GHAZNI (SW): Rahmatullah Raihan, Director of Azadi printing press in Ghazni, told Salam Watandar that his printing house has three printing machines, however, its two machines are out of order, and only one is working.
The director of Azadi printing press said that this printing house has been a government-owned enterprise, but since it has no income, its personnel have been reduced from 40 to only two staff.
According to Mr. Raihan, while the government offices are obliged to publish their documents in Azadi printing press based in line with the Presidential Decree, however, they have been printing their documents in private printing houses.
Abdul Ali Fakuri, a former Azadi printing press director, said the lack of capital combined with the government constraints have caused this printing house to stay behind in competition with the private printing houses.
Bashir Mohammadi, head of Directorate of Information and Culture in Ghazni, acknowledged that in the past the government offices did not cooperate with the government printing press in this province, however, he informed of the efforts to support the Azadi printing press in future.
The head of Directorate of Information and Culture in Ghazni said that they have been trying to provide a loan scheme for the Azadi printing press.
Azadi printing press is the only government-owned printing house in Ghazni that is open one day per week only.
Ghazni cultural activists said that some of the people at the Directorate of Information and Culture in Ghazni have been trying to dismantle this printing house for good so that the private printing houses benefit.
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