Capital TV finally hits the airwaves
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 10 April 2013
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Capital TV successfully began broadcasting in Islamabad, becoming the second English news channel launched in Pakistan this year. The channel's inaugural program featured several prominent media personalities.Summary
ISLAMABAD: After months of delay, Capital TV went on air at 7pm Wednesday, the channel’s Director News and Current Affairs Fahd Hussain formally setting the ball rolling.
The channel is the second after PTV English to be launched in Pakistan this year.
Fahd, who joined the channel from Waqt News in November last year, set things in motion from the scenic setting of Rawal Lake.
Shortly afterwards he hosted an introductory program that included prominent names Nasim Zehra, Ijaz Haider, Asma Chaudhry and Javed Iqbal.
Headed by Basit Sheikh, son of Ahmed Riaz Sheikh, a former official of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), the channel was to start its news bulletins later in the evening.
KEY POINTS:
- Capital TV went on air at 7pm on Wednesday.
- Fahd Hussain hosts the inaugural program from Rawal Lake.
- The channel is the second English news station launched this year.
- Director Fahd Hussain previously worked at Waqt News.
- Basit Sheikh is the head of Capital TV.
