{
  "id": 157434,
  "title": "Economic Coordination Committee approves Rs13bn lifeline for struggling PTV",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/economic-coordination-committee-approves-rs13bn-lifeline-for",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-05T02:47:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn Business",
    "slug": "dawn-business",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2020697/economic-coordination-committee-approves-rs13bn-lifeline-for-struggling-ptv"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has approved a Rs13 billion supplementary grant for the financially struggling Pakistan Television Corporation (PTVC) and a bailout package of about Rs35bn for the Sialkot-Kharian Motorway project. The PTVC received a quarterly payment schedule of Rs3.25bn each quarter, allowing it to meet operational and essential running expenses. Meanwhile, the ECC approved Rs27.62bn sovereign guarantees for the Sialkot-Kharian Motorway, which is being constructed under a build-operate-transfer model. The approval also includes the rollover of Rs6.944bn in operational viability gap funding for the project.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}