Peshawar – Provincial Minister for Local Government and Higher Education Meena Khan Afridi, Member National Assembly Shahid Khattak, and Provincial Minister Khurshid Khattak on Friday formally inaugurated a state-of-the-art public library in Karak district, marking a significant milestone in the region’s educational and intellectual landscape.
The Karak Public Library has been equipped with modern facilities to serve as a comprehensive knowledge and research centre.
The facility features a central library hall, dedicated corridors for women and children, separate study rooms for male and female students, a spacious seminar hall with a seating capacity of 100, and a modern committee room for official delegations, meetings, and conferences. The library houses a collection of approximately 18,000 quality books by renowned national and international authors, covering a wide range of subjects and disciplines.
In line with contemporary educational demands, a special section has been dedicated to emerging fields, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, and Data Science.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Meena Khan Afridi formally declared the library open for citizens of all ages, students, and children.
He said the modern facility would play a pivotal role in fostering an intellectual, research-oriented, and educational environment in Karak district, while providing the youth with exceptional opportunities for quality study and academic research.
The library can accommodate around 300 readers at a time. To ensure effective service delivery and reader guidance, professional and trained staff has been deployed at the facility.
The minister urged the general public, students, and children to avail themselves fully of the modern facility, obtain library memberships, and enhance their intellectual, cognitive, and practical capabilities through reading and research.
