NLA, KPC and Rotary Darakhshan join hands to hold Women’s Day seminar

 By Abdul Qadir Qureshi 

(Pakistan News & Features Services)

A seminar ‘Role of Libraries in Women Empowerment’ is being organized by Literary Committee of the Karachi Press Club (KPC) with the collaboration of National Library Association (NLA) and Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan (RCKD) at the KPC Auditorium on March 26. 

Syeda Shehla Raza, Deputy Speaker, Sindh Assembly, will be the keynote speaker while the seminar will also be addressed by Munazza Abidi, Senior Vice President, NLA, Farheen Mahmood, Vice President, NLA, Asma Hassan, motivational speaker and author, Dr Aftab Imam, District Governor, Rotary International, and Jahangir Moghul, Charter President, RCKD. 

The session, to be held from 3 to 5 pm, will be moderated by A H Khanzada, former Secretary, currently heading the KPC’s Literary Committee, and he will be assisted by Syed Khalid Mahmood, Advisor, NLA, and President, RCKD. 

The seminar is being held as a part of the International Women’s Day celebrations to highlight the significance of libraries for the women folks in particular.

NLA’s office-bearers meet on Pakistan Day

 By Abdul Qadir Qureshi

(Pakistan News & Features Services)

The office-bearers of the National Library Association (NLA) held a meeting in Karachi on the Pakistan Day (March 23) to discuss matters relating to their ongoing and future projects. 

The meeting was presided over by the NLA Advisor, Syed Khalid Mahmood, and attended by Syed Muzaffar Ali Shah (President), Munazza Abidi (Senior Vice President), Farheen Mahmood (Vice President), Anwar Hussain (Secretary General), Hira Yaseen (Joint Secretary) and Muhammad Ibrahim (Information Secretary). 

“The basic purpose of the meeting was to review the reports of our previous programmes besides deliberating on the events to be organized in near future. Such brainstorming sessions are a part and parcel of our strategic plan as we move forward to accomplishing our cherished goals,” the NLA President remarked.