PTV Pakistan Television Network

Head: Muhammad Arshad Khan

Company: Pakistan Television Corporation Limited

Brief Intro: While introducing the sophisticated branch of the electronic media in the country, the broad perspective kept in mind 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. • A Board of Directors appointed by the Government of Pakistan manages its affairs. The Managing Director of the Corporation, duly appointed by the Government of Pakistan and approved by the Board of Directors, is the Administrative and Executive Head of the Corporation. He is the competent authority to implement rules for the Corporation and its employees. • When PTV came into existence in 1964, there was a staff of 30 employees, which has now risen to more than 6000 persons at all Units of the Corporation. The employees of PTV are divided into 09 groups and every group has a separate pay scale. There is a regular channel of promotion for almost every post with the exception of a very few. • Ptv, the national broadcasting corporation had been in dire straits and continuously declining for many years. When the current management took over the reins, the organization was at the verge of bankruptcy. Losses had been incurred, income from all spheres was restricted, viewership had reduced and the overall morale of the institution was in shambles.

History: Pakistan Television Corporation Limited (PTV) is a public limited company. All its shares are held by Government of Pakistan. The decision to establish a general purpose television service with the participation of private capital and under the general supervision of the Government of Pakistan (GOP) was taken in October 1963. Subsequently the GOP signed an greement with Nippon Electronic Company of Japan, allowing it to operate two pilot stations in Pakistan. The first of these stations went on air in Lahore on 26 November 1964. On the completion of the experimental phase, a private limited company, called Televsion Promoters Limited was set up in 1965 which was converted into a public limited company in 1967. Television centres were established in Karachi and Rawalpindi/Islamabad in 1967 and in Peshawar and Quetta in 1974. Ptv satellite transmition is round the clock. The transmission include ETV and PTV world transmission.

Founded: 26th November 1964

Employee Strength: over 6000 persons

Acheivement & Awards: The primary objective of setting up television in a developing country such as Pakistan - was to feed its viewers with programmes on national development, education, and mass awareness, to inform them of happenings within and outside world, and to provide them healthy entertainment through drama, shows, music, children and sports. As anywhere else, television started modestly in Pakistan through Pakistan Television Corporation Limited in the year 1964. To encourage its creative talent in differe

Channel List: PTV World, Channel 3, PTV National, AJK, PTV Prime, PTV World News.

Contacts: Federal TV Complex, Constitution Avenue, P.O.Box No. 1221, Islamabad, Pakistan
+92 (51) 9208651/ 9202194/ 9201555/ 9203062
+92 (51) 9202202 / 9203406/ 9211184

Email & URL: webmaster@ptv.com.pk / www.ptv.com.pk