Founder Haji Sardar Muhammad Country of origin Pakistan | Founded 1948 | |
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Imprints Markazi Kutab Khana, Pakistan Law Times Official website | ||
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.
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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.(P.L.T.).
Work
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 sale them. They also own a printing press.(entry tests, CSS, PMS, IELTS, GRE and TOEFL).