| Pakistan Broadcasters Association | |
| Full Name: | Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) |
| Native Name: | پاکستان براڈ کاسٹرز ایسوسی ایشن |
| Native Name Lang: | ur |
| Abbreviation: | PBA |
| Founder: | Mir Shakil ur Rehman (Jang) |
| Founding Location: | Karachi |
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| Headquarters: | 177/ 2, 1st Floor, I.E.P Building,Liaquat Barracks, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi, Pakistan - 75530. |
| Location City: | Karachi |
| Location Country: | Pakistan |
| Region: | Pakistan |
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| Membership: | 110[1] |
| Membership Year: | 2021 |
| Languages: | English, Urdu |
| Sec Gen: | Shakeel Masud Hussain (DAWN NEWS) |
| Leader Title: | Chairman |
| Leader Name: | Mian Amer Mahmood |
| Leader Title2: | Senior Vice Chairman |
| Leader Name2: | Salman Iqbal (ARY) |
| Leader Title3: | Vice Chairman |
| Leader Name3: | Mir Ibrahim Rahman (GEO) |
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Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) ; is a private association of television and radio broadcasters in Pakistan. It was established on September 23, 2005 at a meeting in Karachi. Mir Shakil ur Rehman, founder of the association, was elected as the first chairman of association.[2] [3] Mian Amer Mahmood (Dunya TV) is current chairman of PBA.[4]
Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) was established on September 23, 2005 in a meeting of founding members including Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman of GEO TV, Ghazanfar Ali of Indus TV, A. Rauf of ARY, A. Jabbar of ATV, 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, Muhammad Asim of Business Plus, Zaheer Khan of FM91 and TV1, Meimoona Siddiqi, Muhammad 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. They elected the founder of the association, Mir Shakil ur Rehman as the first chairman of PBA. Additionally Rehman headed an ad-hoc committee which selected five members to formulate rules and regulations of the Association.
Member channels of PBA are divided into two main types.
Members of television category are further divided into subcategories of Permanent members,[5] members,[6] associate members,[7] affiliate members.[8]
Members of radio category are further categorized into members[9] and associate members.[10]