The Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) is the state-run television service in Pakistan, and has been on the air since 1964. 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Unlike other state-run corporations, the television company was allowed by the Government of Pakistan to allow a sizable amount of private capital to finance the stations. In October 1963, the government signed an agreement with the NEC company in Japan to have them operate affiliates for them. On 26 November 1964, the first television station commenced broadcasts in the city of Lahore. Centres were established in Karachi and Rawalpindi/Islamabad in 1967, and in Peshawar and Quetta in 1974. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... NEC Corporation is a multi-national information technologies company headquarterd in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. ... November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Lahore (لاةور) is a major city in Pakistan and is the capital of the province of Punjab. ... The Karachi Port Trust Building Karachi (کراچي) is the largest city of Pakistan and the capital of the province of Sindh. ... Rawalpindi is a city near Islamabad, Pakistan. ... Faisal Mosque, located in Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan, was built in 1986. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Peshāwar (known as Purushapura in Sanskrit) is a city in Pakistans North-West Frontier Province (pop. ... Quetta is the capital of the province Balochistan in Pakistan. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...

Originally broadcast in black and white, the equipment became outdated over time and was finally replaced with the colour standard in 1982. With this new upgrade in techniques and equipment, the Pakistan Television Academy was founded and opened in 1987 to teach students who wished to work in the medium. As with the other agreement, the government financed most of the funds while the private venture capitalists offered to fund the remainder. This article is about the term as used in media and computing; for more specific uses, see Black and White. ... For alternative meanings, see color (disambiguation). ... 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British Prime... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Currently, PTV can be received via satellite in South Asia and in the Middle East. Selected programming can be seen on the International Channel in the United States and on Prime TV in the United Kingdom and across Europe. Map of South Asia South Asia is a subregion of Asia, usually comprising the modern states of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... Categories: Stub | Television networks ... World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ...

Today PTV is split up into the original channel feed, a 24-hour news channel (PTV World News) which can be viewed in many parts of the globe, Channel 3 (broadcasting family-friendly programming), PTV National (with an emphasis in broadcasting programmes in different languages to represent the whole of Pakistan), and AJK TV, for Pakistani residents of Kashmir. Kashmir is a region in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. ...

External link

• Official PTV website (http://ptv.com.pk/webptv/index.asp)