This is a list of major

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Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

Sindh

Karachi

* Al-Firdous Baldia Public Library,

Baldia Town Baldia Town ( sd, بلدیا ٽائون , ur, ) lies in the western part of the city with a population of more than 830,000 as per the 2017 census. Baldia Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivid ...

* Al-Huda Library, Nazimabad * Allama Iqbal Library * Allama Shabir Ahmad Usmani Library, Nazimabad * Baba-e-Urdu Kutubkhana * Bedil Library, Sharfabad Gulshan Town * Board of Intermediate Karachi Library, North Nazimabad * Central Library, Korangi No.5, Korangi * Children Library, Nazimabad * Community Center, Gulshan Town * Defence Central Library DHA * Dr. Mahmood Hussain Central Library, University of Karachi, Gulshan Town * Edhi Library, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, WS-9/12, Main University Road, Gulshan Town * Faiz-e-Aam Library, Lyari Town * Faran Club Library, Gulshan Town * Ghalib Library, Nazimabad * Ghulam Husain Khaliq Dina Hall Library,

Saddar Town Saddar Town ( sd, صدر ٽائون; ur, ), lies in the central part of the city that formed much of the historic colonial core of Karachi. Saddar Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into ...

* Hashim Gazder Library, Jamila Street, Ranchore Lines * Hasrat Mohani Library, Liaquatabad No.9, Liaquatabad * Hungooraabad Library, Hungooraabad, Lyari Town * Ibrahim Ali Bhai Auditorium & Library * Iqbal Shaheed Library, Behar Colony, Lyari Town * Iqra Library, New Kumhar Wara, Lyari Town * Jehangir Park Reading Room Library, Jehangir Park, Saddar Town * Karachi Metropolitan Corporation Library, Shahrah-e-Liaquat, Saddar Town * KMC Children Library, near Hadi Market, Nazimabad * KMC Library * Kutub Khana Khas Anjuman-e-Taraqqi-e-Urdu Pakistan, Baba-e-Urdu Road, Saddar Town * Liaquat Hall Library, Abdullah Haroon Road, Saddar Town * Liaquat Memorial Library, Stadium Road, Gulshan Town * Lyari Municipal Library, Old Salater House, Lyari Town * Lyari Text Book Library, Chakiwara, Lyari Town * Main Library, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, Gulshan Town * Main Library, Hamdard University, Madina-tal-Hikmat, Muhammad Bin Qasim Avenue, Karachi, Sindh * Main Library, NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, Sindh * Mansoora Library, Dastagir Society, Federal B. Area * Moosa Lane Reading Room Library, Moosa Lane, Lyari Town * Moulana Hasrat Mohani Library, Usmanabad, Lyari Town * Mujahid Park Library, Rexer Line, Lyari Town * Nasir-Arif Hussain Memorial Library & Research Center, Gulberg Town * National Book Foundation Library * Nawa Lane Library, Gabol Park, Lyari Town * Noorani Welfare Library, Ranchore Line, Lyari Town * Pakistan Arab Cultural Association Library, Iftikhar Chambers, Altaf Road, P.O. Box 5752, Karachi, Sindh * Pakistan National Centre Library * Rangoon Wala Hall and Community Centre Library, Dhoraji Colony * Sardar Abdul-Rab Nishtar Library, near Lyari General Hospital, Lyari Town * Satellite Library, Sango Lane, Lyari Town * Shia Imami Ismaili community libraries in different areas of Karachi; Kharader Library and Reading Room established 1908, the first library in Karachi; its academic library also, Kharadar Ismaili Jamat Khana * Sheikh Mufeed Library, Islamic Research Center, Allama Ibne Hassan Jarchvi Road, Federal B. Area * Shohada-e-Pakistan Library, Usmanabad, Lyari Town * Sindh Archives, Clifton Town * Super Market Library, Super Market, Liaquatabad * Syed Mehmood Shah Library, Lee Market, Lyari Town * Taimuriya Library North Nazimabad * Umer Lane Library, Umer Lane, Lyari Town

Jacobabad

* Abdul Karim Gadai Municipal Library, Municipal Committee Building, Jacobabad, Sindh

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...

