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Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) Jobs 2026 — 20 Balochistan Quota Posts in Islamabad

Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) — Balochistan / Islamabad (District Employment Cells across Balochistan)

By Muhammad Younus, Editor Posted: 30 Oct 2026 Updated: 31 Oct 2026 17 min read

Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) Jobs 2026 offer 20 regular posts under the Balochistan quota, and the last date to apply is 8 November 2026. The posts span broadcasting, journalism, marketing, engineering, finance, information technology, graphic design and administration, with the largest groups being Assistant Accountant with 5 posts and Associate Computer Graphics Designer with 3 posts, and the rest spread across producer, reporter, editor, designer, network and security posts. Only candidates holding a valid Balochistan local or domicile certificate can apply, and recruitment is conducted directly through walk-in interviews with no entry or written test, which makes this one of the most accessible federal media openings of the year for Balochistan's graduates. Applications can be submitted online through the National Job Portal using the dedicated tab created for this Balochistan quota drive, or directly at the newly established District Employment Cells within the districts of Balochistan. The advertisement appeared in Daily Jang on 30 October 2026, and the posts are based in Balochistan and Islamabad under the administrative control of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

About Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV)

The Pakistan Television Corporation Limited is Pakistan's state television broadcaster, operating under the administrative control of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Founded in the 1960s, PTV grew from a single channel into a national network of terrestrial and satellite channels covering news, current affairs, drama, sports, education and regional programming, and its headquarters on Constitution Avenue in Islamabad remains the centre of that operation. The corporation's workforce reflects that breadth: producers and reporters who make the news, translators and sub-editors who move copy between languages, engineers who keep studios and transmitters running, graphic designers who build the on-screen look, accountants who run the finances, and security and administrative staff who keep the buildings and systems working. A Balochistan quota round like this one is part of the federal government's provincial quota system, under which a share of federal posts is reserved for candidates from each province, and PTV has set up District Employment Cells across Balochistan for this drive so that candidates in the province can reach the process without travelling to Islamabad first. For a Balochistan graduate in mass communication, fine arts, commerce or computer science, this round is therefore a direct route into the country's oldest television institution, in posts that are regular rather than project-based.

Vacant Positions — Post-Wise Details

Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) Jobs 2026 cover 20 posts across 13 designations, all under the Balochistan quota and all in PTV pay groups equivalent to BS-16 or BS-16.5. The table below gives each post exactly as advertised, including its seats, qualification, experience condition, age limit and pay group.

• Producer Current Affairs: A senior production post for current-affairs programming. The 16-year education bar and the 2nd Division condition both apply, and the post sits in the higher of the two pay groups in this round.
• News Producer / Reporter: The newsroom post of the round, combining producing and reporting duties. Journalism, mass communication and the related social-science degrees are all named as qualifying routes.
• Producer / Producer Training Programmes: A production post with a training-programme brief, so programme-making experience in an educational or training format is the natural fit for this seat.
• Marketing Officer: The commercial post of the round. A marketing MBA enters directly, while an MBA in another field must bring three years of relevant experience to qualify.
• Associate Engineer (Air Conditioning): The engineering post of the round, responsible for the air conditioning plant that keeps studios and transmission facilities running. The mechanical DAE route requires plant experience.
• Security Assistant: The only post in the round with a 45-year upper age limit and the only one reserved in practice for ex-servicemen. A completed security course strengthens the application but is stated as preferred, not mandatory.
• Sub Editor (Translator News): Two seats for news translators who can move copy between languages under deadline. The five years of translation experience is the defining condition, ahead of the subject of the degree.
• Associate Designer: A design post for a fine-arts graduate with five years of relevant work. Portfolio strength matters in practice for a post defined by five years of experience.
• Assistant Accountant: The largest group in the round, with five seats. Three qualification routes are printed — the bachelor's route, the master's route and the professional route — so commerce graduates at several levels can qualify.
• Associate Computer Graphics Designer: Three seats for the graphics team, with three alternative routes that trade formal education against experience: the fine-arts route needs two years, the computing route three, and the general-degree route five.
• Associate Network Administrator: A network-operations post open to graduates of several disciplines, provided they bring three years of relevant experience in network administration.
• Assistant Network Administrator: The higher-graded network post, requiring a master's-level computing qualification or a four-year honours computing degree, plus three years of relevant experience.
• Computer Graphics Designer: The senior graphics post of the round, graded above the associate graphics posts. A master's-level computing or design qualification, or a four-year design degree with three years of experience, qualifies.

