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Pakistan National Library History

 * In the new strategic plan for the National Library of Pakistan, they will soon be able to digitally expand information and research for the entire country. It is stated that "It will be an exciting time for access to information for knowledge in the history of Pakistan."

Khan, N.M., & Khan, A.M. (2020.) Strategic Plan for the National Library of Pakistan 2019-2024. Pakistan Library & Information Science Journal, 51(3), 5-14.


 * Even though being a librarian is considered a feminine profession, Pakistan remains on the bottom of "the list of female labor force participation in the workforce." "According to the HEC of Pakistan's website. . . Only 38 (out of these 214 university libraries) have a woman at the helm as the librarian in charge, chief librarian, library director, or head libraries, out of which 24 of the 131 public sector universities and 14 of the 83 private sector universities have women in a leadership position."

Ashiq, M., Ur Rehman, S., & Tariq, M. (2021). Women Academic Library Leadership in Pakistan: A Qualitative Study on the Journey of Career Progression and Serving the Community. College & Research Libraries, 82(6), 808-830.


 * In 2016, the government of Pakistan had separated National Library of Pakistan from the Department of Libraries and granted it independent status. It is under control of the administrative control of National History and Literary Division.

National Library of Pakistan. (2016). Pakistan Library & Information Science Journal, 47(4), 80-81.


 * When Pakistan became a country in 1947, they could not focus on the library sector of governments because of other priorities. "At partition, all the major libraries in former British India went to the lot of India." Only two libraries were kept during this time: the Punjab University Library and the Punjab Public Library, at Lahore, Pakistan.

Ahmad, P. (2008). The National Library of Pakistan: an overview. IFLA Journal, 34(1), 90-98.


 * In 1962, the Pakistan government implemented the Copyright Law, which "one copy of each book, newspaper, journal, and any other publication published in the country is to be delivered free of cost within thirty days from the date of its publication and in the case of newspapers, journals and periodicals as soon as published, to the National Library of Pakistan."

Ahmad, H. K. (2010). The Pakistan National Bibliography A Source of Bibliographical Control in Pakistan. International Cataloging & Bibliographic Control, 39(4), 75-76.