Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV)
Launched	1964
Owned by	Government of Pakistan
Slogan	PTV
Country	Pakistan
Website	www.ptv.com.pk/
Availability
Satellite
Dish Network (U.S.)
Sky Digital (UK)

The Pakistan Television Corporation (abbreviated as PTV) (Urdu: پاکستان ٹیلیوژن کارپوریشن) is the state-run television service in Pakistan, and has been on the air since 1964. Image File history File links PTV_1. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Government of Pakistan (Urdu: حکومتِ پاکستان)The Constitution of Pakistan provides for a Federal Parliamentary System of government, with a President as the Head of State and an indirectly-elected Prime Minister as the chief executive. ... DISH Network is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service that provides satellite television and audio programming to households and businesses in the United States, owned by parent company EchoStar Communications Corporation. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ... Urdu ( , , trans. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ...

History

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Unlike other state-run corporations, the television company was allowed by the Government of Pakistan to raise a sizeable amount of private capital to finance the stations. This includes a Rs25 pcm [1] TV fee charge to all the consumers of electricity. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Government of Pakistan (Urdu: حکومتِ پاکستان)The Constitution of Pakistan provides for a Federal Parliamentary System of government, with a President as the Head of State and an indirectly-elected Prime Minister as the chief executive. ... This article is about a city that serves as a center of government and politics. ... The Pakistani rupee (PKR) is the currency of Pakistan. ... A television licence (or more correctly broadcast receiver licence, as it usually also pays for public radio) is an official licence required in many countries for all owners of television (and sometimes also radio) receivers. ...

In October 1963, the government signed an agreement with the NEC company in Japan to have NEC operate affiliates for PTV. On 26 November 1964, the first television station commenced broadcasts in the cities of Lahore, and Dhaka (then the capital of East Pakistan). Centres were established in Karachi and Rawalpindi/Islamabad in 1967, and in Peshawar and Quetta in 1974. Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... NEC Corporation (Jp. ... is the 330th day of the year (331st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Lahore (Urdu: لاہور, Punjabi: لہور, pronounced ) is the capital of the province of Punjab, and is the second most densely populated city in Pakistan. ... Dhaka (previously Dacca; Bengali: Ḍhākā; IPA: ) is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka District. ... East Pakistan was a former province of Pakistan which existed between 1955 and 1971. ... Karachi (Urdu: كراچى, Sindhi: ڪراچي) is the capital of the province of Sindh, and the largest city in Pakistan. ... Rawalpindi (Urdu: راولپنڈی) is a city in the Potwar Plateau near Pakistans capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. ... Islamabad (Urdu: اسلام آباد) is the capital city of Pakistan, and is located in the Potohar Plateau in the northwest of the country. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Peshāwar (Urdu: پشاور; Pashto: پښور) literally means City on the Frontier in Persian and is known as Pekhawar in Pashto. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Originally broadcast in black and white, the equipment became outdated over time and was finally replaced with the colour standard on February 18, 1982. ^[1] 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. Black-and-white is a broad adjectival term used to describe a number of monochrome forms of visual arts. ... Color is an important part of the visual arts. ... February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ...

Policy

The broader perspective to start electronic media in the country was to inform and educate the people through wholesome entertainment and to inculcate in them a greater awareness of their own history, heritage, current problems and development as well as knowledge of the world at large.

In fulfillment of its broad and main objectives, PTV's telecast policy concerning various matters of National and International interests has always been motivated and guided by the cardinal principles of educating viewers about the values that are vitally important in building a united, integrated and disciplined society in the light of Islamic injunctions. These objectives have successfully been achieved through a variety of programs on religion, education, entertainment and culture etc. Islam (Arabic: ; ( ▶ (help· info)), the submission to God) is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions and the worlds second-largest religion. ...

The projection of new emerging social order is highlighted in PTV's general programming focusing directly and indirectly on the themes like morality, civic or national responsibilities, drive against narcotics, environmental pollution, agricultural reforms in discussions, shows, and through anchorpersons in the transmission. The term narcotic, derived from the Greek word for stupor, originally referred to a variety of substances that induced sleep (such state is narcosis). ... It has been suggested that Pollutant be merged into this article or section. ...

PTV channels are family oriented and the salient features of its policy are as follow:-

• PTV Corporation's broadcasts are family oriented and they carters the need of local audiance by showing eastern family programs.

• It also acts on social development theory of media, that’s why it shows informative programs about health and social issues.

• It also plays a vital role to inform people so news is must on PTV.

• It’s a government owned corporation and it projects government’s agenda.

• It also censors commercials and it holds a very high moral standard as compare to other channels.

• It supports government policies on national and international matters.

• There is hardly any discussion or coverage of opposing viewpoints other than government’s point of view.

PTV Today

Currently, PTV can be received via satellite in South Asia, East Asia and in the Middle East. Selected programming can be seen on Prime TV (with a partnership) in the United Kingdom and Europe Image File history File links Ptv. ... Map of South Asia (see note on Kashmir). ... Geographic East Asia. ... 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. ... Prime Television New Zealand Ltd is a national, free-to-air network, which began broadcasting in New Zealand on 30 August 1998. ... World map showing the location of Europe. ...

Today PTV is split up into the original channel feed:

• PTV World News - 24-hour news channel which can be viewed in many parts of the globe.
• PTV National - An emphasis on broadcasting programmes in different languages to represent the whole of Pakistan.
• AJK TV - For Pakistani residents of Kashmir.
• PTV Bolan - Baluchi language channel.
• PTV Global - Offered exclusively for the United States on Dish Network. Just Launched in UK/EUROPE

PTV World News is 24 hour news channel. ... PTV National broadcasts regional language programs. ... AJK TV is Kashmiri language channel for people of Jammu and Kashmir. ... Kashmir (or Cashmere) may refer to: Kashmir region, the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent India, Kashmir conflict, the territorial dispute between India, Pakistan, and the China over the Kashmir region. ... When referring to central asian peoples, Baluchi is an alernative spalling of Balochi (qv). ... PTV Global is a channel offered in the United States by the Pakistan Television Corporation. ... DISH Network is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service that provides satellite television and audio programming to households and businesses in the United States, owned by parent company EchoStar Communications Corporation. ...

See also

• List of Pakistani television stations

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The Early Team

Mr. Aslam Azhar
Mr. Muslehuddin
Mr. Mumtaz Hamid Rao
Mr. Zafar Samdani
Mumtaz Hamid Rao - Senior Pakistani electronic media journalist and analyst Mumtaz Hamid Rao (Urdu: ممتاز حمید راؤ) (b. ...

Managing Director

Mr. Yousaf Baig Mirza

External links

• Official Site
• PTV World