Reading corners.

THE books we read speak volumes about the kind of society we belong to. Unfortunately, libraries in Pakistan have lost their charm, and book-reading habit has been fading away. There was a time when parents used to take great pride in borrowing books for their children to inculcate the habit of reading books amongst the young ones.

Nowadays, we seem to be moving far away from the books and, hence, our libraries are in a shabby state. In offices, hardly anyone can be seen reading a book in their leisure or break time. They spend this time gossiping about things that are of the least impor- tance and not in their control by any stretch of the imagination.

Instead of relying on governments, we, as a society, must revamp our libraries and build some reading corners in offices to provide a...