Title: Radio Pakistan Karachi kī pachās sāla ‘ilmī aur adabī khidmāt
Description: A comprehensive history of the literary and scientific services rendered by Pakistan’s national broadcasting institution during its first fifty (50) years. Radio remained the most popular medium of mass communication in Pakistan even after the introduction of television. The author, Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Khan Asadi, had been associated with Radio Pakistan for 32 years and had acquaintance with some of the senior most directors, programme producers & writers who made significant contribution by producing excellent and innovative programme content of public appeal. Radio Pakistan also served as a pioneering institute to train many broadcasters and media celebrities in the art of broadcasting and radio journalism. The book not only focuses on broadcast journalism aspect of Radio Pakistan’s services but also presents an in-depth review of the literary and scientific contents of radio programmes which were written and presented in such a way that they were also both interesting and entertaining for the listeners. Hence, the popularity and success of Radio Pakistan. While all its stations maintained a high standard of their programmes by applying cretivity & innovation, the Karachi station in particular had an edge over other stations in that many a known literary figure had joined this station and worked as a team under the direction of late Zulfiqar A. Bukhari -- ace broadcaster, drama artist, poet & musicologist.
Places: Delhi, Dhaka, Karahi, Lahore, Peshawar and other major cities of India and Pakistan
People: Several famous literary personalities
Time periods: 1947 - 1997