42 Golden Years of PTV - Part 1 of 7

Pakistan Television (PTV) entertained millions of viewers in Pakistan all alone from 1964 to 1990. It was PTV who created classic dramas, shows, music & much much more. PTV change the shape of entertainment in Pakistan forever. PTV dramas literally emptied the roads of Pakistan. From historical to classic, from fictional to non-fictional, from serious to comedy, PTV dramas still reminds us that this is a real drama. Although in this age of cable & satellite channels when we have more than 100 channels on our TV who are transmitting 24/7, there was a time when entire Pakistan would switch on its TV from 8pm to 9pm to watch a PTV drama. We still remember those characters that made us laugh, cry & ran a chill in our spine. Those characters became our family members & they entertained us very well.
On November 26th 1964, Pakistan Television (PTV) started its transmission in Pakistan & still growing stronger. Regardless of being a government department, PTV produced the best work in country that is unmatched by any other government department. On November 26th 2006, as PTV turned 40 years old, a show was telecast about PTV's history. It was written by Anwar Maqsood & hosted by Moin Akhtar. In this show, some rare seen footage was telecast about PTV & classic Black & White clips from 60s to the late 90s.

In this 1st part, you can see how the technical facilities were setup for the transmission. Remember in 1965, Indo-Pak war started & PTV raise the spirit of nation thru patriotic songs sung By Noor Jahan, Mehdi Hasan & many other singers. At that time, Ayub Khan was president of Pakistan.

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[hammadrais]

I Agree with PrineAli85 100%

[princeali85]

PTV was indeed the best. Everybody else put together still can't compete with what PTV accomplished in the past.

[princeali85]

I am talking about the arts such as good and quality TV dramas and other family programs. The writers, producers, directors, technical assistants, and the actors were all the best of the best and they produced some of the best things which are still liked and remembered today. None of the dozens of private channels can still rival what PTV did in the past. All you see today is just fame, money, glamour, big houses, big cars, shiny clothes, tall buildings, and European cities.

[aparaajita10]

PTV used to have the best dramas, & the best mini series. I remember that from my teenage years when we used to wait eagery for the pakistani dramas. I still keep going back to watching them, instead of the new ones from the world over.

[shakeel2h2]

Beautiful people beautiful 70s

nothing left now

[MrBj2020]

May Allah Bless Moin Akhtar with Jannatt!! He was such a talented actor!! :(

[spsyed]

Moin Akthar passed away, 1950-2011. RIP.

[SuperHs100]

that time was very peace full time

[auh786]

@princeali85 although they did charge license fees regardless of whether you supported the party in power or not.