Sairbeen

Sairbeen (Urdu: سیربین) is a flagship news and current affairs programme produced by BBC Urdu, currently being distributed on online platforms including YouTube.

[1] The show first began airing in 1968 on radio,[1] and was previously hosted by notable Pakistani broadcasters and journalists including Suraiya Shahab, Shafi Naqi Jamie, Mahpara Safdar, Ghazala Yasmeen, Waqar Ahmad Khan, Adil Shahzeb, Aamir Ahmad Khan, Ahmad Raza, Raza Ali Abidi and Amber Shamsi.

[1] By the time of the 1999 Pakistani coup d'état, it had acquired around 20 million people tuning in each week.

[1] In 2014, BBC started broadcasting the programme on Aaj TV under a partnership agreement.

[2] In January 2021, BBC Urdu stopped broadcasting the programme on Aaj TV and terminated the agreement, citing interference with their editorial policy as one of the reasons, and moved distribution of the programme to YouTube and other online platforms.