PLEA FOR SPEEDY

MEDIA OF
COMMUNICATItm
Ayub inaugurates
pilot T.V. project
From Dawn Staff Corfe^jfrjident
LAHORE, Nov 26: PresiOTIB'
Mohammad Ayub Khan today
pleaded for speedier media of
communication in the country
for crebting better understanding between th Government
and the people.
Inaugurating the pilot TV
project at the newly constructed
building of Radio Pakistan, Lahore, the President said In a
country like Pakistan, where
democracy -was taking root, a
close understanding
between
the people and the Government
was of: immense importance. "If
yon want to run a d*noorat}c
Government you ha.ve got
to
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volved the need of .hitibhal integratJbn afid tfie teed for |leverenibvp , uijHscegsiiry' ifaisunder- Ipwfag the country r.lh every
standingB .between .^hoss . who spTiere and walk ol life.
r,un the courttjry and those for The. President said the process
whom it is run."
oi, deyel^pment reduired the fttU
Referring to, misapprehensions cb-bp^ratfoh Bf the people with
in pertain . quarters that TV the Goyernme^t. In. order to
might be misused as a commer- carry, .thfe people felbng it tirag
cial organisation, the P^Bident extremelj neceSswy t6 a-wkken
declared that would nofc.be al- them and to stimulate. an interlowed to h^appea Jh .Pakistan as est in them for iervihg the
the G'overnment yjould, have an cduntry.
effective control, .over, the. . orga- Earlier the <?ehtral Informar
nisation. ''The Government will tion Mini^tfer, Mr.- Abdul Waheed
have $ major say in all its pro- ?than. welcoming the Prfesid'ent,
grammes", he added.
said the inauguratiDn of t'ele^
vision meant the intrdduction in
The '_ colourful cerempnjr WasPakistan
of a powerful, , and
attended, among others, by the sensitive .medium
West Pakistan Governor; Ma- anil enterteinfiietit. of education
lik Aiijlr Mjohammad Khan, the It, was a, combination of the
Central, ]VtiniSter:. for
Finance, medium of flltn anij the mecjium
Mr Mohammad Shoaib; and the of
broadcasting jvith the added
Foreign .Minister, . Mr Z. A. advantage
the results of the
Bhutto.. The Information Min- combinationthat
be available
ister, Mr Abdul Waheed Khan, to the tieoplewould
in
tHeir nbrtles, he
read the address of Welcome.
added.
He saia the. itiiain project for
2 MAIN OfiJECTlVfiS
the setting up of . a. national
The President said
national television network was also being
integration and deve.lppme.nt, b,f finalised. Apart froni the purely
the- country in every sphere technical Side of television, partiwere' the two main, national ob- cular attention tWas being devoted
jectives, and it was necessary to national programnies frdtn the
'
that all activities in the cotitttry country's resources.
should, be, directed towards, tfie PPA adds: M& Waheed Said
achievement of these goals. He all endeavours Would be.made to
said in the larger interest of make television a self financing
national cohesion the _people project in Pakistan. A limited
shoUld. be.taken into ebflfldence amount of tittle during every
and be kept fully informed of hour would be available for comdevelopment actty;tie. ..T.hi| e*- mercial rttgrfjtoliiihg ana . the
plained why the Government reventie earned .should, in course
had chosen, to..give priority to of tinie apt Onljr cbver the eX^
the television project, although penditure of TV".But also yield
in the beginning . tsome,, .other reasonable dividends.
tr6jfect were considered to be Mr. Wafieed Khifl observed
Much more important., . ,
that th% _ tremeiiaous. i&tefest
The President hoied that be- which tfie Pjjpp'te of tikhbre,had
sides providing iiufjipseful ... en- showh i& t*lgyill'6S "streAgth|As
tertainment, the .t'ejevisicui would me in my belief tfiat 6ur filiian;
educate the people, arid stimu- cial cHlcuatibni iM ii^ectlbfil
late their sense 8f responsibi- will ifiatiHklise Within tWo br
three ytelrS."
lityHe felt confident that within He added a cirefully tJlahfaed
the ne*t fexv years the b'est part training institute Was Being set
of the country would be cbver- up so that within a jjerlqd of
ed by the televislbn network.
three to five yearis the entirfe ttelfer
APP adds:
The
President vision hetterfc ^vas, ipaiiiied
hoped the hew medium -frould largely by Pakistkhis t&'ehiselves.
promote the forces of stability
and ' progress in the country JApAMSfe fcfcPfcftt* tttE
and direct the people's minds
along .healthy and constructive Mr MisMftik Bir^'ciSr, ijjpbon
channels.
Electric Coniiiany. tjtd>, speaking
He said it should serve as a an thl occasion ol^.the inattgujramedium for encouraging posi- Lion bt the TV stajtipn, alsb extive and progressive values in pressed tfte. hqge. .that .Plitistan
the society aijd for . projecting staff would soon master television
the best elements of the nation's !>road,cast$iig teichni'que anii the
Lahore^,T.V.. s&ib?. *bU]B becultural traditions.
President Ayub said after the come pilot in the true sense for
attainment of Pakistan the mam i full-fledged television network
task was to buil'd Pakistan.
ii , Pakistan:
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