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First Balochi TV channel by mid-June
By Aziz Sanghur
KARACHI: The first private satellite Balochi television channel, Baloch
Voice, will be launched in mid-June at a cost of 400 million UAE dirhams.
The channel will be based in the United Arab Emirates. The channel will
telecast news bulletins, dramas, music, cultural and sports and
entertainment programmes. The news bulletins will not only be telecast in
Balochi but also in Brohi, English and Arabic languages, said Nasir Karim
Baloch, a share holder of Baloch Voice TV while talking to Daily Times.
Daily Times has learnt that Baloch Voice Private Limited has already
floated 170,000 shares at 50 dirhams per share. To become a member of the
board of directors of the company a shareholding limit of 10,000 shares
has been fixed. The first meeting of the company’s board of directors will
be held in April 5 in Dubai. “Several cultural programmes have been
organized in Pakistan, Dubai, Muscat, Saudi Arab, USA, UK etc for selling
the shares. Several people, belonging to the Baloch and Sindhi communities
have also provided donations to the channel,” said Anwar Baloch, another
shareholder of the channel. He said that network has already been
completed and currently staff is being hired.
Source: DailyTimes
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