Multan Tea House - A Good Start

Home - Multan Tea House will be opened for literary figures of South Punjab on December 15, said Multan District Coordination Officer (DCO) Zahid Saleem Gondal here on Wednesday.

He said that a special committee comprising government officials had been formed to allot membership of the Tea House to literary persons hailing from South Punjab.

A performa would be issued to the persons intending for membership and those meeting the defined criteria, would be awarded membership. The membership fee was Rs 1,000 per year. However, the literary persons of 65 year old or above, would be given membership facility free of cost.

An endowment fund for betterment and welfare of literary persons will be introduced very soon as working was in progress in this regard, said Gondal.

The DCO said that a library, computer section and some other facilities would be available on subsidize rates for the members of the Tea House.

To a question about maintaining the Tea House permanent building for literary persons, he said that a literary society would be registered so that the building should not be used for any other purpose in future and permanent status of Multan Tea House would remain intact through the registered society.

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