QUETTA: The Shaheed Baz Mohammad Kakar Foundation has planned to establish libraries in Balochistan and so far it has set up four such centres in Quetta district.

“Three libraries have been made functional in Quetta and Zhob. These are being visited by hundreds of students daily,” the Foundation’s chairman Dr Lal Mohammad Kakar said while speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the fourth Akhwat Library in the Kuchkal area of Quetta district.

Three libraries — Shuhada 8 August Library, Imperial Library Zhob and Moladad Library New Killi Quetta — have already been established by the foundation.

Dr Kakar said the libraries were being set up under the slogan of “Establish libraries to save the new generation”. With the launch of this campaign, a wave of awareness and knowledge had been created among the people, especially students, across the province, he added.

He said the youngsters were approaching the foundation for establishing libraries in their areas. “We are establishing libraries on self-help basis,” Dr Kakar said, adding that the foundation had arranged books through its own resources, while people also donated books on various subjects.

He said it was very encouraging that students were visiting the libraries in large numbers.

Professor Dr Fida Mohammad Bazai of Balochistan University, Amanullah Kakar and Zia Khan also spoke on the occasion. They praised the foundation for establishing libraries in the province.

Published in Dawn, December 20th, 2021