Radio Pakistan listenership increases in FATA

A survey report says that listenership of Radio Pakistan has increased in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).

A survey report says that listenership of Radio Pakistan in the Federally Administrated Tribal Area increased from thirty percent in 2008 to forty nine percent in 2011. The survey compiled by the International Organisation Community Appraisal Motivation Programme (CAMP) says more tribal people now rely for news on Radio Pakistan.
Talking to Radio Pakistan about this report‚ Chairman Policy Institute Peshawar Khalid Aziz said Radio is one of the major sources of information in FATA and that is why its listenership among the people has increased. He said about eighty percent people in FATA get news from radio‚ and in the tribal society‚ radio becomes an important source of connection among the people.

Khalid Aziz said Radio Pakistan has the infrastructure‚ which can be effectively used to improve law and order situation in the tribal region. He said radio can prove a source of communication and connection between people having different views in the tribal areas.

Giving his comments about the increased Radio Pakistan listenership Peshawar-based senior journalist Shamim Shahid said radio has an important role to play in a society where people have very few sources of information. He said radio can prove highly effective in creating awareness among the people about extremism and terrorism. He agreed that that the number of radio listeners has considerably increased in FATA after the present government's reforms towards FATA.

Asia Cup 2012 ‚ Live Commentary on Radio Pakistan

Asia Cup 2012 ‚ Live Commentary on Radio Pakistan

FM93‚ FM 101 Channel‚ Medium wave and Planet 94 Networks of Radio Pakistan are broadcasting ball to ball live commentary on Asia Cup 2012

Asia Cup 2012 ‚ Live Commentary on Radio Pakistan
FM93‚ FM 101 Channels‚ Medium wave and Planet 94 Networks of Radio Pakistan are broadcasting ball to ball live commentary on Asia Cup 2012.

FM 93 Stations include

Kohat
Sargodha
Mianwali
Khairpur
Mithi
Larkana
Abbotabad


FM 101 channel


Lahore
Karachi
Islamabad
Quetta
Peshawar
Hyderabad
Sialkot
Faislabad
Multan
Medium Wave Stations
Islamabad
Peshawar
Khuzdar
Hyderabad
Bahawalpur
Mirpur
Gilgit
Skardu

Planet FM 94

The running commentary is being broadcast on the IVR of Radio Pakistan (Just Dial 447405)
Live Commentary is also being streamed at www.radio.gov.pk

The schedule of the matches

1st Match(Sunday 11 March) Pak vs Bangaladesh
2nd Match(Tuesday 13 March) India vs Sri lanka
3rd Match(Thursday 15 March ) Pakistan vs Sri lanka
4th Match(Friday 16 March) Bangladesh vs India
5th Match(Sunday 18 March) Pakistan vs India
6th Match(Tuesday 20 March) Bangaladesh vs Sri lanka
7th Match(Thursday 22 March) FINAL
(TBC VS TBC)
Cricket lovers in US can listen live commentary by dialing telephone no 8322800682 for english Push 3 and for Urdu push 2

All Matches are being played at Shere Bangla National Stadium MIirpur Dhaka.Matches will start at PKT 1.30 PM.

Permanent source of revenue essential to make PBC financially stable institution: DG PBC

Murtaza Solangi said Radio Pakistan is the mother of electronic media and is the sole means of news‚ information and entertainment in far flung areas of the country.

Director General Radio Pakistan‚ Murtaza Solangi has underlined the need for a permanent source of revenue to make PBC a financially stable institution and enabling it to continue its nation building role. He was addressing a news conference in Radio Pakistan Lahore on Friday afternoon.
He said that Radio Pakistan is the mother of electronic media and is the sole means of news‚ information and entertainment in far flung areas of the country.
Murtaza Solangi said that all public broadcasting institutions in the world like BBC and Voice of America are supported by the State.
He said that after abolishment of Radio License fee in 1999 the infrastructure and expenditure of the Radio Pakistan has increased manifold but no arrangement has been made for funding it. He added that it is becoming difficult to meet its expenditures with four thousand pensioners and twenty-six hundred employees.
The Director General said that Radio Pakistan played important communication role during the devastating natural disasters including earthquake in 2005 and wide-spread floods during 2010.
He said that during the Attabad Lake crisis‚ Radio Pakistan staff worked day and night for a period of three months to play its communication role among all the concerned segments of society.
He said that last year‚ the annual budget of PBC was two billion one hundred fifty five million rupees which was reduced during current year to two billion one hundred one million rupees instead of increasing.
The Director General said that PBC had presented some proposals to the National Assembly's Standing Committee for Information and Broadcasting‚ which have been approved. However‚ now it is up to the Parliament to decide about their final sanction. He said that approval of these proposals will also help in improving the professional efficiency of the employees of Radio Pakistan.
The PBC Director General said that Radio Pakistan is facing an acute shortage of professional staff and new recruitment is being done transparently and strictly on merit under the prescribed rules and regulations to overcome this shortage. He expressed hope that the political leadership and the people of the country would not let Radio Pakistan shut down.
He said that the PBC is the only institution whose website is bilingual and fifteen channels are being aired through website and programs are also being live-streamed.
Mr. Murtaza Solangi said that we have introduced toll free number in the United States to facilitate our listeners there. He said that PBC library has a superb collection of thirty-five lakh memorable voices which are being digitalized at a cost of one hundred and thirty million rupees.
The PBC DG said that PBC has sent a proposal to a committee headed by Khurshid Shah for the regularization of six hundred and sixty one contractual employees of all categories. He said that the issue will be settled as soon as the Finance and Establishment divisions release funds.
He said that no national broadcaster can survive without the support of its public and PBC seeks cooperation from the masses.

PBC Act 1973 and Mission of Radio Pakistan

OUR MISSION
The mission of Radio Pakistan is to:-
(a) provide broadcasting services for general reception in all parts of Pakistan through Home and External Services for the purposes of disseminating information‚ education and entertainment through programmes which maintain a proper balance in their subject-matter and a high general standard of quality and morality;
(b) broadcast such programmes as may promote Islamic ideology‚ national unity and principles of democracy‚ freedom‚ equality‚ tolerance and social justice as enunciated by Islam; discourage parochial‚ racial‚ tribal‚ sectarian‚ linguistic and provincial prejudices and reflect the urges and aspirations of the people of Pakistan;
(c) broadcast in the Homes Services such special programmes as the Federal Government may‚ from time to time‚ direct;
(d) broadcast programmes in the External Services to such countries and in such languages and at such times as the Federal Government may‚ from time to time‚ direct;
(e) bring to public awareness the whole range of significant activity and to present news or events in as factual‚ accurate and impartial a manner as possible;
(f) carry out instructions of the Federal Government with regard to general pattern or policies in respect of programmes‚ announcements and news to be put out on the air from time to time;
(g) hold the existing and to construct or acquire and establish or install additional stations and apparatus;
(h) hold the existing and to construct or acquire additional equipment and apparatus for telephony in Pakistan for purpose of broadcasting;
(i) compile‚ prepare‚ print‚ publish‚ issue‚ circulate and distribute‚ with or without charge‚ such papers‚ magazines‚ periodicals‚ books‚ circulars and other such matter as may be conducive to any of the functions of the PBC; and
(j) collect news and information in any part of the world in any manner that may be deemed fit.