Information Ministry has little to offer to needy artistes
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 30 March 2015
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The Information Ministry has disclosed that it can only assist 66 of the 169 needy artistes this year. Despite outreach efforts, major financial institutions have not contributed to the relief fund.Summary
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Culture and Art Relief Fund lacks needed resources to help deserving and needy artistes as big financial institutions seem least interested in making contributions to the fund.
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has disclosed that it would be able to help only 66 artistes this year out of 169 who are in dire need of financial assistance to meet their daily expenditures.
The ministry wrote separate letters to around 15 leading financial institutions last year seeking their assistance for the artistes but so far not even a single organization has responded to the request.
In a recent meeting on the fund, it was revealed the ministry could help only 117 artistes last year for nine months. “The ministry has been paying five thousand rupees per month to the needy artistes but the funds dried up after nine months,” a participant of the meeting told JournalismPakistan.com.
He said the ministry has received recommendations for financial assistance of nine artistes from Punjab, 46 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, six from Balochistan, eight from Kashmir, seven from Gilgit-Baltistan, 16 from Sindh, 57 from Pakistan National Council of Arts, and 20 from Lok Virsa.
“Unfortunately, the ministry has funds to help out just 66 artistes for the current year,” he said, urging the philanthropists and charities to come forward to share burden of the needy artistes.
Key Points
- Only 66 artistes will receive assistance this year.
- 169 artistes have applied for financial support.
- Previous year's aid lasted only nine months.
- Five thousand rupees per month was allocated per artiste.
- Call for donations from philanthropists and charities.
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