Tuesday, May 11, 2010

US to improve Pakistan radio signals in tribal areas

Pakistan has signed an $8 million agreement with the United States to enhance radio transmission coverage in Peshawar, Dera Ismail Khan and outreach to remote areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The US Agency for International Development (USAID) will provide two AM transmitters to the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC).

US Ambassador to Pakistan Anne W Patterson, Director USAID-Pakistan Robert J Wilson, Information and Broadcasting Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira and PBC Director-General Murtaza Solangi signed the agreement on behalf of their respective governments. Mr Kaira thanked the US for extending this support to Radio Pakistan.
(Source: ANI/R Netherlands Media Network)