# List of libraries in Pakistan

This is a list of major libraries in Pakistan.

## Sindh
### Karachi

* Al-Firdous Baldia Public Library, Baldia Town
* 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
* 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 Karachi

### Jacobabad

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

### Benazirabad

* H.M Khoja Library, Nawabshah, Sindh
* Central Library, Quest University, Nawabshah, Sindh

## Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
### 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
* PDA Public Library, Hayatabad, Peshawar

### Mardan

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

### 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

### Kohat

* Jinnah Municipal Library, Shah Faisal Gate, Kohat

### 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
* Shuhada e Balakot Public Library, Balakot

### 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
### Murree

* Iqbal Municipal Library

### Mailsi Vehari

* Masood Jhandir Research 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 Five public libraries in Faisalabad city:
* Allama Iqbal Library
* Municipal Library
* Central Library, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
* e-Library, Faisalabad (digital library established by Punjab Information Technology Board and Sports Board Punjab)
* Cheanb Club Library

### Taxila

* POF Central Library, Wah Cantt.
* F.G. Degree College Library, F.G. Degree College, Wah Cantt.
* Station Library Heavy Industries Taxila Cantt

### Toba Tek Singh

* Govt. Public Library, Iqbal Bazaar, Toba Tek Singh.
* 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, Aitchison College
* Dr Baqir's Library
* Dyal Singh Trust Library, 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 College
* Lahore University of Management Sciences Library, Lahore University of Management Sciences
* 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
* 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
* Cantonment Public Library, Cantonment Board, Shahrah-e-Aziz Bhatti, Quetta
* Quaid-e-Azam Library, Quetta
* Main Library, University of Balochistan, Quetta

### Mastung

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

### Lasbela

* LUAWMS Library, Lasbela

### Winder

* Sassuli Library, Winder

### Tubat

* Molana Abdul Haq Library, Turbat Kech

## Islamabad Capital Territory

Following are some of the public libraries in Islamabad Capital Territory:
* PHRC Central Library
* National Library of Pakistan
* Islamabad Public Library
* Islamabad Community Library,
Sector F-11 Markaz
* Islamabad Community Library,
Sector G-7, Near Iqbal Hall
* Islamabad Community Library,
Sector G-8/2
* Islamabad Community Library,
Sector G-11 Markaz
* Islamabad Community Library,
Sector I-8 Markaz
* Islamabad Community Library,
Sector I-10/1
* Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad, (ISSI Library) Ataturk Avenue, Sector F-5/2, Islamabad