ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) to air famous Turkish fiction series “Dirilis: Ertugrul” in Urdu.
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Media Affairs Iftikhar Durrani taking to social networking website Twitter said that PM Imran Khan has directed Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) to air famous drama series ‘Ertugrul’ in Urdu.
According to a report in Arab News, the drama will soon air on PTV after being dubbed in Urdu. PTV has gotten exclusive rights for dubbing and screening it in Pakistan and voice actors for the drama have been selected.
Back in September, PM Imran Khan announced that Pakistan, Turkey and Malaysia have decided to launch a joint English channel to counter Islamophobia.
PM Imran Khan took to twitter saying, “President Erdogan, PM Mahatir and myself had a meeting today in which we decided our 3 countries would jointly start an English language channel dedicated to confronting the challenges posed by Islamophobia and setting the record straight on our great religion – Islam.”
“The English channel would produce films on Muslim history to educate our own people and world; Issue of blasphemy would be properly contextualized; Muslims would be given a dedicated media presence,” he added. NNI
Meanwhile, the federal cabinet session held under the chair of Prime Minister Imran Khan has given go-ahead to 10-point agenda including the decisions of privatisation committee and establishment of special courts for minor children.
The session was concluded today after making important decisions under the supervision of PM Khan.
Sources said that the premier and cabinet members praised the government’s team over improvements in international economic ranking. PM Imran Khan said the nation will soon get more achievements in the economic ground. PM Khan asked authorities to highlight the Moody’s report among the nationals.
A briefing was given to the federal cabinet over appointments of members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the chief election commissioner (CEC).
The decisions taken by the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on November 27-28 were also reviewed in the meeting.
Sources said the decisions taken by the cabinet’s committee on privatisation got approval, whereas, the government has also greenlighted establishment of special courts for minor children in the federal capital Islamabad.
It is decided for making appointments of WAPDA members for power and water.
Moreover, the cabinet decided to appoint the chairman of Pakistan Academy of Letters, the largest public-sector entity for the promotion of literature of Pakistan languages and welfare of writers.
The federal cabinet was also given a briefing over the performance of utility stores.
After the conclusion of the federal cabinet’s meeting, PM Khan convened zero hour session of the cabinet members to review the political situation of the country.
The cabinet members held consultations over the legislation of Army Act amendment, CEC and ECP members’ appointments, sources said. – NNI