Recreation of National Anthem, PTV in HD Are on Fawad’s List

Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry just announced big reforms he is going to bring besides recreation of the national anthem and state-run channel PTV going digital.

Updating the status, the minister told a fresh digital rendition of the national anthem was in the final stages whereas PTV will go High Definition (HD) from June 1.

Fawad had been working on these developments for quite some time and now the minister was thrilled to reveal the projects were near completion.

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Taking to his Twitter handle, the information minister shared the big news in a tweetstorm.

The minister wrote that the series of reforms, which started in 2018 when he had the same office, has now resumed and soon, PTV News and PTV Sports will be airing in full HD.

وزارت اطلاعات میں اصلاحات کا جو سلسلہ 2018 میں شروع کیا تھا اسے وہیں سے دوبارہ شروع کیا جا رہا ہے، #PTVNews کو HD کرنے کا منصوبہ جو 2019 سے التواء میں تھا یکم جون تک مکمل کرنے کی ڈیڈ لائین دی ہے انشاللہ یکم جون سے #PTVNews مکمل HD پر چلاجائیگا، اسی سال #PTVSports بھی HDکریں گے

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 21, 2021

Chaudhry said that the foundation of a new English channel will be laid shortly while PTV’s Karachi and Lahore studios will be renovated under public-private partnership (PPP) mode.

Moreover, the advertising system will become paperless and the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) will be converted into a digital news agency.

اسی طرح نئے انگریزی چینل کی بنیاد رکھ رہے ہیں، کراچی اور لاہور کے اسٹوڈیوز کو PPP mode میں Renovate کیا جائیگا APP کو Digital news agency بنائیں گے اور PID اور اشتہارات کا نظام مکمل طور پر Paperless کرنے کی طرف اقدامات شروع کر دئیے ہیں۔ External Wing پوری طرح revamp ہو گا

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 21, 2021

In response to such advancements, a Twitter user lauded minister’s efforts and requested him to recreate the national anthem.

Thank God! finally.

And while we are at it, can we make a new recording of the national anthem (which is played on PTV) by a world class orchestra and record it in HD ?. We have enough talent and technology to do it better than the analog version that hasn’t been updated in ever

— Sheikh Chilli (@sheikh69chilli) April 21, 2021

At this, Fawad Chaudhry apprised that the recording of a fresh recreation of the national anthem was in its final stage too.

Recording of new Anthem I initiated in 2018 now its in the final stages we will have new digital recording of anthem in few months Inshallah https://t.co/JLToA0NX9Y

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 21, 2021