Peshawar

* Main Library, University of Agriculture, Peshawar * Main Library, University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar * Main Library, University of Peshawar, Peshawar * Municipal Corporation Library, Peshawar City, Peshawar * Nishtar Municipal Public Library, Town Hall, G. T. Road, Peshawar * Central Sciences Degree College Library, Peshawar * Islamia College University Central Library Peshawar

Mardan

* Cantonment Library, Cantonment Board, Mardan * Mardan Public Library, Directorate of Archives, Shami Road,

Mardan Mardān (Pashto and ; Urdu ; Pashto: ) is a city in the Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Located in the Valley of Peshawar, Mardan is the second-largest city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (after Peshawar). It is a fast-growing ...

Abbottabad

* Main Library, Pakistan Military Academy, Abbottabad * Municipal Committee Library, Abbottabad * Municipal Library, Company Garden, Abbottabad

Dera Ismail Khan

* Main Library, Gomal University Dera Ismail Khan * Municipal Central Library, Town Hall,

Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan (; bal, , Urdu and skr, , ps, ډېره اسماعيل خان), abbreviated as D.I. Khan, is a city and capital of Dera Ismail Khan District, located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the 37th largest city of Pakistan ...

Kohat

* Jinnah Municipal Library, Shah Faisal Gate,

Kohat Kohat ( ps, کوهاټ; ur, ) is a city that serves as the capital of the Kohat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is regarded as a centre of the Bangash tribe of Pashtuns, who have lived in the region since the late 15th centur ...

Topi

* Main Library, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering & Technology, Topi District-Swabi

Risalpur

* Main Library, Military College of Engineering, Risalpur

Mansehra

* Municipal Committee Library, Mansehra

Mingora

* Municipal Public Library, Mingora * Swat Public Library, Swat (http://www.kppls.pk/)

Bannu

* Municipal Public Library, Bannu

Public Libraries Network

Main Public Library and Archive in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the Directorate of Archives & Libraries, Jail Road Peshawar. It has now developed its District or Branch Libraries in different districts of Khyber Pakhutnkhwa. These libraries in future will be like the chain of one Big network of Public Libraries and Archives. Its district libraries are: * Timergara Public Library * Peshawar Public Library * Mardan Public Library * Haripur Public Library * Abbottabad Public Library * Bannu Public Library * Laki Marwat Public Library * DI Khan Public Library * Kohat Public Library * Swat Public Library * Charsada Public Library * Ghazi Public Library * Swabi Public Library * Khushal Khan Khattak memorial Library, Akora Khattak * Chitral Public Library

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 a ...

Mailsi

Masood Jhandir Research Library

Murree

* Iqbal Municipal Library

Chiniot

* Omar Hayat Mahal Library

Bahawalpur

*Central Library Bahawalpur *e-Library, Bahawalpur (digital library established by Punjab Information Technology Board and Sports Board Punjab)

Faisalabad

Following are three public libraries in

Faisalabad Faisalabad (; Punjabi/ ur, , ; ), formerly known as Lyallpur (Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), named after the founder of the city, but was renamed in 1977 in honour of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the 3rd largest city of Pakis ...

city: * Allama Iqbal Library * Municipal Library *e-Library, Faisalabad (digital library established by Punjab Information Technology Board and Sports Board Punjab)

Toba Tek Singh

* Govt. Public Library, Iqbal Bazaar, Kamalia. *e-Library, Toba Tek Singh (digital library established by Punjab Information Technology Board and Sports Board Punjab)

Lahore

* Atomic Energy Minerals Centre Library *

Babar Ali Library Babar ( ur, ), also variously spelled as Baber, Babur, and Babor is a male given name of Pashto, and Persian origin, and a popular male given name in Pakistan. It is generally taken in reference to the Persian ''babr'' ( Persian: ببر), meani ...

, Aitchison College * Dr Baqir's Library *

Dyal Singh Trust Library The Dyal Singh Trust Library is a public library located in Lahore, Pakistan. History It was established by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia in Lahore in 1908. The library was initially established in the residence of Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, and up ...

