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Aslam Azhar (Urdu: اسلم اظہر; 2 September 1932 – 29 December 2015) was a Pakistan Television executive, considered to be the "father of Pakistan Television". He was the first Chairman and Managing Director of PTV first appointed during Ayub Khan government in November 1964 when PTV Lahore Center first started broadcasting and went on the air. He was awarded the Tamgha-i-Pakistan (Medal of Pakistan) for his pioneering services in the television broadcasting field by the President of Pakistan.Subsequently, in 1988, he became the first Chairman of the PTV who was not a bureaucrat as all earlier chairmen were there because of their being federal information secretaries.

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  • Aslam Azhar (Urdu: اسلم اظہر; 2 September 1932 – 29 December 2015) was a Pakistan Television executive, considered to be the "father of Pakistan Television". He was the first Chairman and Managing Director of PTV first appointed during Ayub Khan government in November 1964 when PTV Lahore Center first started broadcasting and went on the air. He was awarded the Tamgha-i-Pakistan (Medal of Pakistan) for his pioneering services in the television broadcasting field by the President of Pakistan.Subsequently, in 1988, he became the first Chairman of the PTV who was not a bureaucrat as all earlier chairmen were there because of their being federal information secretaries. (en)
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  • 1932-09-02 (xsd:date)
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  • 1932-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • Chairman and Managing Director (en)
  • Pakistan Television Corporation, Lahore Center - 1964 (en)
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  • Nigar Award in 1999 (en)
  • Sitara-i-Imtiaz Award by the President of Pakistan in 2012 (en)
  • Tamgha-i-Pakistan by the Government of Pakistan in 1968 (en)
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  • 1932-09-02 (xsd:date)
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  • Islamabad, Pakistan (en)
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  • One of the founders and pioneers of Pakistan television (en)
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  • Aslam Azhar (en)
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  • Pakistani (en)
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  • Chairman and Managing Director (en)
  • Pakistan Television Corporation, Lahore Center - 1964 (en)
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  • Aslam Azhar (Urdu: اسلم اظہر; 2 September 1932 – 29 December 2015) was a Pakistan Television executive, considered to be the "father of Pakistan Television". He was the first Chairman and Managing Director of PTV first appointed during Ayub Khan government in November 1964 when PTV Lahore Center first started broadcasting and went on the air. He was awarded the Tamgha-i-Pakistan (Medal of Pakistan) for his pioneering services in the television broadcasting field by the President of Pakistan.Subsequently, in 1988, he became the first Chairman of the PTV who was not a bureaucrat as all earlier chairmen were there because of their being federal information secretaries. (en)
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