(Pakistan News & Features Services)
The President of the National Library Association (NLA), Syed Muzaffar Ali Shah, stunned the librarians’ community with a powerful midnight speech ahead of their ceremony being held at the Junagadh Library and Resource Centre, located near the National Stadium in Karachi, on May 21.
Having spent very hectic last couple of days to finalize all the arrangements to organize the dinner party to celebrate World Books Day and Eid-ul-Fitr in a befitting manner, the NLA chose a novel way to reach out the librarians with a six-minute speech which was broadcast around midnight, aimed at awakening the community.
The modest and unassuming Muzaffar Ali Shah, who prefers to maintain a low profile, came out in an unusual manner and his address reminded the librarians about the bitter ground realities, highlighting that those working in the private sector were receiving modest wages despite their qualification and experience.
The NLA supremo didn’t mince words in telling the librarians that unity and sincerity to the professional were the need of the hour to bring about any kind of change to the prevailing situation.
He urged the librarians to strengthen the hands of NLA by participating in its events and supporting in whatever means which was possible for them. He invited them to attend the May 21 ceremony in which the fellowship session and a talk on the World Book Day will be followed by dinner.
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