Why PTV ignores Chitrali martyrs?

This refers to the letter by Bashir Hussain Azad published in Chitral Today on June 19, regarding PTV's coverage of the martyrs of Malakand operation. I fully agree with the writer that PTV has totally ignored the martyrs from NWFP particularly those from Chitral. Eight soldiers of Chitral Scouts laid down their lives on the first day of the operation in Maidan of Dir Lower in defense of their motherland and the bodies of the shuhada were flown to Chitral in one day and PTV or any other channel even did not mention their shahadat in their news bulletins let alone paying tributes to them. The number of martyrs from Chitral has been multiplying since then and their bodies are flown to Chitral and buried quietly. No TV channel, newspaper except a few Chitrali online newspapers mentioned the brilliant sacrifice of their lives in defense of Pakistan by these brave sons of Chitral. This is not first time that Chitrali soldiers and officers have offered their lives in defense of their motherland. This is a historical fact that Chitral has been offering its sons to save Pakistan since 1948 war with India. Nearly 80 shuhada from Chitral sacrificed their lives in Kargil misadventure.

The leading television channels do not tire creating hype by scandalizing trivial events and small issues but have badly failed to highlight the great sacrifice rendered by those brave sons of the soil. We Chitralis are extremely frustrated and disappointed over the apathy of our television channels particularly our national television PTV.

Sultan Mehmood

Garam Chashma, Chitral

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Pakistan Television gives coverage to the martyrs of war in Swat and Waziristan frequently but in most of the cases the martyrs covered by the channel are from Punjab. Soldiers and junior officers of the Army who are martyred also hail from NWFP. I am watching PTV telecasting exclusive programmes on martyrs from Punjab and Balochistan and not on those belonging to NWFP. I would particularly refer to Samiullah Shaheed, who hailed from Koghozi in Chitral. As a coincidence, his father's name is Pakistan and a son of “Pakistan” from NWFP sacrificed his life for Pakistan, the homeland of 170 million people.
I wish NWFP had its own television channel or any industrialist from this province had a TV channel of his own, so that martyrs of the ongoing war for Pakistan could be given proper coverage. We are fed up with alien channel and bipartisan publicity.

Bashir Hussain Azad,
Chitral.