Pakistan, July 22 -- Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz said on Tuesday that the proposal for enhancing Pakistan Television Corporation fee was deferred by the federal cabinet till next week.

Briefing media persons after the cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, he said the proposal was discussed in the cabinet in wake of financial difficulties being faced by PTV. He said that the state-run TV is facing problems in payment of pension to its 3,000 pensioners. He said that the previous governments had brought the PTV to the verge of collapse, which had a glorious past and the present government wants to revive its past glory.

The minister said the PTV, like other national institutions including ...