Ilmi Kitab Khana

Ilmi Kitab Khana
Founded 1948, Lahore, Pakistan
Founder Haji Sardar Muhammad
Key people
 Javaid Iqbal, Chairman & CEO
Brands Markazi Kutab Khana, Pakistan Law Times
Website http://www.ilmikitabkhana.com

Ilmi Kitab Khana, also referred to as Ilmi, is a Pakistani publishing arm in Lahore. It is one of the oldest book publishing companies in Pakistan and specialises in academic publishing. The company produces books in the fields of scientific, technical, medical and law, for intermediate, undergraduate, graduate and continuing education students.[1]

History

In 1946, founder Haji Sardar Muhammad opened a retail bookshop in Jalandhar, India. After the partition, he left everything behind and migrated to Pakistan. In 1948, along with his brothers, Ata Muhammad and Iqbal Muhammad, he opened a retail shop of second hand books in Urdu Bazar, Lahore. In 1950, Ilmi Kitab Khana started publishing academic books, and quickly became the national leader in publishing for intermediate to Masters courses. Soon after, the company established its imprints, Markazi Kutab Khana and Pakistan Law Times. It is now handled by Saeed Iqbal,Javed Iqbal and Parvez Iqbal. These brothers now own there retail shops in Urdu bazaar. It is further handled by their sons Ahmad Saeed,Salman Saeed,Imran Saeed and Hammad Javed.[2]

Distribution network

Ilmi Kitab Khana has large distribution network, covering almost all of Pakistan. The company markets its products to professionals and consumers, students and instructors in higher education, and currently has publications in subject areas of sciences, arts, engineering, technical, law and medical. The company also has publications specifically for competitive examinations. They print their own books and sell them. They also own their own printing press.(entry tests, CSS, PMS, IELTS, GRE and TOEFL).[2][3][4]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Ilmi Kitab Khana on The Nation newspaper, Published 21 August 2013, Retrieved 14 April 2017
  2. 1 2 "Ilmi History". Ilmi Kitab Khana. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  3. ↑ Urdu Lughat rolls out (Urdu dictionary), The Nation newspaper, Published 9 March 2011, Retrieved 14 April 2017
  4. ↑ Ilmi Kitab Khana on Scribd.com website, Retrieved 14 April 2017
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