ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister for Political, Public Affairs/National Heritage and Culture Amir Muqam directed National Library of Pakistan (NLP) to expedite work on proposed Digital Library services to facilitate students and researchers. Advisor on visiting to NLP directed officials to immediately resolve low speed internet issue at Library.

Amir Muqam said his Ministry would adopt all measures to equip library with modern facilities of international standards. Muqam said he would discuss matters with Prime Minister relating to National Library of Pakistan as this is very important place for students and researchers.

He said more students friendly schemes would be initiated to make National Library of Pakistan more useful and added that library is an essential segment of our culture and civilisation. Later, talking to media-persons, he said masses should reject negative agenda of those who want to divide nation. He said present government under leadership of Shehbaz Sharif was working for economic stability to provide maximum relief to masses.

Joint Secretary National Heritage and Culture Division Shehzad Durrani and other officials of NLP library were present. Senior officials gave detailed overview of history, functioning, performance, future plans and issues being faced by library, its employees and students. Library has total collection of 300,000 books and also published 47 volumes of Pakistan National Bibliography from 1962 to 2015.

Published in The Daily National Courier, November, 02 2022

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