Paramount Book Fair 2018 is booming

Pakistan News & Features Services

The 30th edition of the Paramount Book Fair, being organized at the head office of Paramount Books (Private) Limited, housed in Block 2 of PECHS, is booming and there is day long buzz and excitement which continues until late in evening. 

Yes this is the time of the Paramount Book Fair where you find the best as well as the latest variety of books and merchandise on every conceivable subject at the most generous discounts. 

The 30th edition of the Paramount Book Fair 2018 got underway with its usual attractions on September 1 and it continues to be the talk of the town. Heavier turnout is on the cards again on the upcoming weekend before the annual event will be winding up on September 9.

Even on the weekdays, there are plenty of celebrations and competitions in the mornings and evenings for the students in particular who come along with their teachers in groups or they also visit in the company of their parents. 

A number of schools have already availed the opportunity by sending their contingent of students, accompanied and guided by their own teachers, and the list included Aga Khan School (Kharadar), Aga Khan School (Garden), Aga Khan Higher Secondary School (Karimabad), Mama Parsi School, Generations School, Beacon Askari School, Al-Jamea-Tul-Safiah, Veritas Learning Circle, Wisdom House School, The Educators, Frobel Education System, The Green Island, Bay View Academy and The Academy, Gulshan.

The Paramount Book Fair was founded by Iqbal Saleh Muhammad, the doyen of bookselling and publishing in Pakistan, three decades ago. 

The idea was facilitate the bookworms in a big way and it proved an instant success, leading to its further expansion over the years. 

Since the management of Paramount Books has made a point to cater to the scholastic needs of all cross-sections of the society by allowing incredible discounts they let the people purchase larger number of books in budgeted amount. 

Little wonder that Paramount Book Fair has remained one of the most after annual events of Karachi for 30 years now which proves the point once more that the reading habits are not on the decline in the metropolis as commonly perceived.