Women protest over massive increase in University Town Club membership fee.

PESHAWAR -- The women in Peshawar have signed a petition for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister to restore facilities for them at the University Town Club and reverse the exorbitant increase in membership fee. The women of the area gathered at the University Town Club as a mark of token protest and said the women and children have got membership of the club for having walk and enjoy fresh environment, but now the government is changing its policy and the membership fee will be increased to Rs30,000.

They said they used to enjoy calm and serene environment of University Town Club for healthy activities with a monthly fee of Rs500, but now it seems that the government is intending to make it a club for elites only by increasing its fee by a huge margin. They said it will not be possible for common citizens living in congested houses to retain their membership of the club in the given circumstances and they would be deprived of a healthy and clean activities. The women said it is the responsibility of the government to provide places for recreation and healthy activities to the common man, but instead it was depriving them even of the existing facilities. Dr Sadia, a...