PTV, Radio Pakistan told to pay salaries and pensions before Eid

ISLAMABAD: The Na­­­­­t­ional Assembly Sta­nd­ing Committee on Infor­ma­tion and Broadcasting has directed PTV to pay salaries and pensions to current and retired emp­loyees before Eidul Azha.

The committee chair­m­­an, MNA Pullain Ba­­loch, also issued similar directives to Radio Pak­istan and the Shalimar Broad­casting Company, a public limited organisation that operates A-TV channel and FM Radio 94.

The committee was informed that PTV generated an advertising revenue of Rs7.5 billion...