The management of state-run Pakistan Television (PTV) has ‘terminated’ two employees for airing a map of Pakistan that showed Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) as a part of Indian territory.
PTV announced the decision in a tweet, “Taking strict action on the recommendations of the inquiry committee designated to probe the airing of an incorrect image of a map of Pakistan on June 6 on PTV News, PTV management has terminated two officials found responsible for the professional oversight."
https://twitter.com/PTVNewsOfficial/status/1270733191960289280?s=20
Previously on June 7, PTV had said it had "zero tolerance for such negligence" and had assured that strict action will be taken against those responsible.
The incident was taken up in the Senate on June 8 after Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani referred the matter to the Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting.
While strongly condemning the mistake, Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry had urged Information Minister Shibli Faraz to take notice of the incident.
https://twitter.com/fawadchaudhry/status/1269663359588327425?s=20
Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazar had termed the mistake ‘absolutely unacceptable’, and attributed it to "sheer carelessness and lethargy". She had also urged the information minister to take note of the incident.
https://twitter.com/ShireenMazari1/status/1269696156411494400?s=20
PTV announced the decision in a tweet, “Taking strict action on the recommendations of the inquiry committee designated to probe the airing of an incorrect image of a map of Pakistan on June 6 on PTV News, PTV management has terminated two officials found responsible for the professional oversight."
https://twitter.com/PTVNewsOfficial/status/1270733191960289280?s=20
Previously on June 7, PTV had said it had "zero tolerance for such negligence" and had assured that strict action will be taken against those responsible.
The incident was taken up in the Senate on June 8 after Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani referred the matter to the Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting.
While strongly condemning the mistake, Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry had urged Information Minister Shibli Faraz to take notice of the incident.
https://twitter.com/fawadchaudhry/status/1269663359588327425?s=20
Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazar had termed the mistake ‘absolutely unacceptable’, and attributed it to "sheer carelessness and lethargy". She had also urged the information minister to take note of the incident.
https://twitter.com/ShireenMazari1/status/1269696156411494400?s=20