Quaid-e-Azam Library

The library was constructed in the mid 19th century during the British Raj and consists of Victorian era Lawrence and Montgomery Halls.

The conformity of style with the earlier building was ensured by G. Stone who, in order to present a single unified whole, linked the space between the two halls by a covered corridor.

The original curved roof of the Montgomery Hall was disassembled and substituted in 1875 with a teak floor for singing and dancing.

The roof was coated, stimulated and corrugated with a decorative carved wooden cling stunningly painted in Egyptian and Italian patterns and fitted with glass windows.

On May 1, 1878, the services of the halls, library and the reading room officially got the name of “Lahore and Mian Mir Institute.” The amenities, particularly the elitism of the place, turned it into a club where the people started getting registered as members.

The computer lab has been serving as a resource center for reference materials to scholars, researchers and graduate students of colleges and universities across the country.