Abdul Waheed Sheikh

Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation

RADIO PAKISTAN IN THE LIGHT OF HISTORY

March 1926 The Indian Broadcasting Company (IBC)‚ a private Company‚ was formed
23rd July‚ 1927 IBC started a station at Bombay‚ thus beginning organized broadcasting in Indo-Pakistan‚ sub-continent 1928 A small transmitting station was set up at Lahore
April 1930 Broadcasting was placed under the direct control of Government under the title 'Indian State Broadcasting Service' (ISBS)
January 1934 The 'Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act (1933)' came into force
January 1935 NWFP Government set up a 250 watts transmitting station at Peshawar for community listening
March 1935 Office of Controller of broadcasting created under the Department of Industries and Labour of the Government
August 1935 Mr. Lionel Fielden assumed charge as the first Controller of Broadcasting
January‚ 1936 Delhi radio station was opened . Mr A.S.Bukhari Station Director Delhi becomes deputy controller of broadcasting on July 9‚ 1936
8th June‚ 1936 The name of Indian State Broadcasting Service was changed as AIR
July 16‚ 1936 A station was inaugurated at Peshawar. This station was taken over by the Government of India from the Government of NWFP on April 1‚1937
July 1942 The Peshawar radio station shifted in a regular broadcasting house December 1937 The Lahore Station went on air
March 1939 The Peshawar station was converted into a relay station
September 1939 News bulletins were centralized in all languages at Delhi. The same year‚ a station was opened at Dhaka
Nov 12‚ 1939 Quaid-e-Azam's first radio broadcast from Bombay radio station on Eid day
Oct 24‚ 1941 The Department of Information and Broadcasting was set up
July 16‚ 1942 Peshawar radio station formally inaugurated
February 1943 Controller broadcasting was designated as Director General
3 June 1947 Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah makes historic address on AIR and announces the creation of the newly independent state of PAKISTAN for the muslims of the sub-continent
Aug 14‚1947 Pakistan comes into being and the announcement of its creation is made by the new organization‚ the Pakistan Broadcasting Service which comes into existence at the same time and later designated as Radio Pakistan
Inaugurations of broadcasting stations and transmitters
1948 Rawalpindi-3 Radio Station with 500 Watt SW transmitter and Karachi Radio Station with 100 Watt SW transmitter were inaugurated
1949 Rawalpindi Station with 100-Watt MW transmitter was inaugurated
1950 Inauguration of a new broadcasting house at Karachi
1951 Foundation-stone of Hyderabad radio station with 1 kW MW transmitter was laid
17 Oct 1956 Quetta radio station and 1 kW MW transmitter was inaugurated
15 Oct. 1960 Inauguration of Rawalpindi-2 radio station with 1 kW SW transmitter and a receiving center at Peshawar
1970 A staff Training School & Technical Training School Islamabad and Multan radio station with 120 kW MW transmitter inaugurated
Radio Pakistan was converted into a body corporate under an ordinance issued by the former President of Pakistan‚ Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in 1972.
The foundation stone of PBC Headquarters‚ Islamabad building was laid by the former President Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto on 27th April‚ 1972.
After the new constitution had been framed and brought into effect in 1973‚ the parliament passed "PBC Act 1973".
21 April 1973 World Service for overseas Pakistanis inaugurated
1974 Foundation-stone of 100 kW Transmitter‚ Khairpur laid
18 Aug 1975 Inauguration of Bahawalpur radio station with 10 kW MW
1977 The main broadcasting unit of PBC‚ the Islamabad Radio station in the new National Broadcasting house with 1‚000 kW MW transmitter was inaugurated
1977 Inauguration of Gilgit radio station with 250 Watt MW transmitter and Skardu radio station with 250 watt MW transmitter
1981 Turbat radio station with 250 Watt MW and D.I.Khan radio station with 10 kW MW transmitter and Khuzdar radio station with 250 Watt MW inaugurated
15 Sept. 1982 Faisalabad radio station with 250 Watt MW came on air· 7 May 1986 A new broadcasting house‚ Khairpur was inaugurated
1989 Inauguration of Sibi relay station with 250 Watt transmitter and Abbottabad relay station with 250 Watt transmitter .
Aug 1993 Chitral radio station with 1 kW FM transmitter was inaugurated
Radio Pakistan Larkana was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto on 24th September‚ 1995.
1996 Foundation stone of Loralai station and 10 kW MW transmitter and 10 kW MW transmitter at Zhob were laid .
1997 Federal minister of Information Mr. Mushahid Hussain Syed inaugurated the computerization of the PBC news processing system and availability of the news bulletins on the Internet in text and audio form.
In October 1998 Radio Pakistan started FM transmission.
Inauguration of FM101 Station at PBC Islamabad.
2005 new FM regular stations set up at Gawadar‚ Mianwali‚ Sargodha‚ Kohat‚ Bannu‚ Mithi
The National Broadcasting Service was launched by the former Minister of Information & Broadcasting Sherry Rehman on 18th August‚ 2008.
Presently Radio Pakistan is broadcasting programmes in 23 languages.

PRELIMINARY

Short title‚ extend and commencement. (1) This Act may be called the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation Act‚ 1973.
It extends to the whole of Pakistan.
It shall come into force at once and shall be deemed to have taken effect on the twentieth day of December‚ 1972.
Definition. In this Act‚ unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or

context‚

(a) "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Corporation;
(b) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Board;
(c) "Corporation" means the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation
Established under section 3;
(d) "Director" means a Director of the Corporation;
(e) "regulation" means a regulation made under this Act;
(f) "rule" means a rule made under this Act;
(g) "station" means any production‚ receiving‚ or transmitting Unit‚ fixed or mobile.

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.

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