(Pakistan News & Features Services)
The functionaries of the National Library Association (NLA) and the Pakistan Publishers & Booksellers Association (PPBA) met on December 21 to renew their understanding to promote the upcoming Karachi International Book Fair (KIBF), now confirmed to be held at the Karachi Expo Centre from December 30 to January 3.
The NLA delegation comprised of their President, Syed Muzaffar Ali Shah, Advisor, Syed Khalid Mahmood, and Secretary General, Anwar Hussain, while the PPBA was represented by their Chairman, Southern Zone, Aziz Khalid and the KIBF Convenor, Waqar Mateen Khan.
The NLA, which has been supporting the KIBF all along since its coming to being in 2017, volunteered its unconditional support to the PPBA in achieving the cherished goal of promoting book and library culture in the country.
The PPBA Chairman, Southern Zone, Aziz Khalid, acknowledged the critical role of working librarians in the promotion of books which was so vital for the publishing trade. He commended the NLA leaders for pursuing the cause of education by trying to introduce book culture in the society.
He didn’t mince words in stating that the country desperately needed to have more and more libraries in every nook and corner of the country to let the masses acquire knowledge and education for changing their own destiny.
The NLA Secretary, Anwar Hussain, added that the Association, as in the past, will be distributing the posters and other promotional material of the KIBF among its members for their onward placements at the notice boards of various educational institutions. He was promptly handed over the publicity material by the KIBF Secretariat.
Meanwhile the NLA Advisor, Syed Khalid Mahmood, presented a copy of the historic book ‘Quaid-e-Azam and Education’ to Aziz Khalid on the occasion.
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