PTV board of directors refute Information Minister's allegations
PTV has termed all the accusations 'baseless'.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Board of Directors of Pakistan Television on Wednesday has refuted the allegations leveled against them in a letter by Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry.
While terming all the accusations ‘baseless’, the state-run channel maintained that the board of directors has severe concerns over the letter as the mentioned allegations are false, biased and contrary to ground facts.
“The board of directors have expressed reservations over the continuous criticism from your side on the channel and its administration. Because of you, the conflicts of state chanbnel are discussed on private channel. PTV is neither a government department nor a subsidiary of Ministry of Information,” says the letter by PTV.
It further added that the letter from ministry has aroused an uncertain situation due to which major department which provide business to PTV have begun to dissociate.
“Improving the performance of PTV is a joint responsibility of government, administration and board. The channel’s performance has incessantly worsened in the past 10 years,” says the letter.
“Due to criminal negligence, PTV’s mismanagement and corruption increased with time due to which the organization is on the brink of destruction,” concluded the letter.
