Why can't everyone access Lahore's libraries?

[_NOBODY_]

Why can't everyone access Lahore's libraries?

Finally, someone made a video about this. There are hardly any libraries in our tier 1 cities and the ones that do exist are difficult to access. Why doesn't anyone talk about this? Libraries offer free education and entertainment to the masses. It doesn't matter what your economic status is, you can come in and have free access to books that can inform and transform you. As gateways to knowledge and culture, libraries play a fundamental role in society. The resources and services they offer create opportunities for learning, literacy and education, and help shape the new ideas and perspectives that are central to a creative and innovative society. So I will ask again, why the hell don't people talk about this, especially the educated ones?

@ghazi52 @araz @The Eagle @The Accountant @That Guy @Irfan Baloch @PanzerKiel @AgNoStiC MuSliM @Imran Khan @PAKISTANFOREVER @waz @Windjammer @WinterFangs @KaiserX @niaz @farok84 @AZADPAKISTAN2009 @MastanKhan @krash @FOOLS_NIGHTMARE @Bilal Khan (Quwa) @Cookie Monster @Bratva @Foxtrot Alpha @Rafael @Rafi @Trango Towers @TNT @Indus Pakistan @Falcon26 @Norwegian @LeGenD @Iltutmish @notorious_eagle @Akh1112 @mingle @AZADPAKISTAN2009 @Horus @Ark_Angel @SQ8 @Goenitz @messiach @TaimiKhan @SecularNationalist @farok84 @Blacklight @Meengla @Ahmet Pasha @White and Green with M/S @Dalit @ARMalik @Sainthood 101 @Zibago @Jango @untitled @Reichsmarschall @Bleek @Dual Wielder @Smoke @RescueRanger @Trango Towers @Asimzranger @FuturePAF @Imad.Khan @forcetrip @baqai @blain2 @khail007 @N.Siddiqui @kingQamaR @Wergeland @PakAlp @Khan2727 @Great Janjua @VCheng

 

[RescueRanger]

Why can't everyone access Lahore's libraries?

Finally, someone made a video about this. There are hardly any libraries in our tier 1 cities and the ones that do exist are difficult to access. Why doesn't anyone talk about this? Libraries offer free education and entertainment to the masses. It doesn't matter what your economic status is, you can come in and have free access to books that can inform and transform you. As gateways to knowledge and culture, libraries play a fundamental role in society. The resources and services they offer create opportunities for learning, literacy and education, and help shape the new ideas and perspectives that are central to a creative and innovative society. So I will ask again, why the hell don't people talk about this, especially the educated ones?

@ghazi52 @araz @The Eagle @The Accountant @That Guy @Irfan Baloch @PanzerKiel @AgNoStiC MuSliM @Imran Khan @PAKISTANFOREVER @waz @Windjammer @WinterFangs @KaiserX @niaz @farok84 @AZADPAKISTAN2009 @MastanKhan @krash @FOOLS_NIGHTMARE @Bilal Khan (Quwa) @Cookie Monster @Bratva @Foxtrot Alpha @Rafael @Rafi @Trango Towers @TNT @Indus Pakistan @Falcon26 @Norwegian @LeGenD @Iltutmish @notorious_eagle @Akh1112 @mingle @AZADPAKISTAN2009 @Horus @Ark_Angel @SQ8 @Goenitz @messiach @TaimiKhan @SecularNationalist @farok84 @Blacklight @Meengla @Ahmet Pasha @White and Green with M/S @Dalit @ARMalik @Sainthood 101 @Zibago @Jango @untitled @Reichsmarschall @Bleek @Dual Wielder @Smoke @RescueRanger @Trango Towers @Asimzranger @FuturePAF @Imad.Khan @forcetrip @baqai @blain2 @khail007 @N.Siddiqui @kingQamaR @Wergeland @PakAlp @Khan2727 @Great Janjua @VCheng

Sadly because education in Pakistan is seen as a pursuit for the elite and accomplished, reading and the fashion of reading at ones leisure has always been associated with a certain class of Pakistani. Very sad state of affairs, it goes back to the days of the Raj when the officers in the Indian Service Corps. The concept of Jemadar class is still rife in Pakistan and prevails to this date.

There was a fantastic library next to AFIC which existed from pre-partition and had a side entrance next to the old cinema stand. This library has since been closed, the books however some of which are classic and date back to the early 1800's have been shifted to the Rawalpindi Municipal Library.

