Aslam Azhar (Urdu: اسلم اظہر‎; 2 September 1932 – 29 December 2015) was a Pakistan Television executive, considered to be the “father of Pakistan Television”.[1][2] He was the first Chairman and Managing Director of PTV first appointed during Ayub Khan government in November 1964 when PTV Lahore Center first started broadcasting and went on the air. He was awarded the Tamgha-i-Pakistan (Medal of Pakistan) for his pioneering services in the television broadcasting field by the President of Pakistan.