Usman Manzoor praises govt for making PTV profitable entity

The editor of Fact Focus and former investigative reporter of The News, Usman Manzoor praised the federal government for making the state television Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) a profitable entity.

In a Twitter message, Usman Manzoor said that PTV had earned Rs1 to 3 billion profit in 2021 after recovering the financial loss of Rs620 million in 2017. He added that the positive outcomes were witnessed due to the efforts of MD PTV, Fawad Chaudhry, PTV CHRO Tahir Mushtaq and Aoun Sahi.

The journalist said that PTV employees are getting timely pensions and no recruitments were being made. He added that the journalists wanted to see PTV as an impartial and reputable entity. Manzoor expressed hopes that the federal government will continue their efforts to bring further improvements to state television.

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2017 میں 62 کڑور نقصان سے 2021 میں 1۔3 ارب نفع میں آ گیا ہے۔ یہ سب
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طاہر مشاق و @AounSahi کی کوششوں کا نتیجہ یے۔اب وقت پہ پنشن مل رہی ہے،بڑے پیمانے پہ بھرتیاں نہیں ہو رہی۔صحافیPTVکو غیر جانبدار اور مستند ادارہ دیکھنا چاہتے ہیں۔امید ہے یہ کاوش جاری گے

— Usman Manzoor (@usmanmanzoor) March 2, 2022

Earlier in October last year, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry had announced that PTV has finally started generating profits after spending decades in deficit.

ایک طویل عرصہ خسارے کے بعداس سال پاکستان ٹیلی ویژن 1.3 ارب روپے منافع کما رہا ہے، نیوزی لینڈ اور انگلینڈ کے دوروں کے التواء کی وجہ سے ہمارا تیس کروڑ کا نقصان ہوا اگلے سال مجھے امید ہے کہ ہم منافع کے تمام ریکارڈ توڑ لیں گے،PTV کی مینجمنٹ اور ورکرز کو اس کارکردگی پر مبارکباد

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) September 30, 2021

The minister had shared a post on Twitter that said, “After a long deficit, Pakistan Television is making a profit of Rs 1.3 billion this year”. He had congratulated the management and the workers of PTV in his post.