KLA, RCKD support in setting up first-ever library at government school of Karachi

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi

(Pakistan News & Features Services)

The Karachi Library Association (KLA) and the Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan (RCKD) extended support in setting up the first-ever library at a government school of Karachi and the dream came true with the inauguration of a library at Rabia Basri Girls Secondary School, housed in Block 17 of Federal-B-Area, on September 12. 

The KLA Founder President, Farheen Mahmood, accompanied by Syed Khalid Mahmood (Advisor), Ali Asghar Dars (Joint Secretary) and Professor Amir Subhani, attended the simple but graceful ceremony in which the large number of donated books were also displayed. 

The KLA functionaries expressed their delight at the enthusiasm of the school management and advised them to retain the intensity. 

On behalf of RCKD, its President, Farzana Moghul, Charter President, Jahangir Moghul, and Immediate Past President, Awais Moghul, congratulated the school management as well as the officers of the District Municipal Corporation (DMC), Karachi Central, for initiating the library project and they hoped that other government schools will also plan establishing libraries at their campuses to facilitate students and teachers more effectively. 

Both the organizations, KLA and RCKD, have donated a substantial number of books to help Rabia Basri School build a useful collection of different genres from the outset. The high quality of books, which included dictionaries, was thoroughly appreciated by the students as well as the teachers. 

The officials of KLA and RCKD, after attending the inauguration ceremony at the school library, also visited different classrooms where they strongly urged the students to make the best use of the books by reading them and also reviewing them in order to improve their scholastic abilities.

The inauguration ceremony of library at Rabia Basri School was also attended by the government officers, both serving and retired. They appreciated the spirit of KLA and RCKD in extending support to the school in setting up a library. They did not mince words in stating that lot was needed to be done for the society and the task could only be accomplished with all stakeholders remained on board.