The Masood Jhandir Research Library ( ur, ) is the largest private library of

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

. It is located in a small village Sardar Pur Jhandir in the

Mailsi Tehsil Mailsi ( ur, ), is a subdivision tehsil, of Vehari District, in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is administratively subdivided into 31 Union Councils, two of which form the tehsil capital Mailsi Mailsi () is a city in southern Pun ...

, Vehari District of

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

province,

. It was established in 1899 by a great scholar and poet, Malik Ghulam Muhammad (1865–1936). It is considered as a world class library in a village. The new library complex was completed in 2007. It covers an area of 21000 square feet. It consists of 8 commodious halls, auditorium, committee room, multimedia workstation, reception hall and office. The library is surrounded by an attractive park of 5000 acres. Masood jhandir research library

Collection

MJRL has the following collection: Table 1 Collection of the Library Sr. Collection Details No. 1. Total No of books: 360,000 2. Periodicals Ref: Library Philosophy and Practice (LPP) available at http://unllib.unl.edu/LPP/shafique-rehman-mukhtar.htm

Services

It is a non-lending research library. It offers many services to Research Scholars. As this library is located at a small village, this library also provide lodging facility to its users too

References

External links

* Libraries in Pakistan {{Pakistan-lit-stub