Turkey's state-run aid agency has set up the first-ever children library in Karachi with an aim to support children's education in the slum areas. The library has been established by Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) at a local charity school Al Khair Welfare Society School in New Karachi. Turkish Consul General in Karachi, Tolga Ucak, Commissioner Karachi, Iftikhar Shalwani and TIKA's Karachi Coordinator Ibrahim Katirci inaugurated the library at a ceremony on Monday.
The library will benefit some 2000 children studying at the school-from Montessori to grade10-. The Turkish Consul General in his remarks said he wished that the children in Pakistan get the best education which was their right. "Libraries are very important for youngsters in their pursuance of quality education", Ucak said adding "this is a unique place that children always remember".-PR