Tag: Library
Sir Roger Thomas library in dismal condition
KUNRI: Historical Sir Roger Thomas library, established during British colonial period near Kunri Government Boys High School, is in a state of rapid deterioration.
The...
ASR donates its 35-year-old library to GCU for promotion of research
LAHORE: A reputed NGO, the Applied Socio-Economic Resource Center (ASR), has donated its 35-year-old library that includes more than 15,000 books, journals, theses, and reports,...
NH&LH to establish library for cancer patients at NORI: Irfan Siddiqui
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on National History and Literary Heritage (NH&LH) Division Irfan Siddiqui Saturday announced to establish a library for visitors of...
Ancient library housed in an Egyptian monastery reopens after renovation
An ancient library which holds thousands of centuries-old religious and historical manuscripts was recently opened in Egypt at the famed St Catherine Monastery, a...
Punjab govt official inaugurates library at Maqbool-e-Aam High School
LAHORE: A ceremony was held at Government Maqbool-e-Aam High School in GOR-I, Lahore to pay homage to the martyrs of Peshawar Army Public School...
China’s futuristic library: A whole lot of fiction
TIANJIN: A futuristic Chinese library has wowed book lovers around the world with its white, undulating shelves rising from floor to ceiling, but if...
China’s opens its doors to a 1.2M book library
China opened the doors of its new, futuristic library earlier this month. The Tianjin Binhai Library, located just outside Beijing, features a luminous spherical...
New library at KU: KU teachers fear new library may disfigure...
by AMIR MAJEED
Karachi University’s (KU) professors have started a campaign against the construction of a new library which they think may spoil the beauty of...
Special Monitoring Unit plans to set up mobile libraries in containers
Special Monitoring Unit of Chief Minister Punjab has planned to set up mobile libraries in the containers.
Special Monitoring Unit Senior Member Salman Sufi informed...
AIOU sets up free ‘Accessibility Centre’ for blinds
Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) will set up an ‘Accessibility Centre’ for blinds and other visually impaired students at its national library.
It will be free...
Women ‘banned’ from library at top Indian university
An academic at one of India's oldest universities said Tuesday women were banned from its main library, as a minister joined the chorus of...
British Council Library to reopen in 2014: Hague
The British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Thursday announced plans to reopen the British Council Library in the city in 2014.
“I am pleased to...
Writers Conference to commence on Thursday
The two-day International Writers’ Conference on ‘Literature and Democracy’ will commence at the Auditorium of National Library on Thursday. Around 650 renowned intellectuals and...
Something Wilde: Book returned to Chicago library after 78 years
A Chicago-area woman wanted to return an overdue copy of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" to the Chicago Public Library, but first she wanted...
Cities without libraries
There is hardly any big city which has a facility of a proper library. I live in Faisal Town, Lahore, and there is not...
QAU inaugurates renovated floors of DRSM library
Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Masoom Yasinzai on Monday inaugurated the newly renovated floors of `Dr Raziuddin Siddiqui Memorial Library’ to facilitate...
Bahria varsity adds new block, law library
In an afternoon function held on 11 October at its Islamabad Campus, Bahria University, in the presence of its top management, members of its...