Eligibility Criteria — Who Can Apply

• Domicile: only candidates possessing a valid Balochistan local or domicile certificate are eligible to apply — this is a special Balochistan quota round.
• Age limit: 18 to 35 years for all posts except Security Assistant, where the limit is 18 to 45 years.
• Producer posts: at least 16 years of education (Master's or Bachelor's Honours) in Social Sciences or Languages and Literatures, at least in 2nd Division.
• News Producer / Reporter: Master's or Bachelor's (Honours) in Mass Communication, Journalism, Political Sciences, International Relations or Media Sciences, at least in 2nd Division.
• Marketing Officer: MBA (Marketing) at least in 2nd Division, or MBA in any field at least in 2nd Division with 3 years' relevant experience.
• Associate Engineer (Air Conditioning): 3-year DAE in Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, or 3-year DAE in Mechanical in 2nd Division with 2 to 3 years' experience in air conditioning plant.
• Security Assistant: Ex-Serviceman (Junior Commissioned Officer) with Matric at least in 2nd Division; a security course is preferred.
• Sub Editor (Translator News): Graduate at least in 2nd Division with 5 years' experience in translation.
• Associate Designer: Bachelor of Fine Arts at least in 2nd Division with 5 years' relevant experience.
• Assistant Accountant: B.Com, BBA, B.Sc. or Associate Degree in Finance or Accounting (2nd Division or 2.25 CGPA), or MBA, M.Sc. Finance or Accounting or M.Com (2nd Division or 2.25 CGPA), or ICMA Part-II or CA Inter.
• Graphics posts: BFA, BCS, BSCS, BIT, MCS, MIT, MBA (IT), MSCS or Bachelor of Design routes with the experience stated for each post (2, 3 or 5 years by route).
• Network posts: a general or computing bachelor's degree with 3 years' relevant experience for the Associate post, and a master's-level or four-year honours computing degree with 3 years' relevant experience for the Assistant post.
• Selection route: recruitment is conducted directly through walk-in interviews, with no entry or written test required.
• Documents at interview: candidates must bring original educational credentials, certificates and CNIC along with attested photocopies to the walk-in interview.

Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) Jobs 2026 are built around two gates: the Balochistan domicile and the post's own qualification. The domicile condition is absolute — the advertisement states that only candidates possessing a valid Balochistan local or domicile certificate are eligible — so a strong applicant from another province cannot enter this round, and the first check any applicant should make is that their certificate is valid and in hand. Beyond that gate, the advertisement is unusually generous in its qualification routes. The accounts group accepts three different levels of commerce education, the graphics group trades years of experience against the level of degree on three separate routes, and the network group accepts general degrees for the associate post while reserving the assistant post for master's-level or four-year honours computing degrees. The age band is 18 to 35 years across the board, with a single exception that matters: the Security Assistant post runs to 45 years, reflecting its ex-serviceman requirement, since a Junior Commissioned Officer retiring from service will typically be older than a fresh graduate. Experience is the real filter in this round. Five years is demanded of the news translators and the associate designer, three years of the marketing officer on the non-marketing MBA route and of both network posts and the computing-route graphics posts, and two to three years of the air conditioning engineer. Applicants should therefore match themselves honestly: a degree without the stated experience does not meet the post, and a strong portfolio without the degree does not either, because the advertisement states both conditions for most posts. The second defining feature is the selection route itself. There is no entry or written test, and recruitment is conducted directly through walk-in interviews, which means the interview is the whole selection stage and the documents carried to it — originals plus attested photocopies — are the evidence on which it turns.

