PESHAWAR: Secretary Higher Education Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Anila Mehfooz Durrani on Thursday inaugurated book fair in Pakhtunkhwa House Mardan and stressed to make efforts for inculcating book reading habits among youths. The book fair was jointly organized by District Administration Mardan and National Book Foundation. Addressing the ceremony, she highlighted benefits of book reading and said that our younger generation has parted ways with books in current era of modern technology and added that it is alarming for all of us. She said that mental ability of our youth has also been affected due to their lack of interests in books except that are related to their education. She urged parents to inform children about benefits of books and said that books are primary source of knowledge and enlightenment and their importance for orientation of youth should not be undermined. APP
