National Archives of Pakistan

National Archives of Pakistan

Agency overview
Formed	8 December 1973
Preceding agency	Directorate of Archives and Libraries
Jurisdiction	Government of Pakistan
Agency executive	, Director-General
Parent agency	Cabinet Division[1]
Website	Official Website

The National Archives of Pakistan is a body established by the Government of Pakistan for the purpose of preserving and making available public and private records which have bearings on the history, culture and heritage of Pakistan. Located in Islamabad, the National Archives of Pakistan is a member of the International Council on Archives. Some of its stated functions are the acquisition, preservation, conservation, reprography, restoration, automation, dissemination and access of documents. NAP is also responsible for the facilitation of important state documents and collections of dated files.

History

The Directorate of Archives and Libraries was established in 1951 under the Ministry of Education.^[1] On 8 December 1973, the directorate was bifurcated into two which gave rise to a separate National Archives under the authority of the Culture Division.^[1]

Important collections at the NAP

The National Archives of Pakistan (NAP) houses the following important collections, among others:^[2]

• The Quaid-e-Azam papers
• The Fatima Jinnah papers
• The Ruttie Jinnah papers
• The Muslim League leaders' papers/correspondence
• The National Freedom Movement archives
• The Allama Iqbal papers
• The Abol Hassan Ispahani papers
• The Shams ul Hassan collection (papers, documents, photographs and other archival material etc.)
• The Mufti Fazal Azeem collection
• The Lakha collection
• The Malik Lal Khan collection
• The Nawab Waqar ul Mulk collection
• The Dawoodi collection
• The Mian Afzal Hussain collection
• The Manzoor ul Haq Siddiqui collection
• The Muhammad Siddique collection
• The Atiq Zafar Sheikh collection
• The Hassan Zaheer collection
• The Ehsan Danish collection
• The Aziz Beg collection
• The Sojan Singh Bedi collection
• The Azra Asghar collection
• The Kaleem collection
• The Begum Mahmooda Salim Khan collection

See also

• List of national archives
• List of museums in Pakistan

References

1. Evaluation and Development NAP Retrieved 10 September 2010
2. Habib A. Khan and Zahir Gul National Archives of Pakistan: A Guide to the Collections, pub Islamabad: NAP Publications, Govt of Pakistan, 2012

External links

• Official website