ARY-PTV Pak national exchequer robbed of billions of rupees to benefit private TV channel: Reports
Islamabad: A Pakistani news channel released a report that showed an alleged illegal partnership between Pakistan Television (PTV) and the private TV channel ARY has left the national exchequer robbed.
Details obtained by Geo News reveal that the national exchequer was robbed of billions of rupees to benefit the private news channel, which had no sports channel when it was made a partner in the ICC broadcasting rights, reports The News International.
The "whole game" started in August 2021, when PTV released a tender for partnership in the ICC broadcasting rights, which did not mention the Pakistan Super League (PSL), the newspaper reported.
It is worth noting that the ARY consortium was involved in the ICC broadcasting when its sports channel "A Sports" had no existence and no license. The PTV board of directors also remained unaware of the issue.
The PSL was not mentioned in the August 2021 ICC broadcasting rights tender and PTV Sports kept the PTV Board of Directors in the dark, obtained its approval for partnership with Ten Sports but then quietly partnered with A Sports, the newspaper reported.
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