Fawad Chaudhry announced on Wednesday that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting’s reform process is being resumed. Taking to his Twitter, the minister made some vows to the nation.
The reform process, which was initiated in 2018 in the MoIB and its attached departments is being resumed. In a series of tweets, Fawad Chaudhry assured that “complete support will be extended to the digital media,” and “the revival of film and television is a top priority,” among other things.
Chaudhry went on to reveal that the world-class productions on the lives of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and Tipu Sultan is in progress. Furthermore, loans worth Rs 50 million will be offered to the young and aspiring filmmakers of Pakistan via the Kamyab Jawan Program. Earlier, it was limited to Rs 5 million only.
فلم اور ڈرامہ کا Revival پہلی ترجیح ہے، سرسید احمد خان اور ٹیپو سلطان کی زندگیوں پر عالمی سطح کی پروڈکشن پر کام شروع کیا جا رہا ہے، نوجوان ڈرامہ اور فلم سازوں کو کامیاب جوان پروگرام سے پانچ کروڑ روپے تک قرضے کی سہولت دیں گے
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 21, 2021
Fawad Chaudhry makes some promising announcements
Under Prime Minister’s Housing Project, houses and Insaf Sehat cards would be provided to journalists associated with print and electronic media. A legislation and insurance will be introduced to ensure the mandatory payment of salaries to overcome the problems of delay.
On the other hand, PTV News and PTV Sports will be converted to HD (High Definition) from June 1. The process had been postponed since 2019 but will hopefully conclude soon.
وزارت اطلاعات میں اصلاحات کا جو سلسلہ 2018 میں شروع کیا تھا اسے وہیں سے دوبارہ شروع کیا جا رہا ہے، #PTVNews کو HD کرنے کا منصوبہ جو 2019 سے التواء میں تھا یکم جون تک مکمل کرنے کی ڈیڈ لائین دی ہے انشاللہ یکم جون سے #PTVNews مکمل HD پر چلاجائیگا، اسی سال #PTVSports بھی HDکریں گے
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 21, 2021
Moreover, the Minister also confirmed that a new digital recording of the national anthem is in its final stages. It will be released soon.
Recording of new Anthem I initiated in 2018 now its in the final stages we will have new digital recording of anthem in few months Inshallah https://t.co/JLToA0NX9Y
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 21, 2021
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