Shehbaz Sharif | PTV
Pakistan: PTV fails to give proper coverage of Shehbaz Sharif's Lahore visit event due to non-availability of an advanced laptop
Islamabad: Pakistan's state-run Pakistan Television (PTV) has suspended 17 officials after they failed to ensure 'proper' coverage of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's Lahore visit on the channel last week.
Strangely, the broadcast failure was due to the non-availability of an advanced laptop required to upload the video footage through file transfer protocol (FTP), reports The Dawn.
The suspended employees, on the other hand, claimed they had been scapegoated by the administration appointed by the previous regime in order to save the bigwigs.
PM Sharif had visited Kot Lakhpat Jail and Ramazan Bazaars in Lahore on April 24, however, the PTV team, despite prior information failed to cover the events on the spot allegedly owing to non-availability of a properly functional laptop, the newspaper reported.
As per documents available with Dawn, when the PTV Lahore centre was conveyed about the PM’s visit, they informed the PTV headquarters and its director news about the non-availability of an advanced laptop.
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