ISLAMABAD,  JUN 14 (DNA) – Chairman Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Muhammad Saleem Baig formally handed over Non-commercial Satellite TV Channel

license to Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) at a ceremony held here.

On the occasion, Registrar AIOU Dr. Muhammad Zaigham Qadeer signed licensing document, while PEMRA was represented by its Director General Wakeel Khan.

It enabled the country’s mega University to run its own Education TV channel and further strengthen its open distance learning system, through the support of media network.

Later, the document was handed over to the Director Institute of Education Technology (IET), AIOU Ms. Shabnam Irshad Ahmed. The channel will be exclusively used for educational purposes on non-commercial basis.

The AIOU will be first educational institution in the country that will have its own tv channel for promoting the cause of education

The Chairman PEMRA appreciated the AIOU for taking the initiative of launching the tv channel, hoping that it would enable it to enhance its access to common man and focus exclusively on education and other social issues of public interest.

Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Zia-Ul-Qayyum thanked the PEMRA for awarding the license. This, he said is a great breakthrough for the AIOU giving academic support to its more than 1.4 million students through the multimedia support.

According to Director, IET the channel will be launched within a period of one year as per terms and conditions of the PEMRA.

The satellite bandwidth will be obtained from PAKSAT while uplink and studio equipments will be procured in accordance with the relevant rules.

Lunching of tv’s channel is a part of the University’s consistent efforts playing its leading role in promoting quality education in the country through an effective open distance learning system.