List of libraries in Pakistan
This is a list of major libraries in Pakistan.
| Library | City/Town | Province/Region | Neighborhood / Address | Affiliation / Owner | Type | Founded | Notes/References |
| Al-Firdous Baldia Public Library | Karachi | Sindh | Chandni Chowk, Baldia Town | District Municipal Corporation West | Public | c. 1985 | Built in the mid-1980s; municipal library under local government. |
| Al-Huda Library | Karachi | Sindh | Nazimabad | City District Government Karachi / DMC Central | Public | 2005 | The first women's library established at Nazimabad UC-11; also listed among municipal libraries. |
| Allama Iqbal Library | Karachi | Sindh | — | District Municipal Corporation East | Public | — | Listed as a municipal library under DMC East. |
| Allama Shabir Ahmad Usmani Library | Karachi | Sindh | Nazimabad | District Municipal Corporation Central | Public | — | Appears in municipal list for DMC Central. |
| Bedil Library | Karachi | Sindh | Sharfabad, Gulshan Town | Community / volunteer-run | Public | 1974 | |
| Board of Intermediate Karachi Library | Karachi | Sindh | North Nazimabad | Board of Intermediate Education Karachi | Government / Board | — | |
| Central Library, Korangi No.5 | Karachi | Sindh | Korangi No.5 | District Municipal Corporation Korangi | Public | 2017 | Mayor inaugurated a new "model library" in Korangi; municipal libraries are run by DMCs. |
| Children Library | Karachi | Sindh | Nazimabad | Karachi Municipal Corporation | Public | — | Karachi's public/children's libraries fall under the city administration/KMC. |
| Defence Central Library | Karachi | Sindh | Sunset Boulevard, Phase II, DHA | Defence Housing Authority | Public / Membership | 1991 | |
| Mahmood Hussain Central Library | Karachi | Sindh | University of Karachi, Gulshan Town | University of Karachi | University | 1952 | |
| Faiz-e-Aam Library | Karachi | Sindh | Lyari Town | District Municipal Corporation South | Public | — | Listed among DMC South's municipal libraries. |
| Ghalib Library | Karachi | Sindh | Nazimabad | — | Public | 1971 ; 1972 | |
| Ghulam Husain Khaliq Dina Hall Library | Karachi | Sindh | Saddar Town | Karachi Metropolitan Corporation | Public | — | See Khaliq Dina Hall. |
| Hashim Gazder Library | Karachi | Sindh | Jamila Street, Ranchore Lines | District Municipal Corporation South | Public | — | |
| Hasrat Mohani Library | Karachi | Sindh | Liaquatabad No.9, Liaquatabad | Municipal | Public | — | |
| Hungorabad Library | Karachi | Sindh | Hungorabad, Lyari Town | — | Public | — | Listed among Lyari’s major libraries. |
| Iqbal Shaheed Library | Karachi | Sindh | Behar Colony, Lyari Town | — | Public | — | Noted among Lyari’s long-standing local libraries. |
| Iqra Library | Karachi | Sindh | New Kumhar Wara, Lyari Town | — | Public | — | Listed among Lyari’s major libraries. |
| Jehangir Park Reading Room Library | Karachi | Sindh | Jehangir Park, Saddar Town | Karachi Metropolitan Corporation | Public / Reading Room | — | |
| Karachi Metropolitan Corporation Library | Karachi | Sindh | Shahrah-e-Liaquat, Saddar Town | Karachi Metropolitan Corporation | Public | — | Identified historically as the Frere Market/KMC public library on Shahrah-e-Liaquat. |
| KMC Children Library | Karachi | Sindh | near Hadi Market, Nazimabad | Karachi Metropolitan Corporation | Public | — | |
| Kutub Khana Khas Anjuman-e-Taraqqi-e-Urdu Pakistan | Karachi | Sindh | Baba-e-Urdu Road, Saddar Town | Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu | Research / Cultural | — | |
| Liaquat Hall Library | Karachi | Sindh | Abdullah Haroon Road, Saddar Town | Karachi Metropolitan Corporation | Public | — | |
| Liaquat Memorial Library | Karachi | Sindh | Stadium Road, Gulshan Town | Culture, Tourism, Antiquities & Archives Dept., Government of Sindh | Public | 1950 | |
| Lyari Municipal Library | Karachi | Sindh | Old Slaughter House, Lyari Town | Karachi Metropolitan Corporation | Public | — | |
| Lyari Text Book Library | Karachi | Sindh | Chakiwara, Lyari Town | — | Public / Textbook | — | It is popularly known as the Mulla Fazil Hall Library and serves students needing textbooks. |
| Main Library, Aga Khan University | Karachi | Sindh | Stadium Road, Gulshan Town | Aga Khan University | University | — | |
