NLA hails 24/7 opening of Taimuriya Library

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi

(Pakistan News & Features Services)

The Taimuriya Library, located in Karachi Central’s area of North Nazimabad, has been in the spotlight once more for having become the first library of the metropolis which now remains open round the clock on every day of the week. 

The National Library Association (NLA) has hailed the District Municipal Corporation, Karachi Central, to have taken the landmark decision aimed at facilitating the area people in general and the students in particular. 

A delegation of the NLA, led by its President, Syed Muzaffar Ali Shah, visited the Taimuriya Library after dusk where it found quite a few youngsters occupying the chairs and doing their scholastic work in a peaceful and friendly environment. 

The NLA President was impressed by the enthusiasm of the library users, who were mostly students. The NLA Advisor, Syed Khalid Mahmood, and its Secretary General, Anwar Hussain, were also appreciative of the discipline as complete silence was being maintained in the various sections of the library. 

Meanwhile the NLA officials called on the DMC Central’s Director Libraries, Saleem Siddiqui, following day at his office to personally greet him at their decision to keep the Taimuriya Library open 24 hours on all seven days of the week. 

It may be recalled that the Taimuriya Library, founded by the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), was inaugurated in September 1983 while its research section was formally opened in February 1999. 

Besides the residents of North Nazimabad, lots of people from the adjoining localities of Nazimabad, North Karachi, Federal-B-Area and Orangi have been known to visit the library regularly.