PTV delisted from privatisation list
Business
January 21, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The cabinet committee on state-owned enterprises on Wednesday decided to delist the Pakistan Television Corporation from the list of state-owned enterprises categorised for privatisation.
The decision was taken on the request of the ministry of information and broadcasting during a committee’s meeting presided over by the Minister for Finance and Revenue Hafeez Shaikh. Secretary information briefed the forum that Pakistan Television Corporation is undergoing massive restructuring to make it a financially viable, professionally efficient and technically sound state-owned enterprise to amplify national narrative and formulate favourable public opinion. Minister for Privatization Mian Soomro, Adviser to Prime Minister on Institutional Reforms and Austerity Ishrat Hussain along with the senior officials from the ministry of finance and ministry of privatization participated in the meeting.
Cabinet Committee decides to remove PTV from privatization list
The Cabinet Committee on State Owned Enterprises has decided to remove Pakistan Television Corporation from privatization list.
The committee, which met in Islamabad on Wednesday with Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh in the chair, took the decision on the request of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Secretary Information briefed the forum that PTVC is undergoing massive restructuring to make it a financially viable, professionally efficient and technically sound State Owned Enterprise to amplify national narrative and formulate favourable public opinion.
Source: Radio Pakistan 2021-01-20
Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh chairs meeting of Cabinet Committee on State Owned Enterprises
Islamabad, January 20, 2021 (PPI-OT): The Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh chaired the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on State Owned Enterprises (CCoSOEs) here today. Minister for Privatization Muhammad Mian Soomro, Adviser to Prime Minister on Institutional Reforms and Austerity Dr. Ishrat Hussain along with the senior officials from the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Privatization participated in the meeting. The Committee decided to delist the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTVC) from the list of State Owned Enterprises categorized for privatization.
The decision was taken on the request of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Secretary Information briefed the forum that PTVC is undergoing massive restructuring to make it a financially viable, professionally efficient and technically sound State Owned Enterprise (SOE) to amplify national narrat
The decision was taken at the request of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
The information secretary told a meeting of the committee that PTVC was undergoing massive restructuring to make it a financially viable, professionally efficient and technically sound state-owned enterprise to amplify national narrative and formulate favorable public opinion.
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The committee meeting, chaired by Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, was attended by Minister for Privatization Muhammedmian Soomro and Adviser to the Prime Minister on Institutional Reforms and Austerity Dr Ishrat Hussain, besides senior officials from the ministries of finance and privatization.
The Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, chaired the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises (CCoSOEs)