PTV delisted from privatisation list
Business
January 21, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The cabinet committee on state-owned enterprises on Wednesday decided to delist the Pakistan Television Corporation from the list of state-owned enterprises categorised for privatisation.
The decision was taken on the request of the ministry of information and broadcasting during a committee’s meeting presided over by the Minister for Finance and Revenue Hafeez Shaikh. Secretary information briefed the forum that Pakistan Television Corporation is undergoing massive restructuring to make it a financially viable, professionally efficient and technically sound state-owned enterprise to amplify national narrative and formulate favourable public opinion. Minister for Privatization Mian Soomro, Adviser to Prime Minister on Institutional Reforms and Austerity Ishrat Hussain along with the senior officials from the ministry of finance and ministry of privatization participated in the meeting.