In 1966, the then Pakistan Television started searching for young talents through producing children contest programs. To start off the program, announcements were made to submit applications. There were eight to ten participants for one episode of 25 minutes initially. It was decided that there would be thirteen episode. From the beginning, television used to prepare schedules for three months ahead. That is why all weekly programs had thirteen episode. It was decided that there would be categories for different genres of songs, like Adhunik, polligeete, Rabindra Sangeet and Nazrul Geete.
For every episode twenty to twenty five application for eight to ten participants were entertained. Audition used to run every Sunday the week end. But Sunday was holiday for TV officials, but for the sake of convenience of the children Sunday become the audition day. Renowned artistes were judges on the audition and many argued where the same judging panel would there for the final events. This led to the learning of property organizing contest programs. The main programs was run live...
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