Bazm-e-Akram’s Adab-o-Kutub Khana becomes international publication

Pakistan News & Features Services

Prof Dr Nasim Fatima, a former Chairperson of the Department of Library and Information Science at the University of Karachi, who is editor of Bazm-e-Akram’s flagship publication ‘Adab-o-Kutub Khana’ has decided to make it an international entity by accepting editorial contributions from all over the world.

Earlier this year, she had convinced the fellow members of the Bazm-e-Akram, founded initially by a group of dedicated library scientists who were taught by the legendary Prof Dr Ghani-ul-Akram Sabzwari, to strengthen it by welcoming eminent persons from the various fields sharing the passion for literary works. 

Credited for having kept the group of like-minded library scientists intact for the last many decades, she was the driving force behind convening yet another meeting of the Bazm-e-Akram at the Liaquat Memorial Library, Karachi, on October 26. 

During the course of the meeting, which continued over working lunch, Abdul Samad Ansari was re-elected as the President of the Bazm-e-Akram while Dr Nasreen Shagufta and Dr Amna Khatoon were elected as the Vice Presidents with Iqbal Farooqui and Syed Ateeb Ahmed getting elected as the General Secretary and the Joint Secretary respectively.

Prof Dr Nasim Fatima has continued working with missionary zeal in promoting the Bazm-e-Akram, a forum named after Prof Dr Ghani-ul-Akram Sabzwari, which had come into being in 1976 with Adil Usmani being the Founder President. 

“We are morally bound to keep the mission of our beloved teacher alive by hosting get-togethers and bringing out a magazine yearly by the name of Adab-o-Kutub Khana which is a collection of poetic and prose contributions from the members of the Bazm-e-Akram,” she remarked, informing that the 2013 edition of Adab-o-Kutub Khana has gone to press and the spadework on its 2014 edition has already commenced. 

She recalled the services Prof Dr Ghani-ul-Akram Sabzwari, Founder President, Library Promotion Bureau (LPB), Karachi, and Founder Chief Editor, Pakistan Library and Information Science Journal (PLISJ), whose guidance and support to his large number of students continued unabated.