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PTV and professionalism
Those who watched live Polo match from Shandur on 8th and 9th July
on PTV home will agree with me that PTV has done away with
professionalism as for as running commentary is concerned. The man
who was doing the job did not know either the ABC of the game or
basic knowledge of Urdu and English. I wonder why does PTV depend
on guest stars and volunteers for a job that is to be done by paid
workers and thorough professionals. If PTV has no resources to pay
the fee of a professional Commentator, it could outsource the job
to the sponsors who had adequate resources to pay for hiring a
professional.
It was astonishing to note that the man who volunteered himself for
the commentary did not know that commentator is always a neutral
person. He is not supposed to report � God willing this or that
team will win�. He must know what does a �mob� mean? What does
�Lush green� spot mean? He must know that in polo there is no
concept of �D�. He must also know that Urdu is our national
language and it has a grammar and vocabulary as well. I do
appreciate that PTV home brings a live polo match to �home� but it
is disappointing to note that PTV ignore professionalism and
depends on volunteers for telecasting commentary on Polo. I do hope
next time it will depend on volunteers and instead engage
professional commentator for the match.
Bashir Hussain Azad
Chitral
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