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Lahore International Book Fair

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Lahore International Book Fair is one of the largest and annually international book fair held in Lahore, Pakistan.[1] It is held in Expo Center, Johar Town, Lahore for five days and receives thousands of people from different walks of life.[2] It is a significant educational and cultural event in the city.[3][4]

Lahore has been a centre for publications and to date holds that distinction as more than 80 percent of books in Pakistan and remains the centre of literary, educational and cultural activity in Pakistan.[3] Around 165 local and foreign publishers and education-related organisations have set up stalls in the book fair on a variety of topics, including Islam, history, education, computer and information technology, engineering, business management, medical sciences, agriculture, literature, law and children literature.[5] Foreign publishers represented in the book fair hail from regions such as Middle East, UK, United States and India.[6] This year's book fair would be the first one in the spring (there was one in May, 2022) after a hiatus of 3 years due to COVID, and will run from March 1st to 5th. [7]

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  1. ^ Books galore: Lahore International Book Fair opens its doors, Express Tribune
  2. ^ Book fair concludes
  3. ^ a b Daily Times – Leading News Resource of Pakistan Archived 2008-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "UPCOMING EVENTS". expolahore.com. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  5. ^ Lahore book fair gets tremendous response
  6. ^ 25th Lahore Book Fair opens today | Pakistan | News | Newspaper | Daily | English | Online
  7. ^ http://libftrust.com/
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