Quaid-e-Azam Library
| Quaid-e-Azam Library | |
|---|---|
| قائدِ اعظم لائبریری | |
Lawrence Hall (left) and Montgomery Hall (right), now the Quaid-e-Azam Library | |
| 31°33′46″N 74°20′30″E / 31.56278°N 74.34167°E | |
| Location | Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Type | Public reference library |
| Established | 25 December 1984 (library) Buildings completed 1866 |
| Collection | |
| Size | 141,000 volumes (2022) |
| Legal deposit | No |
| Access and use | |
| Access requirements | Open membership (ID required) |
| Members | ≈ 17,000 (2022) |
| Other information | |
| Director | Board of Governors (Chair: Chief Minister, Punjab) |
| Website | qal |
The Quaid-e-Azam Library (Urdu: قائدِ اعظم لائبریری) is a public library in located within the Bagh-e-Jinnah in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The library was constructed in the mid 19th century during the British Raj and consists of Victorian era Lawrence and Montgomery Halls. The library has a collection of 125,000 books in English, Urdu, Arabic and Persian.