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PTV set to launch TV channel for children, NA standing committee told

Nozair Hanif Mirza 05:43 PM | 28 Feb, 2018
PTV set to launch TV channel for children, NA standing committee told
ISLAMABAD - National Assembly Standing Committee on Information & Broadcasting and National Heritage was told on Wednesday that PTV is launching separate TV channels for the Parliament and children.

This was told by the officials of Ministry during a meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee at Parliament to discuss PSDP funds for the financial year 2017-18 and 2018-19. Aslam Bodla, Chairman of the committee chaired the meeting.

State Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Mariyam Orangzeb briefing the committee told open-air theater is being established in PNCA. She said all activities of PNCA are being shared on regular basis.  She said youth and culture clubs are being opened, adding establishment of an open-air theatre was necessary.

She said cultural infrastructure does not exist in the country and sought support for setting up an open theatre. She added improvement in the cultural infrastructure was need of the hour.

In this regard, she said first cultural and film policy has been introduced adding that directorate of film and publication is being restored after thirty years.

Mariyam Orangzeb said cultural activities are being arranged at PNCA on the regular basis.

“We have worked at film policy for over eight months”, she said, adding we have gained from policies and experiments of the countries to constitute the policy. She said film finance fund is being established, which would help youth in filmmaking.

"The film industry is being given a status of the industry," she added. The legislator said artist welfare fund is being established. She regretted that in the past Pakistan was amongst third-largest filmmaking country, saying our national heritage was damaged.

She unearthed that duty and sales tax was being abolished on the import of filmmaking equipment. She opined that if Pakistan will make technically quality films then these would be famous in the region in the next ten years.

State Minister for Information and Broadcasting said that PTV Sports channel is most watched sports channel. To a question about Atta-ul-Haq Qasmi, she justified that Qasmi was suitable for a slot of PTV chairman, saying appointment could not be counted as ill-intention. She claimed Atta-ul-Haq Qasmi never took remuneration of his programme. She said the son of Atta-ul-Haq Qasmi was being paid as writer since 2007 from PTV, at the time when he (Qasmi) was not chairman.

Earlier, the participants of meeting were told that Ministry of Information and Broadcasting had twenty-seven projects during the running financial year. The minister said fifteen more new schemes would be initiated for the next year. It was also told that Rs 1459 million were required for the said schemes. Moreover, Rs 1280 million would be needed for the next financial year while overall a budget of Rs 2740 million would be required for ongoing and new schemes.

Secretary Information informed the committee building of PID is being constructed with Rs 169 million as the old was rent adding that report regarding paintings theft from PNCA would be submitted within ten days.

To a question, he told the stolen paintings has been sold out in Lahore while details were not disclosed despite raising questions frequently.  Secretary Information said some paintings were part of national heritage. He said it was a matter of serious concern and vowed to look into the matter personally.

Nozair Hanif Mirza
Nozair Hanif Mirza

The writer is a member of the staff. He can be accessed on Twitter @iamnozair

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Today's currency exchange rates in Pakistan - Dollar, Euro, Pound, Riyal rates on March 30, 2023

KARACHI - Following are the foreign currency exchange rates for US Dollar, Saudi Riyal, UK Pound Sterling, U.A.E. Dirham, European Euro, and other foreign currencies in Pakistan open market on March 30, 2023 (Thursday).

Source: Forex Association of Pakistan. (last update 09:00 AM)

Currency Symbol Buying Selling
US Dollar ‎USD 283.6 286.65
Euro EUR 305.5 308.5
UK Pound Sterling GBP 348 351.5
U.A.E Dirham AED 77 77.7
Saudi Riyal SAR 75.5 76.3
Australian Dollar AUD 187.5 189.9
Bahrain Dinar BHD 753.99 761.99
Canadian Dollar CAD 206 208.2
China Yuan CNY 41.25 41.65
Danish Krone DKK 41.26 41.51
Hong Kong Dollar HKD 36.11 36.46
Indian Rupee INR 3.45 3.56
Japanese Yen JPY 2.15 2.22
Kuwaiti Dinar KWD 925.67 934.67
Malaysian Ringgit MYR 62.85 63.45
New Zealand Dollar NZD 175.57 177.58
Norwegians Krone NOK 26.33 26.63
Omani Riyal OMR 736.34 744.35
Qatari Riyal ‎QAR 77.92 78.62
Singapore Dollar SGD 209.5 211.5
Swedish Korona SEK 26.5 26.8
Swiss Franc CHF 308.25 310.75
Thai Bhat THB 8.28 8.43

Today's gold rates in Pakistan – 30 March 2023

KARACHI - The price of a single tola of 24-karat gold in Pakistan is Rs 207,700 on Thursday.The price of 10 grams of 24k gold was recorded at Rs178,070.   

Likewise, 10 grams of 22k gold were being traded for Rs163,624 while a single tola of 22-karat gold was being sold at Rs 190,880.

Note: The gold rate in Pakistan is fluctuating according to the international market so the price is never been fixed. The below rates are provided by local gold markets and Sarafa Markets of different cities.

City Gold Silver
Lahore PKR 207,700 PKR 2,470
Karachi PKR 207,700 PKR 2,470
Islamabad PKR 207,700 PKR 2,470
Peshawar PKR 207,700 PKR 2,470
Quetta PKR 207,700 PKR 2,470
Sialkot PKR 207,700 PKR 2,470
Attock PKR 207,700 PKR 2,470
Gujranwala PKR 207,700 PKR 2,470
Jehlum PKR 207,700 PKR 2,470
Multan PKR 207,700 PKR 2,470
Bahawalpur PKR 207,700 PKR 2,470
Gujrat PKR 207,700 PKR 2,470
Nawabshah PKR 207,700 PKR 2,470
Chakwal PKR 207,700 PKR 2,470
Hyderabad PKR 207,700 PKR 2,470
Nowshehra PKR 207,700 PKR 2,470
Sargodha PKR 207,700 PKR 2,470
Faisalabad PKR 207,700 PKR 2,470

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