, established in Lahore in 1908 in pursuance of the will of the Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia; first setup in the Exchange Building, the residence of Sardar Dyal Singh * The Ewing Memorial Library, built in 1943 and named for Dr. Sir J.C.R. Ewing, the second principal of the college; one of the oldest and best college libraries in Lahore; now gradually transforming itself into a state-of-the-art university library * Government College Library, Government College University *

Islamia College Library ''Islamia'' is a genus of small freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Islamia Radoman, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

, Islamia College * Lahore University of Management Sciences Library,

Lahore University of Management Sciences Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) () is a private research university, located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. In 1983, Syed Babar Ali, a renowned businessman in Pakistan, recognized the shortage of qualified managers in the co ...

* Library Information Services CIIT Lahore * National Library of Engineering Sciences, plays a vital role in achieving the objectives of the institution like study & teaching, research & extension services, and dissemination of information; fully air conditioned with a seating capacity of about 400 readers at its different floors * Pakistan Administrative Staff College Library * People's Bank Library *

Provincial Assembly of the Punjab Library Provincial may refer to: Government & Administration * Provincial capitals, an administrative sub-national capital of a country * Provincial city (disambiguation) * Provincial minister (disambiguation) * Provincial Secretary, a position in Can ...

* Punjab Public Library * Punjab University Library, Punjab University * Quaid-e-Azam Library, a highly detailed model of a newly constructed library, named after Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah; located in the most famous gardens of Lahore, named "Lawrence Gardens" by the British. *e-Library, Lahore (digital library established by Punjab Information Technology Board and Sports Board Punjab)

Sahiwal

*Government Jinnah Public Library *e-Library, Sahiwal (digital library established by Punjab Information Technology Board and Sports Board Punjab) *Government Urdu Addab Library ( Urdu Literature Library)

Sargodha

* Jinnah Hall Library * Central Library, University of Sargodha *e-Library, Sargodha (digital library established by Punjab Information Technology Board and Sports Board Punjab)

Multan

* Garrison Public Library *e-Library, Multan (digital library established by Punjab Information Technology Board and Sports Board Punjab)

Rawalpindi

* Municipal Library Rawalpindi * Cantonment Public Library

Balochistan

Quetta

* Buitems Library,

Quetta Quetta (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه‎) is the tenth most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in south-west of the country close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is the capital of ...

* Cantonment Public Library, Cantonment Board, Shahrah-e-Aziz Bhatti, Quetta * Quaid-e-Azam Library, Quetta * Main Library,

University of Balochistan The University of Balochistan (UB) (Urdu: جامعہ بلوچستان; Balochi: بلوچستان ء یونیورسٹی ), also known as Balochistan University, is a public university located in the downtown area of Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. ...

Mastung

* Library of Cadet College, Mastung * Municipal Public Library, Mastung * Sarawan digital Library, Mastung

Lasbela

* LUAWMS Library, Lasbela

Winder

* Sassui Library, Winder

Tubat

* Molana Abdul Haq Library,

Turbat Turbat is the second-largest city in Balochistan after Quetta and 38th largest city of Pakistan. It is the largest city in the southern part of the province. Education University: University of TurbatBalochistan University of Engineering & ...

Kech

Islamabad Capital Territory

Following are some of the public libraries in Islamabad Capital Territory: * PHRC Central Library *

National Library of Pakistan The 'National Library of Pakistan'' (Urdu:) is located in the vicinity of the Red Zone, Islamabad, Pakistan. Argued to be the country's oldest cultural institution, the library is a leading resource for information— ancient and new. The Nation ...

* Islamabad Public Library * Islamabad Community Library, Sector F-11 Markaz. * Islamabad Community Library, Sector G-7, Near Iqbal Hall * Islamabad Community Library, Street - 9, Sector G-8/2 * Islamabad Community Library, Sector G-11 Markaz * Islamabad Community Library, Sector I-8 Markaz * Islamabad Community Library, Street - 57, Sector I-10/1 Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad, (ISSI Library) Ataturk Avenue, Sector F-5/2, Islamabad issilibrary.org.pk

External links

Pakistan Library Network
a list of libraries maintained by PLANWEL
Libraries in Karachi

Library Information Services, CIIT Lahore

References

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