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Article: Books await their best friends: Declining book reading serious threat to intellectual future of Pakistan.
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- PPI - Pakistan Press International
- Article date:
- October 30, 2009
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KARACHI, October 30, 2009 (PPI): Decline in book reading culture in Pakistan is termed a bad omen for the development of country as a civilized, educated, tolerant and plural society. For friends... do but look upon good books: they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble, write Francis Bacon, underscoring the value of books. Pakistan though considered an atomic power, has always faced tough times in marking its impression as a progressive, civilized and developed country. Distance of its vast population from books might be blamed for this besides other reasons like poverty and illiteracy. Noted columnist Ardeshir Cowasjee commented that society is ...