 

[lastofthepatriots]

We have an awesome library in Bahawalpur and it is very accessible.

 

[Kharral]

Why can't everyone access Lahore's libraries?

Finally, someone made a video about this. There are hardly any libraries in our tier 1 cities and the ones that do exist are difficult to access. Why doesn't anyone talk about this? Libraries offer free education and entertainment to the masses. It doesn't matter what your economic status is, you can come in and have free access to books that can inform and transform you. As gateways to knowledge and culture, libraries play a fundamental role in society. The resources and services they offer create opportunities for learning, literacy and education, and help shape the new ideas and perspectives that are central to a creative and innovative society. So I will ask again, why the hell don't people talk about this, especially the educated ones?

@ghazi52 @araz @The Eagle @The Accountant @That Guy @Irfan Baloch @PanzerKiel @AgNoStiC MuSliM @Imran Khan @PAKISTANFOREVER @waz @Windjammer @WinterFangs @KaiserX @niaz @farok84 @AZADPAKISTAN2009 @MastanKhan @krash @FOOLS_NIGHTMARE @Bilal Khan (Quwa) @Cookie Monster @Bratva @Foxtrot Alpha @Rafael @Rafi @Trango Towers @TNT @Indus Pakistan @Falcon26 @Norwegian @LeGenD @Iltutmish @notorious_eagle @Akh1112 @mingle @AZADPAKISTAN2009 @Horus @Ark_Angel @SQ8 @Goenitz @messiach @TaimiKhan @SecularNationalist @farok84 @Blacklight @Meengla @Ahmet Pasha @White and Green with M/S @Dalit @ARMalik @Sainthood 101 @Zibago @Jango @untitled @Reichsmarschall @Bleek @Dual Wielder @Smoke @RescueRanger @Trango Towers @Asimzranger @FuturePAF @Imad.Khan @forcetrip @baqai @blain2 @khail007 @N.Siddiqui @kingQamaR @Wergeland @PakAlp @Khan2727 @Great Janjua @VCheng

“YEH SIRF SAHIBO K BACHO K LIYE HAI”
said a security guard standing outside Pindi library.

 

[_NOBODY_]

We have an awesome library in Bahawalpur and it very accessible.

That's wonderful to see but is that library a public library? Is it accessible to everyone? Have you personally visited that library and studied there?

 

[lastofthepatriots]

That's wonderful to see but is that library a public library? Is it accessible to everyone? Have you personally visited that library and studied there?

Yea. It’s one of the best libraries in Pakistan. Anyone can walk right on in. There’s a gunman posted but he doesn’t stop anyone.

 

[lastofthepatriots]

 

[Asimzranger]

We still have mental slavery and our establishment and elites still have colonial mindset .
On another note , our downfall started when ottoman empire refused to accept printing press when that technology got mainstream.

 

[Kedikesenfare2]

Sadly because education in Pakistan is seen as a pursuit for the elite and accomplished, reading and the fashion of reading at ones leisure has always been associated with a certain class of Pakistani. Very sad state of affairs, it goes back to the days of the Raj when the officers in the Indian Service Corps. The concept of Jemadar class is still rife in Pakistan and prevails to this date.

There was a fantastic library next to AFIC which existed from pre-partition and had a side entrance next to the old cinema stand. This library has since been closed, the books however some of which are classic and date back to the early 1800's have been shifted to the Rawalpindi Municipal Library.

I don't understand. What is the people holding back from entering the Lahore library? The security guard?

 

[VCheng]

Why can't everyone access Lahore's libraries?

Because many of the "educated" ones accessing libraries ruin them in many ways known to all?

 

[_NOBODY_]

Because many of the "educated" ones accessing libraries ruin them in many ways known to all?

I am sorry I didn't get your point. In what ways do these educated people ruin the libraries?

 

[_NOBODY_]

I don't understand. What is the people holding back from entering the Lahore library? The security guard?

