LPB, Bazm-e-Akram to be consolidated

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi
(Pakistan News & Features Services)

It has been decided in principle to consolidate the Library Promotion Bureau (LPB) as well as the Bazm-e-Akram rather than expanding the activities in the prevailing circumstances.

The activity report of both the organizations was presented by Prof Dr Nasim Fatima in a joint meeting held at the record office of the LPB, housed in the Liaquat Library Complex, Karachi, on December 2. 

The meeting, lasting a couple of hours, was presided over by Prof Dr Ghani-ul-Akram Sabzwari, who had returned from abroad only the other week. It was attended by majority of the office-bearers of the twin bodies.  

Ways and means were discussed to overcome the challenges and it was unanimously agreed to adopt a cautious approach, with emphasis on cutting operational costs, due to the existing financial constraints. 

Consequently it was decided to revert to the practice of bringing out just a single issue of Adab-o-Kutub Khana during the course of a year instead of attempting to publish two editions as was done the previous year. 

Similarly all the office-bearers of the LPB volunteered to donate their share of royalty income of the published books to the bureau in order let it become a self-sustaining entity. 

It was resolved to concentrate on digitalization of its publications and promote them more through social media for which separate blogs for the LPB and the Bazm-e-Akram will soon be uploaded.