Four-day Capital Book Fair concludes.

ISLAMABAD -- The Four-day Capital Book Fair arranged by the Department of Libraries in collaboration with other partners concluded on Tuesday in the federal capital after receiving overwhelming response from the visitors.

The book fair, held here at the Art and Craft village, was arranged in collaboration with Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) and Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), on the special directives of Chief Commissioner Islamabad and CDA Chairman Captain (Retd) Muhammad Usman Younis.

The chief commissioner also visited the book fair and stressed the need to further promote book culture in the society, saying, "books are the best companions for us and every intellectual acknowledges the fact that there is no friend better than books."

More than 60 book stalls were set up at the book fair with the books of famous publishers, writers, poets, and eminent personalities of the country, including two books written by Inspector General of Police, Islamabad, Akbar Nasir Khan.

The book fair offered a huge number of books on discounted price and was visited and appreciated by the people from different walks of life, including writers, researchers and students.

The objectives behind arranging this book fair were to revive the book reading habit among general public, especially youth, and preserve our literary and cultural heritage.

Book lovers, especially students and researchers, belonging to the twin cities Rawalpindi and Islamabad visited the book fair to quench their thrust for knowledge.

The visitors also appreciated the efforts of the organizers for arranging such event and said such activities helped promote positive and healthy activities among people.

Sidra Khan, a visitor at a book stall while talking to reporter said, "This book fair is the much-needed...

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