| Main Library, Hamdard University | Karachi | Sindh | Madinat al-Hikmat, Muhammad Bin Qasim Ave. | Hamdard University | University | 1989 | It is among the city’s largest academic libraries. |
| Main Library, NED University of Engineering & Technology | Karachi | Sindh | University Road | NED University of Engineering & Technology | University | — | |
| Moosa Lane Reading Room Library | Karachi | Sindh | Moosa Lane, Lyari Town | — | Public / Reading Room | — | Listed among Lyari’s network of local libraries/reading rooms. |
| Moulana Hasrat Mohani Library | Karachi | Sindh | Usmanabad, Lyari Town | District Municipal Corporation South | Public | — | |
| Mujahid Park Library | Karachi | Sindh | Rexer Line, Lyari Town | District Municipal Corporation South | Public | — | |
| Nasir-Arif Hussain Memorial Library & Research Center | Karachi | Sindh | Gulberg Town | Khidmat-i-Khalq Foundation | Public / Research | 2011 | |
| National Book Foundation Library | Karachi | Sindh | Braille Complex Building, near PTV Station, Stadium Road | National Book Foundation | Public | — | |
| Nawa Lane Library | Karachi | Sindh | Gabol Park, Lyari Town | District Municipal Corporation South | Public | — | |
| Noorani Welfare Library | Karachi | Sindh | Ranchore Line, Lyari Town | — | Public | — | |
| Pakistan Arab Cultural Association Library | Karachi | Sindh | Iftikhar Chambers, Altaf Road | Pakistan Arab Cultural Association | Cultural | — | |
| Rangoon Wala Hall & Community Centre Library | Karachi | Sindh | Dhoraji Colony | Rangoonwala Trust | Public / Community | — | |
| Sardar Abdul-Rab Nishtar Library | Karachi | Sindh | near Lyari General Hospital, Lyari Town | District Municipal Corporation South | Public | — | |
| Satellite Library | Karachi | Sindh | Sango Lane, Lyari Town | District Municipal Corporation South | Public | — | |
| Kharader Library and Reading Room | Karachi | Sindh | Kharadar | Ismaili community | Community / Academic | 1908 | First Ismaili library in Karachi; also associated with Kharadar Ismaili Jamat Khana. |
| Sheikh Mufeed Library | Karachi | Sindh | Islamic Research Center, Allama Ibne Hassan Jarchvi Road, Federal B. Area | Islamic Culture & Research Trust | Research / Religious | — | |
| Shohada-e-Pakistan Library | Karachi | Sindh | Usmanabad, Lyari Town | District Municipal Corporation South | Public | — | |
| Sindh Archives | Karachi | Sindh | Clifton Town | Government of Sindh | Archives | — | — |
| Super Market Library | Karachi | Sindh | Super Market, Liaquatabad | Karachi Metropolitan Corporation | Public | — | |
| Taimuriya Library | Karachi | Sindh | North Nazimabad | District Central Administration | Public | — | |
| Umer Lane Library | Karachi | Sindh | Umer Lane, Lyari Town | District Municipal Corporation South | Public | — | |
| Abdul Karim Gadai Municipal Library | Jacobabad | Sindh | Municipal Committee Building | Municipal Committee, Jacobabad | Public | 1988 | |
| H.M. Khoja Library | Nawabshah | Sindh | — | District Administration, Shaheed Benazirabad | Public | — | |
| Central Library, QUEST University | Nawabshah | Sindh | Main Campus, Sakrand Road | Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science & Technology | University | — | |
| Main Library, University of Agriculture | Peshawar | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | — | The University of Agriculture, Peshawar | University | — | |
| Main Library, University of Engineering & Technology | Peshawar | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | — | University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar | University | — | |
| Main Library, University of Peshawar | Peshawar | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | — | University of Peshawar | University | — | |
| Islamia College University Central Library | Peshawar | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | — | Islamia College University | University | — | |
| PDA Public Library | Peshawar | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Hayatabad | Peshawar Development Authority | Public | — | |
| Mardan Public Library | Mardan | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Directorate of Archives, Shami Road | Directorate of Archives & Libraries KP | Public | 1990 | |
| Jinnah Municipal Library | Kohat | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Shah Faisal Gate | Municipal Committee | Public | — | |
