Ubaidur Rahman (

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electrical engineer Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the ...

and broadcaster who is credited as one of the founders of

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(PTV) — the state-owned

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and commercial broadcasting television network. In addition, he also helped expand the commercial activities of

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Brief PTV history

First in 1961, a major Pakistani industrialist Syed Wajid Ali (owner of the Packages Limited company) initiated a television project in Pakistan by signing a joint venture agreement with Nippon Electric Company (NEC) of Japan. Ubaidur Rahman, an electrical engineer, was appointed by Syed Wajid Ali to head and develop this television project. Many pilot transmission tests were conducted. Then the control of this project was given to President Ayub Khan's government in 1962. The project people began their work in a small studio within a tent in the

Radio Pakistan Radio Pakistan serves as the national public broadcaster for radio in Pakistan. Although some local stations predate Radio Pakistan's founding, it is the oldest existing broadcasting network in Pakistan. The network was established on 14 August ...

compound in

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest ...

, Pakistan. Here a

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was also constructed. Finally, on 26 Nov 1964, the first TV transmission from Lahore took place. In 2012, former Managing Director of PTV

Agha Nasir Agha Nasir (February 9, 1937 – July 12, 2016) born in Meerut, India, was a Pakistani director, producer, broadcaster and a TV playwright. He started his career at Radio Pakistan in 1955. He later directed TV films and worked in the Paki ...

wrote a book on the history of PTV titled: 'PTV: Another Day, Another World' which also gives details of his experiences while he worked there for over 50 years.Interview: Agha Nasir on Dawn (newspaper)
Published 16 Sep 2012, Retrieved 1 December 2018

References

Punjabi people Pakistani electrical engineers Pakistan Television Corporation executives Pakistani television people Recipients of the Pride of Performance Recipients of Tamgha-e-Imtiaz History of mass media in Pakistan {{Pakistan-tv-bio-stub