Book Reading: Mobile libraries planned for Lahore

DC said 19 motorcycle-borne libraries would also be introduced that would patrol the city

LAHORE: The government would set up mobile libraries in different areas of Lahore, Commissioner Abdullah Khan Sumbal said on Monday. He told a meeting that initially three libraries would be set up at Race Course Park, Dehli Gate and Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park. He said 19 motorcycle-borne libraries would also be introduced that would patrol the city. Sumbal said the Directorate General Punjab Public Libraries had been asked to prepare PC-1 for the project. Separately, the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) is working on a project to beautify bus shelters. DCO Muhammad Usman, Chief Minister Special Monitoring Unit’s Salman Sufi and PHA Director General Mian Shakeel Ahmad attended the meeting.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 5^th, 2016.