Pakistan, Feb. 4 -- The Institute for Art and Culture (IAC) launched a lecture series on the history of television as visual broadcast media in Pakistan.

Veteran actors, news presenters, anchors, program hosts and engineers who laid the foundation of the first television network in South Asia will share their memories and expertise with students of film and television at the IAC.

The inaugural lecture was delivered by the engineering wizard Muhammad Zubair who led the first team of engineers which set up the TV centre in the 60s. He narrated the fascinating story of the early days of PTV when the transmission was live and no mistakes were acceptable for the technical team, producers or actors.

Mahrukh Zubair, one of the first announcer...