Libraries in Pakistan

Official name of the federated state/autonomous territory: Punjab
Province
Official language: Urdu

Official name of Parliament: Provincial Assembly of Punjab
- Unicameral -

Address
Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
Libary
Lahore
Tel. (92)(42)306800 and 367698
Fax (92)(42)305772

Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1937
Person in charge: Mr Inayat Ullah Lak,
Position or official title: Librarian
Number of library staff: 8,
      Number of professional librarians: 1,
      Number of other staff in the Library: 7
Size of collection: 45.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 350.000
Number of current periodicals: 10
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Classification system
Restricted to members of parliament: No,
Who else may use library: research scholars, students, especially holding master degree in pol. science and law
Any other information: The Punjab Assembly has one of the finest collections in the world on the political and parliamentary history of the subcontinent and the most complete collection of the parliamentary documents of the legislatures of Pakistan
IFLA membership: No

Publications published by the Library
Catalogue

Parliamentary Papers
Mubatiusat Subai Assembly Punjab
Debates
In Urdu