PESHAWAR: Federal Secretary Information Sardar Ahmed Nawaz Sukhera on the directives of Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting & National Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb Friday constituted a fact finding committee to probe the fire incident that struck Pakistan Television (PTV) Centre here during wee hours.
Secretary Information along with Deputy Managing Director Zahoor Ahmad Barlas, Director and Controller Engineering PTV paid an emergency visit to the PTV Peshawar Centre to ascertain the reason behind the fire incident and to fix the responsibilities.
The Secretary during his visit of the PTV Peshawar studios reviewed the damages caused to the equipment. He directed the PTV administration to expedite the rehabilitation work on war footing.
Talking to the official media, Sardar Ahmed Nawaz Sukhera said that the fact finding committee will soon present its report about the inferno incident in PTV Peshawar Centre. He said that no effort would be spared to repair the damaged equipments on war footing. He added that the committee will determine the loopholes that led to the fire incident in the premises of PTV.
The secretary Information appreciated the timely action by the PTV Peshawar management and its employees that saved expensive equipment from being damaged.
he also appreciated the performance of the PTV Officials, Engineers, Technicians and Anchors for ensuring continued uninterrupted transmission without any interruption.
Briefing the Secretary, GM PTV Peshawar Centre Mirza Amjid Javed said that the fire incident occurred due to short-circuiting; however the fire was controlled immediately.