Islamabad: Government TV channel officials were overshadowed by the poor handling of Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to Lahore. The Pakistani government has suspended 17 officials for failing to cover the yatra properly. Shahbaz Sharif had visited Court Lakhpat Jail and Ramzan Bazaar in Lahore only last week. After this visit, he left on a visit to Saudi Arabia with a large delegation. It is being told that during this time the officials of the government TV channel of Pakistan could not get laptops of good quality. Due to this, there was a delay in uploading his video.
PTV did not have a hi-tech laptop
According to a Dawn report, the Pakistan Television (PTV) team could not upload the video footage via File Transfer Protocol (FTP). PTV officials claimed that they did not have advanced laptops to transfer the bulk of video footage through FTP. Due to this PTV got late in telecasting the video of PM Shahbaz Sharif.
PTV has a special team for PM’s visit
The news said that as per standard operating procedure, a VVIP team of journalists and producers is responsible for the coverage of the prime minister. The team is equipped with all kinds of state-of-the-art equipment including laptops, which allow live streaming and timely uploading of footage of any incident. This core team is stationed in Islamabad and accompanies the Prime Minister in the country and abroad.
The laptop battery was exhausted
When PTV’s Lahore center was informed about the visit, it asked the PTV headquarters to provide an upgraded laptop. Earlier this request was also made on 18 April, but PTV did not pay heed to it. In such a situation, the Lahore Center arranged for an officer’s personal laptop.
After the coverage, when the team tried to broadcast the footage, it was found that the laptop battery ran out. The next day, the PTV administration suspended a total of 17 officials, including Imran Bashir Khan, the deputy controller of VVIP coverage.
