BBC News Punjabi

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BBC News Punjabi
Network BBC World Service
Owned by BBC
Country India
Pakistan
United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
United States
European Union
Malaysia
Singapore
Middle East
Language Punjabi
Headquarters Delhi
Website bbc.co.uk/news

BBC Punjabi (in Punjabi: ਬੀਬੀਸੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (Gurmukhi), بی بی سی پنجابی (Shahmukhi)) or BBC News Punjabi is an international news service in Punjabi language. It was started on 2 October 2017.[1][2] The service is on websites and social networking sites.[3] The launch is part of the World Service's biggest expansion since the 1940s, following a government funding boost announced in 2016.[4][5]

Broadcast area

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Former BBC News Punjabi logo.

Target audiences are Punjabis from India, Pakistan and other western countries with significant Punjabi population like Canada, Britain and Australia.[6][7] According to BBC' s official website Punjabi language spoken by 100 million people, the 11th most used language in the world.[4][8]

See also

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