Prof Dr Ghani-ul-Akram Sabzwari turns 84

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi
(Pakistan News & Features Services)

Prof Dr Ghani-ul-Akram Sabzwari, acclaimed as the father of Library & Information Science in Pakistan, has turned 84 on December 2. 

The occasion didn’t go unnoticed as his birthday was celebrated in the traditionally simple and graceful manner. 

Himself a firm believer and practitioner of simplicity and modesty, the unassuming Prof Dr Ghani-ul-Akram Sabzwari appeared a little embarrassed when he first the tastefully decorated birthday cake, bearing his name, but he obliged by formally cutting it much to the delight of his admirers present on the occasion. 

It was in the fitness of things that his birthday was celebrated inside the offices of the Library Promotion Bureau (LPB), an organization he had founded more than half a century ago in Karachi. 

A man of few words, the LPB and an ex-chairperson, Department of Library Information Science, University of Karachi, didn’t say much except that age was just a number for him and he felt as strong as ever to carry on his mission with the same intensity as before. 

His worthy student and a luminary in her own right, Prof Dr Nasim Fatima, who had made the arrangements for marking the occasion, wished him the best of luck for future and looked forward to continue working under his guidance.

The management of Jumbo Publishing, Jumbo Infomedia and Pakistan News & Features Services has congratulated Prof Dr Ghani-ul-Akram Sabzwari on his birthday, wishing him long life with immaculate health.