ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Television (PTV) has sacked two employees for airing an incorrect map of Pakistan that showing occupied Kashmir to be a part of the Indian Territory.
According to sources, the incident was taken up in the Senate after Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani referred the matter to the Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on June 8.
On a social media website Twitter, the PTV said: “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.”
Taking strict action on the recommendations of the Inquiry Committee designated to probe the airing of an incorrect images of a map of Pakistan on June 6 on PTV News, PTV management has terminated two officials found responsible for the professional oversight.
— PTV News (@PTVNewsOfficial) June 10, 2020
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, PTV tweeted.
The incident — which had drawn a lot of ire on social media — had also caught the attention of Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry and Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari.
In a tweet, Chaudhry had urged Information Minister Shibli Faraz to take notice of the incident.
Shameful…. Arshad Khan heading PTV since decades seems he forgot he is chairman n defacto MD of PTV not DoorDarshan… expect @shiblifaraz to take all measures to teach them what #Kashmir is meant to Pakistan….. https://t.co/QJ2aU61GlB
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) June 7, 2020
Calling the incident “absolutely unacceptable”, Mazari had attributed it to “sheer carelessness and lethargy”. She had also urged the information minister to take note of the incident.
Absolutely unacceptable but this keeps happening due to sheer carelessness and lethargy – just Google a map and use it without checking. Sadly few here realise importance of maps. I am sure @shiblifaraz will not only take note but will end this way of getting things done in PTV. https://t.co/fkzkgmy5l8
— Shireen Mazari (@ShireenMazari1) June 7, 2020
