[1] 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 radio service was broadcast from Broadcasting House in London and Pakistan as well as from a BBC South and East Asia bureau in New Delhi, India.

The target audience were Pakistani and Indian viewers.

[4] It was launched to mitigate the influence of wartime misinformation from Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.

[4] In 1967, Pakistan Service was renamed as the Urdu Service to better serve Urdu-speaking audiences in India, Europe, Pakistan, and Gulf.