| Main Library, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute | Topi | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | — | GIKI | University | — | |
| Municipal Committee Library | Mansehra | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Upper Kashmir Road | Municipal Committee | Public | — | |
| Municipal Public Library | Mingora | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | — | Municipal Committee | Public | — | |
| Swat Public Library | Swat | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | — | Directorate of Archives & Libraries KP | Public | — | |
| Peshawar Public Library | Peshawar | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | — | Directorate of Archives & Libraries KP | Public | — | |
| Mardan Public Library | Mardan | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | — | Directorate of Archives & Libraries KP | Public | — | |
| Abbottabad Public Library | Abbottabad | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Jalal Baba Auditorium Complex | Directorate of Archives & Libraries KP | Public | — | |
| Kohat Public Library | Kohat | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | — | Directorate of Archives & Libraries KP | Public | — | |
| Ghazi Public Library | Ghazi | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | — | Directorate of Archives & Libraries KP | Public | — | — |
| Swabi Public Library | Swabi | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | — | Directorate of Archives & Libraries KP | Public | — | — |
| Khushal Khan Khattak Memorial Library | Akora Khattak | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | — | — | Public / Memorial | — | — |
| Chitral Public Library | Chitral | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | — | Directorate of Archives & Libraries KP | Public | — | — |
| Iqbal Municipal Library | Murree | Punjab | — | Municipal Committee | Public | — | — |
| Masood Jhandir Research Library | Mailsi | Punjab | — | Private / Research | Research | — | — |
| Omar Hayat Mahal Library | Chiniot | Punjab | Omar Hayat Mahal | Municipal / Cultural | Public | — | — |
| Central Library Bahawalpur | Bahawalpur | Punjab | — | Municipal / Govt. of Punjab | Public | — | — |
| e-Library, Bahawalpur | Bahawalpur | Punjab | — | Punjab IT Board & Sports Board Punjab | Digital / Public | — | |
| Allama Iqbal Library | Faisalabad | Punjab | — | Municipal | Public | — | |
| Municipal Library | Faisalabad | Punjab | — | Municipal | Public | — | |
| Central Library, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad | Faisalabad | Punjab | — | University of Agriculture, Faisalabad | University | — | — |
| e-Library, Faisalabad | Faisalabad | Punjab | — | Punjab IT Board & Sports Board Punjab | Digital / Public | — | |
| Chenab Club Library | Faisalabad | Punjab | — | Chenab Club | Membership | — | — |
| POF Central Library | Taxila / Wah Cantt. | Punjab | Wah Cantt. | Pakistan Ordnance Factories | Institutional | — | — |
| F.G. Degree College Library | Taxila / Wah Cantt. | Punjab | Wah Cantt. | Federal Government Degree College | College | — | — |
| Station Library, Heavy Industries Taxila Cantt | Taxila / HIT | Punjab | HIT Cantt. | Heavy Industries Taxila | Institutional | — | — |
| Govt. Public Library | Toba Tek Singh | Punjab | Iqbal Bazaar | Municipal | Public | — | — |
| e-Library, Toba Tek Singh | Toba Tek Singh | Punjab | — | Punjab IT Board & Sports Board Punjab | Digital / Public | — | |
| Atomic Energy Minerals Centre Library | Lahore | Punjab | — | Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission | Institutional | — | — |
| Babar Ali Library | Lahore | Punjab | Aitchison College | Aitchison College | College | — | — |
| Dr Baqir's Library | Lahore | Punjab | — | — | Private / Public | — | — |
| Dyal Singh Trust Library | Lahore | Punjab | — | Dyal Singh Trust | Public | 1908 | Established per will of Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia. |
| The Ewing Memorial Library | Lahore | Punjab | Forman Christian College | Forman Christian College | University | 1943 | — |
| Government College Library | Lahore | Punjab | Government College University, Lahore | GCU Lahore | University | — | — |
| Islamia College Library | Lahore | Punjab | Islamia College (Lahore) | Islamia College | College | — | — |
