RISE OF ELECTRONIC AND

PRINT MEDIA IN PAKISTAN

ELECTRONIC MEDIA IN
PAKISTAN
“THIS IS RADIO PAKISTAN”

14TH AUGUST 1947 WHEN FIRST TIME THESE

WORDS WERE SPOKEN INSTEAD OF “THIS IS
ALL INDIA RADIO” BY ZAHOOR AAZAR IN
ENGLISH AND MUSTAFA ALI HAMDANI IN
URDU.
BUILDING OF RADIO PAKISTAN KARACHI BUILT IN 1950

4
 LAUNCHING THE NEW BROAD CASTING STATIONS
DHAKA, LAHORE AND PESHAWAR WERE ALREADY IN EXISTANCE, LATER ON
PAKISTAN BROAD CASTING SERVICE ESTABLISHED ITS OTHER RADIO STATIONS:
1. KARACHI 1948
2. RAWALPINDI 1948
3. HAYDERABAD 1951
4. QUETTA 1956
5. PESHAWAR 1960
6. ISLAMABAD AND MULTAN 1970
7. RADIO PAKISTAN WORLD SERVICE FOR OVERSEAS 21ST APRIL 1973
8. KHAIRPUR 1974
9. BAHAWALPUR 1975
10.GILGIT AND SKARDU 1977
11.TURBAT 1981
12.DERA ISMAIL KHAN, KHUZDAR AND FAISALABAD 1982
13.SIBBI AND ABBOTABAD 1989
14.CHITRAL LORALAI AND ZHOOB 1997
15. 1998 WAS THE YEAR WHEN RADIO PAKISTAN LAUNCED ITS FM
TRANSMISSIONS.
 Telecasting IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

Radio Pakistan Broadcasted Its Transmission In

All Regional And National Languages And Also
The Programmes Of External Services Are
Designed In Such A Way So As To Project
Pakistan's View Point On Domestic And
Foreign Policy Issues. They Broadcasted In 16
Languages: English, Chinese, Dari, Pashto,
Hazaragi, Persian, Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil,
Sinhala, Nepali, Turki, Russian, Turkish, Arabic,
And Bangla.
 TELEVISION IN PAKISTAN

IN PAKISTAN, TELEVISION WAS FIRST TIME INTRODUCED IN

THE EXHIBITION NEAR MAZARAY QUAID ON
16 SEPTEMBER 1955; JUST FOR ENTERTAINMENT THERE
WAS A SHORT CIRCUIT TELEVISION FOR AUDIENCES
TO WATCH THE MIRCLE INVENTION. THIS EVENT WAS
ARRANGED BY AMERICAN CONSULATE
IN KARACHI.
 26 NOVEMBER 1964: PAKISTAN
TELEVISION CORPORATION CAME INTO
BEING.

Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV)

 A SHORT HISTORY OF PAKISTAN TELEVISION

26 November 1964, The First Official Television Station

Commenced Transmission Telecasts From Lahore, Followed
By Dhaka, Rawalpindi And Islamabad In 1965; In Karachi In
1966; Peshawar And Quetta In 1974. Originally Telecasts
Work In Black And White. PTV Launched A Full-scale
Satellite Telecasting Service In 1991-92 Whereas Digital TV
Satellite Telecasting Was Launched In 1999.
FIRST EVER LIVE TRANSMISSION FROM AUSTRALIA
VIA SATELLITE ON 22ND DECEMBER 1972
FIRST EVER COLOR TRANSMISSION IN PAKISTAN
20TH DECEMBER 1976
 PTV TODAY

Currently, PTV Can Be Transmitted 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
Today, PTV Is Split Up Into The Original Channel Feed:
•PTV Home - 24-hour Entertainment Channel, The Transmission Is Broadcast Across
Pakistan On Global Network And World Wide Through Satellite; Its Programming Also
Includes Live Telecast Of Pakistan's Cricket Matches.
•Ptv News - 24-hour News Channel Which Can Be Viewed In Many Parts Of The Globe.
•Ptv National - Emphasizes On Telecasting Programmes In Different Languages To
Represent The Whole Of Pakistan.
•Ajk Tv - For The Residents Of Azad Kashmir.
•Ptv Bolan - Baluchi Language Channel.
•Ptv Global - Offered Exclusively For The United States On Dish Network, And Recently
Launched In Europe.
First Ever Satellite Dish Receiver ( Dish Antenna ) Mounted
In Pir Pagara House And American Consulate On 26th
November 1987, Due To This, Flood Of TV Channels
Attracted The People Of Pakistan .
15th July 1990 Pakistan’s First Private
Channel, Peoples Television Network
Started Its Transmission; It Became
Network Television Marketing.(
1st March 2002 Gen Pervaiz Musharraf Issued The
Ordinance For Launching The Private TV Channels.
Nearly 100 Channels Came On TV Screen Like News,
Entertainment, Sports, Religion, Infotainment,
Music, Cooking And Business Etc.
 DUE TO CABLE SERVICE SYSTEM, LOTS OF
CHANNELS CAN BE SEEN FROM ALL OVER THE
WORLD ON YOUR TV SCREEN.
ABDUL RAZZAQ YAQOOB (A.R.Y) HAS THE
LEADING PRIVATE CHANNELS CHAIN IN
PAKISTAN.