National Book Foundation (NBF) will launch Readers Club Scheme in more cities including Chitral on October 28. NBF Managing Director Javed Akhter would inaugurate the scheme, said a press release issued in Islamabad on Friday.
NBF has extended working range of Readers Club Scheme due to its popularity and the scheme has been extended from 37 to 52 cities across the country.
These cities include Sibbi, Khuzdar, Lorala, Dera Murad Jamali, Turbat, Nawabshah, Dado, Khushab, Burewala, Dera Ismail Khan, Chitral, Kohat, Swat, Mirpur Khas and Muzaffarabad.
The membership of readers club has also been increased from 15,000 to 20,000.
The foundation has made arrangements to facilitate people who wanted to get membership particularly for old people, women and children.
The members of the scheme can purchase any book of their interest other than curriculum on half rate from those booksellers who are on the panel of NBF.
At the time of its beginning in 1984, Readers Club Scheme was limited to only three big cities including Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi but now it has been extended almost every corner of the country to promote book reading culture. Private sector should also collaborate with government to induce reading habits among people. --APP
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