Library, research centre opens

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KARACHI, Feb 6: A library and a research centre set up in a building donated by the widow of Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief’s brother for this purpose was inaugurated on Sunday. The three-storey library building, which has different sections for children, women and men, is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and computer system.

The inaugural ceremony of the Nasir and Arif Hussain Memorial Library and Research Centre, named after MQM chief Altaf Hussain’s brother and nephew who were killed in December 1995, was held in Federal B Area. Besides senior leadership of the MQM, a large number of people, including writers, intellectuals, professionals, attended the inaugural programme.

In his address from London over telephone, Altaf Hussain said that the library and research centre was for every citizens and it was established to promote knowledge.

Dr Farman Fatehpuri, Karachi University Vice Chancellor Dr Pirzada Qasim and Managing Trustee of the Khidmat-i-Khalq Foundation Syed Mustafa Kamal also spoke.

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