From the outside, it just seems like your run-of-the-mill cramped bookstore from days gone by but its dilapidated exterior belies the history held within. As you walk into the bookshop, youre exposed to the musty smell of old leather books and crinkled parchment. The books themselves seem like curios from an age long since gone. As the caretaker (a former World Bank employee) was kind enough to tell us, the bookstore has a nice history. Once a bastion of law books that everyone flocked to buy, it had fallen into disrepair once the internet and its dastardly ebook era came in. The caretaker, also an author, is trying to salvage it and create something new. The store gives the cozy feeling of a bookstore built within a house by a closely-knit family who live just above. However, the second floor was a publishing house before being turned into a sort of gallery where artists flaunt their work. I quite enjoyed the watercolour paintings of the city. Unassuming little place but Id visit for the old parchment maps and the delightful paintings.
An old Bookstore famous for selling Law books and Government related print matter. In the past it used to sell Gazette of Pakistan etc Since everything is being digitized they started losing business so they opened an art gallery & a reading room.It was part of Karachi Biennale
Lovely bookshop. A must-visit
One of the oldest book shop in Karachi, it is the museum more then a shop..
Every kind of law books you can purchase
I loved it
Its book stall only
All type off book
Nice
Books for all ages
Love
Books lovers
Nice