The Pakistan Television Corporation is the biggest media organization of Pakistan. It is an autonomous public sector organization. Pakistan entered into Television Broadcasting age with a small pilot TV Station established at Lahore from where transmission was first beamed in Black & White with effect from 26 November 1964. They established television centers in Karachi and Rawalpindi/Islamabad in
1967 and in Peshawar and Quetta in 1974. PTV provides public service broadcasting not only within Pakistan, but also outside Pakistan. It makes programs for all its viewers in drama, documentaries, current affairs, entertainment and sport. It produced programs in Urdu as well as in all regional languages i.e Sindhi, Punjabi, Pashto and Balochi. While producing its programs it pays due attention to the interest and aspirations of all strata of society and tries to reflect those effects in its programs.