| Lahore University of Management Sciences Library | Lahore | Punjab | Lahore University of Management Sciences | LUMS | University | — | — |
| Library Information Services, CIIT Lahore | Lahore | Punjab | — | CIIT Lahore | University | — | |
| National Library of Engineering Sciences | Lahore | Punjab | UET Lahore | UET Lahore | University | — | |
| Pakistan Administrative Staff College Library | Lahore | Punjab | — | National School of Public Policy | Institutional | — | — |
| People's Bank Library | Lahore | Punjab | — | — | Institutional | — | — |
| Provincial Assembly of the Punjab Library | Lahore | Punjab | — | Provincial Assembly of the Punjab | Legislative | — | — |
| Punjab Public Library, Lahore | Lahore | Punjab | — | Govt. of Punjab | Public | — | — |
| Punjab University Library | Lahore | Punjab | University of the Punjab | University of the Punjab | University | — | — |
| Quaid-e-Azam Library | Lahore | Punjab | Bagh-e-Jinnah | Govt. of Punjab | Public | — | — |
| e-Library, Lahore | Lahore | Punjab | — | Punjab IT Board & Sports Board Punjab | Digital / Public | — | |
| Government Jinnah Public Library | Sahiwal | Punjab | — | Municipal | Public | — | — |
| e-Library, Sahiwal | Sahiwal | Punjab | — | Punjab IT Board & Sports Board Punjab | Digital / Public | — | |
| Government Urdu Adab Library | Sahiwal | Punjab | — | Municipal | Public | — | — |
| Jinnah Hall Library | Sargodha | Punjab | — | Municipal | Public | — | — |
| Central Library, University of Sargodha | Sargodha | Punjab | — | University of Sargodha | University | — | |
| e-Library, Sargodha | Sargodha | Punjab | — | Punjab IT Board & Sports Board Punjab | Digital / Public | — | |
| Garrison Public Library | Multan | Punjab | — | Pakistan Army / Garrison | Public | — | — |
| e-Library, Multan | Multan | Punjab | — | Punjab IT Board & Sports Board Punjab | Digital / Public | — | |
| Municipal Library Rawalpindi | Rawalpindi | Punjab | — | Municipal | Public | — | — |
| Cantonment Public Library | Rawalpindi | Punjab | — | Rawalpindi Cantonment Board | Public | — | — |
| BUITEMS Library | Quetta | Balochistan | Quetta | BUITEMS | University | — | — |
| Cantonment Public Library | Quetta | Balochistan | Shahrah-e-Aziz Bhatti | Cantonment Board | Public | — | — |
| Quaid-e-Azam Library | Quetta | Balochistan | — | Municipal / Govt. of Balochistan | Public | — | — |
| Main Library, University of Balochistan | Quetta | Balochistan | — | University of Balochistan | University | — | — |
| Library of Cadet College Mastung | Mastung | Balochistan | — | Cadet College Mastung | Military College | — | — |
| Municipal Public Library | Mastung | Balochistan | — | Municipal Committee | Public | — | — |
| Sarawan Digital Library | Mastung | Balochistan | — | — | Digital / Public | — | — |
| LUAWMS Library | Lasbela | Balochistan | — | LUAWMS | University | — | — |
| Sassuli Library | Winder | Balochistan | Winder | — | Public | — | — |
| Molana Abdul Haq Library | Turbat | Balochistan | Turbat | — | Public | — | — |
| PHRC Central Library | Islamabad | Islamabad Capital Territory | — | Pakistan Health Research Council | Institutional | — | |
| National Library of Pakistan | Islamabad | Islamabad Capital Territory | — | Cabinet Division / Government of Pakistan | National Library | — | |
| Islamabad Public Library | Islamabad | Islamabad Capital Territory | — | Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad | Public | — | |
| Islamabad Community Library | Islamabad | Islamabad Capital Territory | Sector F-11 Markaz | MCI / Community | Public | — | |
| Islamabad Community Library | Islamabad | Islamabad Capital Territory | Sector G-7, near Iqbal Hall | MCI / Community | Public | — | |
| Islamabad Community Library | Islamabad | Islamabad Capital Territory | Sector G-8/2 | MCI / Community | Public | — | |
| Islamabad Community Library | Islamabad | Islamabad Capital Territory | Sector G-11 Markaz | MCI / Community | Public | — | |
| Islamabad Community Library | Islamabad | Islamabad Capital Territory | Sector I-8 Markaz | MCI / Community | Public | — | |
| Islamabad Community Library | Islamabad | Islamabad Capital Territory | Sector I-10/1 | MCI / Community | Public | — | |
| ISSI Library | Islamabad | Islamabad Capital Territory | Institute of Strategic Studies, Atatürk Ave., F-5/2 | Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad | Institutional | — | — |