Conference: Book ambassadors call for steps to resolve issues among stakeholders
On the second day of the National Book Festival, a NBF Book Ambassadors Conference gave a number of suggestions to the government to resolve issues among the authors, book publishers and book sellers.
The conference was presided over by the senior writer Intezar Hussain and attended by the noted poets and intellectuals. These included Attaul Haq Qasmi, Nasir Ali Syed, Prof. Raees Fatima, Qavi Khan, Asghar Nadeem Syed, Mustansar Hussain Tarar and Anwar Jahangir.
The participants called for a conference of publishers, writers and book sellers in order to discuss the issues of printing, publication and supply of books. They called for joint efforts to convince the government regarding establishment of libraries at the district, tehsil and village levels.
The participants said that the publishers have kept prices of the books beyond the reach of common readers, and called for a policy that sets a uniform price for books.
A number of writers at the conference felt that the curriculum in schools is causing more harm to books than information technology. They called for the need to establish an educational commission at central level that would serve the role of a watchdog and scrutinise the education curriculum. “Only then will our education policy be set in the right direction,” they concluded.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 24th, 2012.
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