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Sachal Sarmast Public Library, Khairpur

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Khairpur‘s Public Library is a fortunate place to have produced lot of scholars, academics and bm'eauaats etc, visited by number of dignitaries, once inaugurated by a man like Shaheed Zulliqar Ali Bhutto and houses rare documents, pertaining to the ancient history of Sindh or the former Khairpur States Dunrg the course of time. the town's Public Library has kept on changing its name and nomenclature. It was first opened as Municipal Public Library in 1962, which was inaugurated by the former ruler of Khairpur State His Highness Mir Ali Murad Khan Talpur-ll on 26th July, 1962. Just three years later, it was named as Divisional Public Library, which was inaugurated by Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto on 14th March, 1965, in his capacity as Foreign Minister. By the early 19805 it was taken over by the Sindh Culture Department and was named after great sufi poet Hazrat Sachal Sarmast (who belongs to the same district). Due to the increase in the visitors as well as the incoming lot of books, the space in the old building fell short of catering to the academic needs of the area and therefore a new building was constructed recently, which was inaugurated by Mr. Syed Qaim Ali Shah Jeelani, the Chief Minister of Sindh, on 7th January, 2010. The new building has been decorated with historic pictures of Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, taken at the time of library's inauguration. Besides it the portraits of former rulers of Khairpur State and their cabinet members, are also hung on the walls of the library. [Source: Khairpur Jewel & Crown of Sindh by Momin Bullo]