ISLAMABAD – Federal government has decided to launch t*wo new PTV channels.*
*It was announced by Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday.*
“We have decided to launch two new channels of PTV,” the minister tweeted.He said that one of the channels will cover sports except cricket and theexisting sports channel will be re-branded as PTV Cricket.
A dedicated channel for children under the age of 16 will also be launched,he added.
We have decided to launch two new channels of PTV,a dedicated SportsChannel to cover all sports except Cricket and present PTV Sports shall berebranded as PTV Cricket. A dedicated Channel for Children under sixteen….All suggestions welcome
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) August 25, 2018link
After coming into power, the PTI’s federal government had lifted politicalcensorship on the state television channel and it now covers all politicalparties, including those on opposition benches.
On August 24, Chaudhry had announced that he is nominating members of twomain opposition parties − Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar of the PPP and Ahmad Khanof the PML-N − for places on PTV’s editorial board.