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Volunteers convert unused building into a library, hold book festival
Book lovers welcomed 2021 with a book fair in Quetta. In 2019, some youngsters had converted the non-operational building of a local hospital into the Lore Karez Sariyab Library.
The three-day Sariyab Literary Festival and Book Fair (February 21 to 23) brought together teachers, students and a general book reading public from across the province.
The festival started on February 21, the Mother Languages Day, with a poetry recitations gathering. Many renowned poets presented their poetry in Balochi, Brahvi and Urdu and received appreciation from a lively audience. There were six discussion sessions at which issues like youth activism and leadership, career counselling, importance of reading book and female education and empowerment were discussed first among panelists and then by the panelists and the remaining participants. The session on youth and education was addressed by Urooj Khan, Dr Samiullah Khan and Jav