KARACHI, Sept 24: Broadcasters in Pakistan on Friday announced the formation of Pakistan Broadcasters Association, a representative body, comprising both television and radio broadcasters, at a meeting held in Karachi.

Mir Shakilur Rahman of GEO TV was elected chairman of the association, a statement said here.

The broadcasters maintained that their move to establish such body was due to the growing number of FM radio and satellite television broadcasters in the private sector which was an indication of the fact that in the near future this sector will grow rapidly in Pakistan.

In his remarks, the founder and chairman of the association, Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman said this increase in number of broadcasters makes it necessary to foster joint efforts so as to collectively frame a code of conduct as being followed elsewhere in the world.

He added that “this is necessary, so that the responsibility entrusted on us could be conveyed to general public for building a decent, progressive and balanced society.”

Those who attended the inaugural meeting included Mir Shakilur Rahman of GEO TV, Ghazanfar Ali of Indus TV, A Rauf of ARY, A Jabbar of A TV, Aslam Kazi of KTN, Ahmed Zubairi and Asif Zubairi of Aaj TV, Imran Mehboob of Hum TV, Dr Karim of Sindh TV, Arshad Anis of AVT Khyber, Agha Nasir of FM101, Arshad Khan of PTV, Mohsin Naqvi of CNN, Abid Shaikh of Filmazia, Mohammad Asim of Business Plus, Zaheer Khan of FM91 and TVI, Meimoona Siddiqi, Mohammad Zaki, Shahid Javed, Mehdi Raza of FM107, Waseem Ahmed of FM99, Afaq Haider of FM105, Syed Sajjad H Shah of APNA TV, Akbar Bhutto of FM91, FM92 and FM93 and Dr Rafat of FM96.—APP