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Revenue stream dries up for tribal press clubs
Mohmand’s club, the first to be established in ex-FATA, is hardest hit
March 08, 2021
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders and workers staged a protest outside the Karachi Press Club demanding the release of Op-position Leader in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Shaikh. PHOTO: JALAL QURESHI/EXPRESS
MOHMAND:
Mohmand Press Club, the first press club of former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), has been in the grip of a severe financial crisis after the merger of the tribal districts in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
It has been unable to pay even its utility bills as previously it received a meager grant of Rs35,000 per month from the political agent, enabling it to pay its bills and provide the much needed internet at the press club for the local journalists as well as pay its employees.