Pakistan Television Corporation

This article is about the Pakistani government-owned television network. For the Philippine public broadcaster with the same initials, see PTV.

Pakistan Television Corporation
Type
BrandingPTV
Country
Pakistan
AvailabilityNationwide and Worldwide
HeadquartersIslamabad
Broadcast area
Pakistan and World
OwnerMinistry of Information and Broadcasting,
Government of Pakistan
Key people
Ambreen Jan
(Managing Director)
Launch date
26 November 1964 (1964-11-26)
Picture format
1080p HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for SDTV sets)
Official website
www.ptv.com.pk
LanguageUrdu, English

Pakistan Television Corporation (Urdu: پاکستان ٹیلی وژن نیٹ ورک; reporting name: PTV), also known as Pakistan Television, is the Pakistani public broadcaster based in Islamabad, Pakistan, which comprises a number of TV channels.

The PTV is operated and managed directly under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of federal Government of Pakistan since its founding on 26 November 1964 when a pilot television station was established at Lahore, Punjab.

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