The National library was established after almost 46 years of independence. Over a short span of 7 years the library has acquired following collections through purchases, copyright deposits, gifts, exchanges, and donations: -
♦ Total collections: 300,000
♦ Purchased books: 10,2000
♦ Books recived through cpoyright: 73,091
♦ Bound volumes of news papers: 56,000
→ International deposits 4,832
→ Personal collections 5,000
→ Rare books 10,000
→ Manuscripts 580
→ Ph.D Thesis 6,000
→ Books on CDs/DVDs 2200
→ Micro fiche(Census report of India)1911-33 48,000
→ Gazette of Pakistan: (since 1949) 1300 bound volumes