who owned 100% of the total 7.71 million shares.
Mother Company
Dunya Media Group
Business Form
Private
Legal Form
Private Limited Company
Business Sectors
Publishing; TV Broadcasting; Education
Individual Owner
Other Print Outlets
Daily Dunya
Other TV Outlets
Lahore News
Other Online Outlets
www.dunyanews.tv
Media Business
TV Broadcasting
National Communications Services (SMC-Pvt) Ltd
Publishing
National Communications Services (SMC-Pvt) Ltd
Business
Education
Punjab Group of Colleges
General Information
Founding Year
2006
Affiliated Interests Founder
is one of the largest education entrepreneurs in Pakistan and owns the Punjab Group of Colleges, which established and manages three chartered universities, 330 colleges, 15 schools of Resource Academia chain, over 700 schools of Allied Schools chain and about 300 schools of the EFA Schools chain. The educational institutions are spread in almost 100 cities of Pakistan.
Employees
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Contact
Tax/ ID Number
0058311
Financial Information
Revenue (Financial Data/ Optional)
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Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
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Advertising (in % of total funding)
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Management
Executive Board
Chief Executive National Communications (SMC-Pvt) Ltd
Further Information
Meta Data
The company was sent information request on 15.01.2019 through a courier company as well as by email. The company did not respond even after a reminder was couriered on 01.02.2019 and emailed on 04.02.2019 but the information was not forthcoming. The company does not have online presence. Financial information was also not forthcoming as SECP did not have any mandatory statement of annual accounts filed by National Communications Services (SMC-Pvt) Ltd.
