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NEW DELHI: India has assured Pakistan that it will consider a proposal to lift the ban on Pakistani television channels in the country. This was after Pakistani foreign secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani's strong pitch last week proposing India allow transmission of not just Pakistan government ( PTV) but also private channels, both news and non-news.

Making his point, Jilani said all Indian channels are available in Pakistan and Islamabad has done nothing to impose restrictions on their telecast. During talks between the two countries here last week, Pakistanis told the Indian delegation, led by foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai, that if India wants to spruce up people-to- people contacts, it must allow Pakistani channels into Indian homes.

Pakistanis recalled popularity of PTV's soaps like Deewarein, Waris and Jungle in the 1980s in India saying current programmes on Pakistani channels have the potential to become as popular.

PTV 'anti-India/anti-hindu' drive a worry

Indians seem to have conceded the point. "It was conveyed to them (Pakistan) that India will look positively at the proposal although the matter will have to be first discussed by the information and broadcasting ministry and its counterpart in Pakistan," said a source, adding that PTV's "anti-India" campaign in the past over internal issues, including Jammu and Kashmir, has been a concern.

In 2009, Pakistani Senate's standing committee on information and broadcasting appealed to the Indian Parliament to ensure airing of Pakistani channels in India. The same Senate next year asked Pakistani cable operators to stop airing Indian TV channels citing "cultural invasion". But with people-to-people contacts finding favour, the Pakistani request might fall on more receptive ears in New Delhi.

India and Pakistan are looking at signing an MoU for promotion of arts and culture during the visit of foreign minister S M Krishna to Pakistan in early September. The two sides are expected to further hasten the groundwork for Krishna's visit as Pakistan's high commissioner-designate Salman Bashir finally presented his credentials before President Pratibha Patil and assumed full charge after weeks of waiting. As a former foreign secretary, Bashir was instrumental in bringing ties back on track after the hiatus caused by 26/11 attacks.

The MoU was also proposed by Pakistan with its Pakistan National Centre of Arts (PNCA) taking the lead after its patron-in-chief Tauqueer Ahmed Nasir visited India for "informal" meetings in April. Among other things, Pakistan wants its street puppet shows, extremely popular in the country, to be performed in India.

During the talks, both sides underlined the importance of greater people-to-people contacts and friendly exchanges in building "a relationship of trust and friendship between the two countries". They emphasized the importance of greater parliamentary exchanges; promotion of cooperation in various fields including facilitating visits to religious shrines and "cessation of hostile propaganda against each other".
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India looking to reverse ban on Pakistani TV channels - The Times of India
 
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Nothing wrong with this. However it is better that instead of News Channels like PTV , we start getting some light hearted private non-news channels instead that don't talk about politics at all .

PTV was a flop that last time around it was here anyway .
 
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Good Indian superpower hyperpower doesn't allow freedom of voice and freedom of media eh?
 
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PTV needs to go digital. The sound and picture quality is something out of early 90's.

It's changed a lot now!

But its still pretty boring when you compare it to other Pakistani channels.
 
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Nature of supply may change drastically if customer base changed ..then you cant blame cia,raw etc
 
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It's changed a lot now!

But its still pretty boring when you compare it to other Pakistani channels.

same is the case here in india with ptv's counterpart doordarshan...

but for news...i always prefer doordarshan news....they dont hype or sensationalize....even to this day..a reporter sits on the desk n reads the news with neutral expressions and does not give its opinions
 
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Yup yup!

PTV? WTFFFFF???!!?! Dude , PTV is THE FLOPPEST channel even in Pakistan... No one watches 'PTV News' ..Dramas are still good though..some a damn good...

But india SHOULD allow Private Pakistan Media industry in india..no wonder indians are brainwashed regarding Pakistan...

Channels like Geo Tv , Hum , Geo News , Ary , Express , Ary digital ,Dawn etc etc would enlighten indians about Pakistan and Pakistanis ...

Nature of supply may change drastically if customer base changed ..then you cant blame cia,raw etc

Better products can cause demand of other channels to go down drastically! then you can't blame ISI , LeT etc ...
 
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Yup yup!

PTV? WTFFFFF???!!?! Dude , PTV is THE FLOPPEST channel even in Pakistan... No one watches 'PTV News' ..Dramas are still good though..some a damn good...

But india SHOULD allow Private Pakistan Media industry in india..no wonder indians are brainwashed regarding Pakistan...

Channels like Geo Tv , Hum , Geo News , Ary , Express , Ary digital ,Dawn etc etc would enlighten indians about Pakistan and Pakistanis ...
Only if they don't give air time to people like Zaid Hamid.....:drag:
 
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same is the case here in india with ptv's counterpart doordarshan...

but for news...i always prefer doordarshan news....they dont hype or sensationalize....even to this day..a reporter sits on the desk n reads the news with neutral expressions and does not give its opinions

Well PTV is the same, but's a government propaganda channel so its not really popular

I saw it yesterday, it looked the same.

Well PTV that comes in the U.S (or PTV America) looks okay
 
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India can censor it.......

i hope it doesnt....

we ll severely lose the laughter that we can have watching him LIVE ON AIR in India :rofl:

Well PTV is the same, but's a government propaganda channel so its not really popular



Well PTV that comes in the U.S (or PTV America) looks okay

well here its a lil more liberal and independent...
 
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