Milton Public Library inspires Younis Hashmi

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi 

(Pakistan News & Features Services)

The Milton Public Library is admired for fulfilling its commitment of providing the highest quality service the users and it continues to inspire people by enlightening people with traditional knowledge, laws, and philosophies. 

Muhammad Younis Hashmi, a veteran librarian from Pakistan, now having relocated at Milton in Ontario, Canada, is a regular visitor to the Milton Public Library where he is able to fuel his passion for reading and learning to heart’s content. 

The Milton Public Library now has three branches. Besides the Main Library there is the Beaty Branch and the Sherwood Branch. The Main Library is spread over 30,000 gross square feet, housing a vast collection of books, DVDs, CDs, magazines and other materials. 

The library undertook the new community project of establishing the Beaty Branch which aimed to make a more inclusive space, indoors and out, by re-imagining the library as a safe, vibrant, and inclusive community space where people could gather to be inspired. The beehives and viewing area were added at a later stage. 

The Sherwood Branch was its newest location with a discovery model, having opened its doors in 2019. It’s another gift for the inhabitants of Milton who must consider themselves fortunate to be blessed with such wonderful facilities. 

Younis Hashmi, a former chief librarian of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), where he worked for more than four decades, is impressed with the available collection of books and other reading material, besides the courteous staff, at the Milton Public Library which organizes numerous events and promrammes to inspire, educate and entertain the area people.