The PTV remained under the private sector management with more than half of the shares were sold to Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in a fear that all shares would fall into the hands of government in the name of greater interest of the country. Private industries commercials were permitted with no fee initially all the commercials of industrial conglomerates were tax-free with no additional charges.
This first managing director and executive Aslam Azhar is widely considered to be the "father of Pakistan Television". Aslam Azhar (1932–- 29 December 2015) was appointed the first managing director of the Pakistan Television in charge of all the staffing requirements at the first PTV Lahore Center. The first programme, formatted by Thomas Television International, telecast amateur programmes with foreign films the television division in the Punjab Province was established with the help of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Colombo Plan, and the Government of Japan.
On 26 November 1964, after an introduction by Syed Wajid Ali, the first-ever news broadcast was done which was beamed as a black and white transmission by the PTV. First-ever broadcast and private ownership Subsequently, many television divisions were established throughout Pakistan by this team, including East-Pakistan. From 1961 to 1962, a television headquarters was established in Lahore and several pilot transmission tests were taken by Rahman's team. Since 1963, its headquarters are in Islamabad, near the Cabinet Secretariat. In 1963, a public meeting was chaired by President Ayub Khan in which the government made decisions about the Pakistan Television stations and the media industry in the country. Ali reached a milestone in 1961 after establishing a private television broadcasting company with the cooperation of Nippon Electric Company (NEC) of Japan and Thomas Television International of the United Kingdom. In 1961, the private sector media mogul and industrialist Syed Wajid Ali launched a television industrial development project, bringing the role of Ubaidur Rahman, an electrical engineer in the Engineering Division of Radio Pakistan, as the project director of the first television station in Lahore. The idea of establishing a media and television industry was conceived in late 1956 and created by the privately set up national education commission, with the support of President Ayub Khan in 1960. 5.1 The early team in 1964 at PTV-Lahore Centerīackground Historical context.1.3 Nationalization of Pakistan Television.1.2 First-ever broadcast and private ownership.
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