Pakistan Radio
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| Type | Radio network International public broadcaster |
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| Branding | PBC |
| Availability |
Pakistan Worldwide |
| Motto | قُولُوا لِلنَّاسِ حُسْناً from Qur'an 2:83; "Speak to men good (words)" |
| Headquarters | Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Area | Nationwide Worldwide |
| Owner | Government of Pakistan |
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Key people
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MNA Marriyum Orangzaib (Minister-in-Charge) Ministry of Information and Mass-media Broadcasting (Board of Governors) |
| Established | 14 August 1947 |
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Former names
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All India Radio |
| Callsigns | PBC |
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Official website
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Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (Urdu: ریڈیو پاکستان; Reporting name: PBC), also known as Radio Pakistan, is a public radio broadcasting network, as well as a mass-media state-owned megacorporation in Pakistan.
PBC provides a wide range of radio and news services which are broadcast in TV, internet, and radio, outside Pakistan in 10 different languages. PBC's programmes served as mission purpose to entertain people through cultural music, features, and plays, while educating the overseas audience about the Pakistan, its culture and government, and the world. PBC programmes educate peoples on socioeconomic issues covering "health‚ education‚ environment‚ population welfare‚ agriculture‚ special persons‚ rights of women‚ human rights‚ minorities and media freedom".
A 1973 law, signed by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (President and later Prime minister) regulated PBC to as "to publish, circulate, distribute and regulate (reliable and trusted) news and information in any part of the world in any manner that may be deemed fit". Its one core mission states: "education, news and information to be bring to public awareness the whole range of significant activity.". PBC's radio services and television programmes are broadcast through satellite, cable, FM, AM, and shortwave radio frequencies. Select PBC programming is also available through WRN. At national level, PBC broadcast its programmes in 23 different state-recognized languages at 24-hour news cycle period. While its external services programmes are broadcast eight hrs daily in 10 different foreign languages, covering Western, Southern, Eastern, Northern Asia and some parts of Eastern Europe.
The Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation, popularly called Radio Pakistan came into being as Pakistan Broadcasting Service on 14 August 1947 when Pakistan emerged on the world map as a new country. The independence of Pakistan was announced through Radio Pakistan on 13 August 1947 at 11:59 pm in Urdu, followed by a similar announcement in English. Mustafa Ali Hamdani (1909–1980) made the Urdu announcement in the following words:
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