Network of libraries planned in Sindh

Jumbo Editorial Team

The Culture Department of the Government of Sindh has planned to establish a network of libraries in the near future to facilitate the citizens of the province.  

The Sindh Minister for Culture, Sassui Palijo, has announced that as many as 24 libraries would be established in the province during the next fiscal year.

She has also disclosed that the government was introducing a new scheme in the next budget under which archaeological sites would be looked after and protected.

Sassui Palijo, during her recent visit to Sukkur, emphasized that laying a network of libraries and cultural complexes featured prominently in the department’s list of priorities.

The Minister inspected the under-construction cultural complex, due to be completed by the end of next year at a cost of nearly 85 million.

It would be housing an art gallery, a museum, an audotoriam and a music academy. She described it as a gift for the people of Sukkur from the government.  

Sassui Palijo also carried out a visit to monitor the construction work of Mir Masoom Shah Library, expressing the hope that it would become operational at the designated time.

During her tour of Ghotki, she revealed that the Culture Department and the Sindh Vocational Training Authority were establishing two libraries in the district, one at the Mono Technical Institute in Daharki and the other one at the Poly Technical Institute in Ghotki.

The Minister was accompanied by the Secretary Culture to the Government of Sindh, Abdul Aziz Uqaili, and Director Culture, Dr Mohammad Ali Manjhi. The initiatives of the provincial government augur well for the future and the establishment of a network of libraries and cultural centres, equipped with modern facilities, will become the catalyst in changing the lives of people residing in rural areas in particular.