Quaid-e-Azam Library Lahore

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March 6, 2022

Quaid-e-Azam Library Lahore

Enchanting Pakistan

Quaid-e-Azam Library Lahore is the veritable source of learning and intellectual development. It is famous for its serene scholarly ambience and opportunities for quiet reflection. It has been converted into a purpose-made academic portal that is widely regarded as providing knowledge to a wide cross-section of people. Its location has made it accessible to people from all walks of life who take advantage of its exceptional surroundings.

As an epitome of Victorian style architecture Quaid-e-Azam Library, located in Bagh-e-Jinnah Lahore was originally a British public building having a curved roof coated, stimulated and corrugated with a decorative carved wooden cling stunningly painted in Egyptian and Italian patterns and fitted with glass windows. It served as Lahore Gymkhana for a while but was converted to a public library in 1984.
A non-lending library, it contains 125,000 volumes, both in English and Urdu and nearly two thousand books are annually added to it. The library has on its roll 17,000 members and is visited by about 19,000 people every year. Daily many students, book-lovers, lawyers and public officers visit this prestigious library to gain knowledge and the atmosphere of the library makes one fall in love with the building.
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