GHALLANAI: A student has started mobile library to provide books to needy and poor pupils in Mohmand Agency.
The first-ever private library will issue the books to students for one month free of charge to promote literacy in the impoverished region. The mobile library was launched at a ceremony in Kashi Kor area in Mohmand Agency. Many local elders and youth attended it.
Najibullah Mohmand, a student of the National Defence University, has set up the library on help-self basis to provide the local youth with books for study and to promote reading habit among the new generation.
Speaking on the occasion, Najibullah said the initiative was aimed at providing a variety of books to local youth, particularly the poor and needy students in tribal areas. He said the library offered books to students from 9th grade to master's level and for competitive examinations.
Najibullah said the library primarily provided books to students in Mohmand Agency and would later extend the facility to the entire tribal areas. He said that the mobile service had been launched in Kashi Kor area and would be extended to other areas.
The local elders and students urged the federal government, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor, political administration, and other social welfare organisations to provide books and furniture to the library to promote education.
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