LAHORE :The central library of University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore arranged a two-day annual book fair 2017 in the City Campus on Wednesday. According to a press release issued here, UVAS Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Talat Naseer Pasha inaugurated the book fair which will continue until today (Thursday) while Librarian Muhammad Aslam, Prof Dr Asim Aslam, Ms Abeeda Zia and a large number of students, faculty members and book sellers among others attended. Twelve stalls were set up at the fair, book sellers and publishers displayed a variety of books, including livestock, literature, IT, social sciences and also books on relevant fields of veterinary sciences like anatomy & histology, animal nutrition, clinical medicine and surgery, dairy technology, public health, fisheries aquaculture, food sciences human nutrition, livestock production, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, poultry production, wildlife and ecology, biochemistry biotechnology, pharmaceutical science, leather & fiber technology, statistics & computer science, environmental science and policy management etc. Technical Education & Vocational Training Authority (Tevta) also set up a stall and displayed handicraft varieties. Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Talat Naseer Pasha visited many stalls and talked to book sellers and students about the significance of book reading. Talking to the media, Librarian Muhammad Aslam said that book fair was aimed to provide a platform to promote book reading habit among students, researchers and teachers and it would help to increase their knowledge. “The book is one of the best sources of knowledge and enlightens the minds of our younger generation,” he added.
