FAISANABAD: Advisor to Prime Minister on National History and Literary Heritage Irfan Siddiqui has stressed inculcating reading habits among the young generation.
He was addressing the inauguration ceremony of 1st NBF Book Festival held at Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Auditorium of Faisalabad Arts Council (FAC) on Friday.
Managing Director National Book Foundation Dr Inamul Haq Javed, Vice-Chancellor Government College University for Women Dr Noreen Aziz Qureshi, Director Faisalabad Arts Council Sofia Bedar, Prof Riaz Majeed, students and a large number of book-lovers were present at the opening ceremony.
Irfan Siddiqui said that Friday's book festival had been arranged on his proposal and it would help promote literary activities in society.
He said that book festival held in Islamabad last month received tremendous response as over 350,000 people visited the book stalls and the books worth over Rs150 million were sold during the four-day festival.
He said that Urdu Dictionary Board has launched 22 volumes of Urdu Digital Dictionary and now everyone has access to Urdu Lughat in the world.
Later, talking to the media persons, Irfan Siddiqui said that the nation always takes better decision and five-year performance of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz is before them.
He said that only people have the right of choosing the parliament and they would definitely elect those who serve them better.
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