17th KIBF to kick off tomorrow
The 12th KIBF has been organised by the Pakistan Publishers and Booksellers Association in collaboration with the National Book Foundation. PHOTOS: ATHAR KHAN /EXPRESS
Sindh Education Minister, Syed Sardar Ali Shah will inaugurate the 17th Karachi International Book Fair (KIBF) at Karachi Expo Centre tomorrow (Thursday).
More than 330 stalls will be set up by around 40 publishers from 17 countries as well as 136 publishers from across Pakistan at the fair.
The exhibition is expected to see a large number of students as well as literary, political, social and academic figures.
Books on all subjects will be available at a very low cost at the fair.
Chairman Pakistan Publishers and Booksellers Association, Aziz Khalid and Convener Waqar Mateen addressed a press conference to announce the schedule of the fair.
They said, "KIBF is a unique international fair for those who love books and literature."