NLA on the move, globally

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi 

(Pakistan News & Features Services)

The National Library Association (NLA) has continued making strides during the past year and their key officials could be seen on the move trying to make things happen for their community of librarians. 

The NLA President, Syed Muzaffar Ali Shah, and its Secretary, Anwar Hussain, had a detailed session on May 12 with the Association’s Information Secretary, Muhammad Ibrahim, who is working as the Chief Librarian at the Sindh High Court in Karachi. 

The NLA officials discussed the plans to organize more activities in the coming months and their subsequent coverage in the conventional and social media. They assessed the possibilities of broadcasting their events live on Facebook in future to enhance their outreach. 

Meanwhile the Association’s Overseas Coordinator, Younis Hashmi, has reached Canada where, upon arrival at the Pearson International Airport, Toronto, he was warmly received by the engineers of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Irfan Bablani and Irfan Riaz, both of whom had debuted in Karachi. 

It may be recalled that Younis Hashmi had worked as librarian at the PIA Head Office in Karachi for as many as 42 years before his retirement. Since then he has relocated in Canada.

He has had a telephonic discussion with the NLA President on May 12 in which the matters relating to the Association’s working in North America and other countries were deliberated at length.