Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Wednesday that 22 press clubs have been selected for provision of digital studios and labs facility this year.
These press clubs will get modern studios and equipment, said the minister using his twitter handle. This will enable local journalists to use modern techniques of digital journalism. He said under the scheme furniture and sound system will also be upgraded in the press clubs.
Press clubs in Multan, Faisalabad, Mianwali, Jhelum, Lahore, Jhang, Hyderabad, Sukkuar, Badin, Thattha, Quetta, Turbat, Gwadar, Hub, Peshawar, Chitral, Bannu, Abbotabad, Skardu, Gilgit, Muzaffarabad and National Press Club Islamabad would be upgraded under the scheme.
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s state-owned broadcaster, Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) has achieved a revenue target of Rs4 billion, which is one of the highest-ever revenue earned by it, Minister for Information and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said.
Taking to Twitter to share the details, Fawad Chaudhry said that the PTV was bankrupt when the incumbent government took its reins and they have digitalized two channels and presented business model for the state broadcaster. “Today PTV is among the state institutions that have been into profit-making institutions,” information minister said.
It is pertinent to mention here that in 2021, a cabinet committee on state-owned institutions removed Pakistan Television from the list of the state-owned institutions that are included in the privatization list.
The committee took the decision on the request of the ministry for information and broadcasting. “A large-scale overhaul is planned by the government in the PTV,” the federal information secretary said adding that the overhaul would include financial affairs, professional affairs, and other sections of the national television.