Salary & Benefits

The advertisement prints the pay group for every post — PTV Pay Group 5, equivalent to BS-16.5, for the producer, reporter, marketing, assistant network administrator and senior graphics posts, and PTV Pay Group 4, equivalent to BS-16, for the engineer, security, sub-editor, designer, accountant, associate graphics and associate network posts — but it prints no rupee salary figure, and this article therefore quotes none. Readers will find monthly estimates on some secondary job sites; those figures are estimates made by those sites, not figures from the advertisement, and they are deliberately not repeated here. What can be said honestly is that these are regular posts in a state corporation, so pay and allowances follow PTV's rules for the pay group held, as revised from time to time, and the exact package is confirmed at appointment. The distinction between the two groups matters for applicants choosing between posts: the Group 5 posts carry the higher equivalent grade, and the assistant network administrator post is graded above the associate network administrator post for exactly that reason. Applicants should treat any salary figure not printed in the advertisement as unverified, and should never pay anyone who promises a higher group or a higher salary in exchange for money.

Selection Process

Selection for Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) Jobs 2026 is conducted directly through walk-in interviews, and the advertisement states plainly that no entry or written test is required. In practice that means the application — online through the National Job Portal's dedicated tab, or directly at a District Employment Cell — is a registration and screening step, and the interview is the decisive stage, where the candidate's original educational credentials, certificates and CNIC, together with attested photocopies, are checked against the post's stated conditions. For the experience-led posts, the interview is also where the experience itself is tested: a news translator's five years of translation work, a designer's five years of relevant work, a network administrator's three years of network experience, and an ex-serviceman's service record are all matters the interview panel can probe directly, which is why the advertisement puts the documents requirement so prominently. The advertisement gives no test syllabus and no interview schedule in the reports, so applicants should keep their contact details current and watch for the interview call after registering. No travelling or daily allowance is payable for attending the interview, and the District Employment Cell route exists precisely so that Balochistan candidates can enter the process in their own districts rather than travelling to Islamabad before they are called.

Documents Required

• Updated CV with personal, educational and contact details
• Original CNIC along with attested photocopies
• Original valid Balochistan local or domicile certificate along with attested photocopies
• Original educational certificates and degrees along with attested photocopies
• Experience certificates, where the post asks for them (translation, design, network, marketing, engineering)
• Service record and discharge documents, for Security Assistant (ex-serviceman) applicants
• Security course certificate, if held, for Security Assistant applicants
• MS Office, computer or diploma certificates, where the post's route relies on them
• Professional qualification documents (ICMA Part-II or CA Inter), for Assistant Accountant applicants on that route
• Printed copy or screenshot of the submitted National Job Portal application, for online applicants

Terms & Conditions

The advertisement's terms are short but strict. Only candidates possessing a valid Balochistan local or domicile certificate are eligible to apply. Recruitment is conducted directly through a walk-in interview process, and no entry or written test is required. Candidates must bring original educational credentials, certificates and CNIC along with attested photocopies to the walk-in interview. No travelling or daily allowance will be paid for attending the interview. No application fee is mentioned in the advertisement, so applicants should not pay anyone who demands a fee for this round. Applications can be submitted online through the National Job Portal via the dedicated tab created for this Balochistan quota drive, or directly at the District Employment Cells established within the districts of Balochistan. The last date for application submission is 8 November 2026. Postal correspondence on the recruitment goes to the Controller Administration and Personnel, PTV Headquarter Office, Main Constitution Avenue, F-5/1, Islamabad, telephone 051-9201403, and the corporation's official website is ptv.com.pk.

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