| How many types of memberships the PYHA is offering? |
| What are the requirements to get membership? |
| After obtaining membership what a member possess? |
| If a non-member needs to stay in the hostel what he should do? |
| What is the process of reservation? |
| What is the mode of payment in the Youth Hostels? |
| How to get information about IYHF? |
| What is the organizational structure of the PYHA? |
| What is International Youth Hostel Federation? |
| What is the main function of PYHA? |
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Q. How many types of memberships the PYHA is
offering? |
| A. Categories: |
- Ordinary membership.
- International membership.
- Group membership.
- Life membership.
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| Q. What are the requirements to get membership? |
| A. Requirements: |
| Ordinary membership: |
- Membership form to be filled.
- Photocopy of ID Card (Attested by a Government Gazetted officer).
- Two attested photographs.
- Prescribed membership fee to be paid.
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| International membership |
- Membership form to be filled.
- Photocopy of ID Card (Attested by a Government Gazetted officer).
- Attested Photocopy of first four pages of passport.
- Two attested photographs.
- Prescribed membership fee to be paid.
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Group membership |
- Form filed by the head of University /School / College / Institution /Club /Association.
- Prescribed fee to be paid.
- Attestation by head of the institution / department.
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| Life membership |
- Form to be filled.
- Two attested photographs.
- Prescribed fee to be paid.
- Approval by the Executive Committee.
- Minimum five year services to promote Youth Hostel Movement.
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| Q. After obtaining membership what a member possess? |
A. The membership card issued after fulfilling the
requirements enable them to stay in the local/foreign
Hostels by adopting a prescribed procedure. |
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Q. If a non-member needs to stay in the hostel what he
should do? |
A. A permit book is also kept in the hostels for the
individuals who do not possess the membership
card at the time of entrance in the hostel. They
are issued a permit, which enable them to stay in
the hostel
and also to get membership card after
fulfilling the requirements. |
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| Q. What is the process of reservation? |
| A. Reservation |
| Individuals |
- No advance booking is made for the individuals.
- Accommodation is provided subject to the availability.
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| Groups |
Advance booking is made by the: |
- Headquarters in Islamabad.
- Provincial office in Lahore.
- Provincial office in Lahore.
- By email / fax / telephone.
- After Payment of 50% of bed night charges.
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| Foreigners |
- Advance booking is made through email/fax/tele.
- Valid membership card of the National Association of the home country affiliated with IYHF is required.
- Welcome cards to be purchased if the above is not available.
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| Q. What is the mode of payment in the Youth Hostels? |
| A. Mode of Payments |
- The groups pay 50% advance of bed-night charges along with the group membership fee.
- A receipt is issued to every group or individual keeping a counter file.
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| Q. How to get information about IYHF? |
| A. Sale of International Handbook and Welcome Tickets |
- The Association sells the hand book called Hi Guides having the information of all
the youth hostels affiliated with IYHF.
- The affiliation with IYHF allows the Association to issue the welcome tickets to the foreign tourists, who do not possess the membership of their own country.
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| Q. What is the organizational structure of the PYHA? |
| A. Executive Committee |
The Executive Committee is the main governing body of
the Association,
which formulates controls and regulates
the policies of the Association. Its members are
elected/drawn from the Senior Civil Servants,
Educationists and renowned social workers. The committee
is
presently headed by Senator Wasim Sajjad, Leader of
the House in Senate of Pakistan. |
| YHA – Trust |
All the property and income of the Association west in
charitable Trust, which consist of 8 trustees,
out of which
one person is the Managing Trustee to regulate the
activities of the Trust. |
Local Management Committees: |
The Association is presently running 16 Youth Hostels,
from
which 6 Youth Hostels (Khanaspur, Bhurban, Naran, Sharan,
Batakundi and Gilgit) are on mountains and seasonal.
The
remaining 8 hostels excluding Islamabad and Lahore are
manned by semi illiterate Caretakers who
control the
operational activities of the Hostels. In order to augment
the deficiency of educated staff,
the hostels are managed
by the Local Management Committees. These committees
consist of retired
Government Servants, renowned Social
Workers and educationists. In most cases it is headed by
the
Vice Chancellor of a University. |
A double leaf bed-night register is kept in each hostel.
The
visitors holding the membership card make an entry of their
stay in the register along with the
amount paid and their
signatures. |
The Caretaker toward the end of the month sends
the
leaves of register with the entries of stay and payments to
the Headquarters. |
An imprest amount of Rs.1000/- is
kept with the
caretaker to meet the day-to-day expenditure.
He sends the vouched accounts of the
expenditure
for reimbursement of the same. |
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| Q. What is International Youth Hostel Federation? |
| A. International Youth Hostel Federation |
Pakistan Youth Hostels Association is an affiliate of
International Youth Hostel Federation. Its headquarters
are located at London .
The IYHF coordinates the
activities of the youth hostel associations of the world.
An affiliation fee of $1000 is paid to the IYHF every
year. IYHF prints a directory of
the youth hostel
associations of the world. The Federation indulged an
ongoing research
to modernize the various functions
like minimum standards, free nights,
training and
computerization etc. |
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| Q. What is the main function of PYHA? |
A. The main function of the Association is to construct
the youth hostel buildings at the big cities and hilly
scenic spots of the country. The funding of
the
projects is made partly by the Association and
partly by the Government. The Association by
enlarged, by enlarged, get the construction of
the hostels from the Government agencies as a
deposit
work. |
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