Punjab Archives and Libraries Department has decided to adopt Sports Board Punjab’s model of e-libraries as part of their mission to promote knowledge and literature in the province.
In this regard, Secretary Archives and Libraries Zahoor Hussain along with his delegation had a detailed meeting with Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal at National Hockey Stadium on Wednesday.
Director General Libraries Kashif Manzoor, Chief Librarian QAL/GPPL Abdul Raheem and Chief Librarian Model Town Library Malik Eid Muhammad were the members of the delegation. Director Youth Affairs Rana Nadeem Anjum also present on this occasion.
Delegation of Punjab Archives and Libraries along with Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal also visited SBP E-Library and Youth Center at Nishtar Park Sports Complex.
Talking on this occasion, Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal said that E-Libraries of Sports Department Punjab are playing an important role in the promotion of literature among the youth. “We are promoting knowledge and literature among the youth according to modern requirements”.
Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal further said that thousands of students utilise modern facilities of e-library daily for gaining latest information and knowledge all over the Punjab province. “Sports Department Punjab will extend every kind of help to the Archives Department for establishing e-libraries. More e-libraries are also going to be established in several cities of Punjab province.
Talking on this occasion, Secretary Archives and Libraries Zahoor Hussain said that Sports Board Punjab has created the excellent e-libraries across the province. “We are going to establish e-libraries in the Archive Department on the same pattern. The e-libraries system of Sports Board Punjab is very impressive for which I congratulate the DG Sports Punjab and his team,” he added.
Director General Libraries Kashif Manzoor said that Punjab Sports Department has an ideal system of E-Libraries in the province and Archives Department will introduce the same disciplined system for establishing their e-libraries.