As per vision of @ImranKhanPTI Ended political censorship on PTV, clear instructions issued for a complete editoria… https://t.co/YKDMt93dEl — Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) 1534839289000

NEW DELHI: The Imran Khan government in Islamabad has ended censorship at state-run media outlets Pakistan TV ( PTV ) and Radio Pakistan and given them "complete editorial independence", said the country's new minister for information, Fawad Chaudhary, on his Twitter handle."As per vision of @ImranKhanPTI Ended political censorship on PTV, clear instructions issued for a complete editorial independence on PTV and Radio Pakistan, drastic changes ll be visible in Information Dept in coming 3 months Inshallah," tweeted Chaudhary about the decision of the new Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government.The information minister further said that PTV and the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation would not be "used as private property" by the government anymore. Instead, they will promote a positive image of Pakistan, said Chaudhary, according to Pakistan's The Express Tribune.The earlier PML(N) government has also promised it would make PTV an independent channel, but it never followed through, said both the Tribune and another Pakistani newspaper Dawn.PTV was set up in 1964 with a pilot television station in Lahore. The channel later expanded with establishment of the Rawalpindi centre in 1967, and the Peshawar and Quetta centres in 1974, said Dawn.Currently, PTV has centres in Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Muzaffarabad, and Multan.