After 15 years, K-P's Tank gets a library

Shahid Afridi says no society can progress without education

TANK:

Former cricketer Shahid Afridi on Saturday reopened a library in Tank district which was closed some 15 years ago.

Speaking to media at the Tank Press Club, the former skipper said no society can progress without education and it was his aim to support the cause of education.

Afridi said that education is the basic right of every child and it was very unfortunate that still 30 million children are out of schools. He said that Shahid Foundation was working to ensure that the target of a hundred per cent literacy rate is achieved.

ایک کتاب جیسے نئی دنیا میں ایک کھڑکی کھولتی ہے تو ایک لائبریری سوچیں کیسا جہاں تخلیق کر سکتی ہے؟ ٹانک کی عمارت، ہمارے ترجیحات کے زوال کی نشانی ہے۔ ہمیں اپنے علمی ورثے کو صرف بچانا نہیں ہے اس کی پرورش بھی کرنی ہے۔ گھر کو کتابیں، اور کتابوں کو گھر دیجیے#ہمارا_خواب_ہر_ہاتھ_میں_کتاب pic.twitter.com/1gF8AXh5qs

— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) September 5, 2020

Published in The Express Tribune, September 6^th, 2020.