1. http://www.radio.gov.pk/live-streaming
provides links to 10 audio streams, but these are only active when the
respective stations are active. This may result in many hours of silence during
the day on a particular channel.
For former short wave listeners of Radio
Pakistan, two streams are of special interest: "World Service" and "External
Service". During the monitoring project the channel monitored was left running
even when there was no programme feed.
2. The audio on the World Service
and External Service channels is now very good. [!!] The worn out recordings of
the interval signal and the national anthem are still used.
3. I was
unable to establish full schedules. At least on the monitoring days, both
international channels did not always match the former short wave schedule and
the internet schedule I monitored in April 2017. The sign on/off-times trail by
minutes behind UT. The remarkable time delay can also be heard when Home Service
news are relayed by the World Service.
Rewording a suggestion of April
2017
4. The "4 pm news in English" at 1100 h UT following the Urdu World
Service programme were reconfirmed during the monitoring. The World Radio TV
Handbook 2018 mentions Home Service news bulletins in English at 0300, 0800,
1100, 1300, 1600 and 1700 h UT. It is easy to see that for the benefit of
international listeners some English news could easily be embedded in a musical
interlude between the Urdu World Service programmes (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 17
February 2018, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
