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He stressed that continuously book reading habit would not only give readers immense knowledge but it would teach them how to behave with others in a manner.<br \/>\nHe emphasized that in a polarized society, book is a loyal and best friend seems to be failing into obscurity. He urged the students to focus on reading books besides their academic learning and make friendship with books for the sake acquiring information. Mujeeb-ur-Rehman, a student, said that he always enjoys reading books and cannot live without them that\u2019s reason he was visiting various libraries to acquire ample knowledge.He said that reading thousand books would tell a reader how to behave and survive in the society. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD In the modern digital age where mobile phones, e-papers and manuscript on internet or social networking websites are the primary source of information, the importance of books is still on the rise. 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