If you watch the video, the first library from Pakistan that you will see is the Quaid-e-Azam Library, now when the lady in the video tried to access it she was asked for her bachelor's degree and if this alone didn't seem outrageous to you the guard then asked her about her reason for visiting. Public libraries are for the public and the public includes every single citizen of the country so such discrimination should simply be unacceptable to all sane people. After she managed to get in she discovered that almost everyone in the library was studying for an exam called CSS, CSS exam in Pakistan is an exam held by the Federal Public Service Commission to recruit eligible candidates to the services under Federal Government. The library has been converted into a study space for CSS students. The people who aren't studying CSS have just as much of a right to study there as CSS students because this library is being run with taxpayers' money. She interviewed one of the students who was studying there and she asked him does anyone study the books that are not related to the CSS in the library to which he replied that they would like to but they don't have enough time to do that as they are fully focused on the CSS exam, so the vast majority of the books in that library are simply for decoration.

She then heads to Punjab Public Library, over there no one is allowed to enter the book section as according to the librarian it is to prevent theft as these books are simply "too precious". Also, these so-called "precious books" are in such horrible condition that they can't be properly read. This is how I feel about all of this:

 

[Kedikesenfare2]

If you watch the video, the first library from Pakistan that you will see is the Quaid-e-Azam Library, now when the lady in the video tried to access it she was asked for her bachelor's degree and if this alone didn't seem outrageous to you the guard then asked her about her reason for visiting. Public libraries are for the public and the public includes every single citizen of the country so such discrimination should simply be unacceptable to all sane people. After she managed to get in she discovered that almost everyone in the library was studying for an exam called CSS, CSS exam in Pakistan is an exam held by the Federal Public Service Commission to recruit eligible candidates to the services under Federal Government. The library has been converted into a study space for CSS students. The people who aren't studying CSS have just as much of a right to study there as CSS students because this library is being run with taxpayers' money. She interviewed one of the students who were studying there and she asked him does anyone study the books that are not related to the CSS in the library to which the student replied that they would like to but they don't have enough time to do that as they are fully focused on the CSS exam, so the vast majority of the books in that library are simply for decoration.

She then heads to Punjab Public Library, over there no one is allowed to enter the book section as according to the librarian it is to prevent theft as these books are simply "too precious". Also, these so-called "precious books" are in such horrible condition that they can't be properly read. This is how I feel about this:

Thank you very much for the translation and explanation. I totally and completely agree with everything you've said. In any other country, preventing ordinary people to enter a library would cause an upheaval. Education is important and I'm not just talking about degrees. A state that prevents its citizens from entering a library will give birth to the situation that is unfolding in these days...

We need a revolution in Pakistan - something that changes everything in the nation.

We still have mental slavery and our establishment and elites still have colonial mindset .
On another note , our downfall started when ottoman empire refused to accept printing press when that technology got mainstream.

Pakistan was never part of the Ottoman Empire. Besides, Turkey and Iran are among the top 15 countries ranked by number of published titles. It's pretty much a Pakistani phenomenon.

 

[_NOBODY_]

Thank you very much for the translation and explanation. I totally and completely agree with everything you've said. In any other country, preventing ordinary people to enter a library would cause an upheaval. Education is important and I'm not just talking about degrees. A state that prevents its citizens from entering a library will give birth to the situation that is unfolding in these days...

We need a revolution in Pakistan - something that changes everything in the nation.

When the state abandons people, people try to fix the problems themselves. If you watch the video from 06:53 onwards, you will see a very inspiring young gentleman who created a place that is both a library and a community space. Despite the lack of land and funds, the young people running it have built a strong community through books, art, music and events. For the record, this young gentleman is a Yale graduate. He was inspired by a thread on Twitter which stated that Kitab Gher(House of books) were quite common across the subcontinent and one never had to buy a book as the books were readily available in Kitab Gher across the subcontinent. People used to store books in these places and they could also learn calligraphy here as well. This part of the video is incredibly inspiring and heartwarming so you should definitely watch it even if you can't understand what they are saying.

 

[Asimzranger]

Thank you very much for the translation and explanation. I totally and completely agree with everything you've said. In any other country, preventing ordinary people to enter a library would cause an upheaval. Education is important and I'm not just talking about degrees. A state that prevents its citizens from entering a library will give birth to the situation that is unfolding in these days...

We need a revolution in Pakistan - something that changes everything in the nation.


Pakistan was never part of the Ottoman Empire. Besides, Turkey and Iran are among the top 15 countries ranked by number of published titles. It's pretty much a Pakistani phenomenon.

not denying the achievement of Turkey or Iran but as a historical fact it did pushed western civilization to progress faster then Muslim civilization. but that's not the thread about what is happening in Pakistan is purely elitist behavior who think of them selves king , and want to keep populace illiterate so they can rule over them.