$8m deal inked with US for radio transmitters upgradation
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the US Agency for International Development (USAid) here on Thursday signed an agreement worth eight million dollars for the provision of two AM transmitters to Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) aimed at enhancing radio transmission coverage in Peshawar and Dera Ismail Khan.
The United States Ambassador to Pakistan, Anne W Patterson, Director USAid-Pakistan Robert J Wilson, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira and PBC Director General Murtaza Solangi signed the agreement on behalf of their respective governments.
The signing ceremony, held at the PBC headquarters, was also attended by Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Sumsam Ali Shah Bukhari and other high officials.On this occasion, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira said the signing of the agreement titled “Statement of collaboration between the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation and the United States Agency for International Development” is an effort to upgrade AM transmitters in Peshawar and D I Khan.
He said the key objective of this bilateral collaboration was to expand radio broadcasts in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.Kaira informed the participants of the ceremony that the Pakistan People’s Party-led coalition government has dedicated 2010 as the Year of the radio.
He thanked the US for extending this support to Radio Pakistan. Radio is a medium which has the largest numbers of listeners so we can approach maximum people with radio but unfortunately this sector was ignored in the past, he said. The government priority is to improve performance and enhance capacity of Radio Pakistan to ensure its transmission reaches every corner of the country.
Source: The News
Date:5/7/2010
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