Private Archives

• Bait-ul-Hikmah
  Hamdard University Library
  Karachi, Pakistan
  Collection: 1,083 rare books; 682 microfilms, 936 audio tapes
  Focus: Medicine, science, South Asian history, and Islamic studies

• Institute of Sindhology
  University of Sindh, Jamshoro
  Subject: Sindh history and civilization
  Collection: 32,000 rare books, 490 microfilms, 2,000 audio tapes, 3,000 slides, 17,000 manuscripts
  Facilities: Bureau of production, publication and translation; documentation centre; preserveration centre

• Lok Virsa
  National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage
  Islamabad
  Subject: Pakistani culture, ethnography, folklore
  Collection: 20,000 books, films, videotappes and cassettes
  Facilities: Museum, publishing house, media centre, sound archive

• Punjab Public Library Lahore
  Collection: Baitual Quran section with Quranic manuscripts; rare materials on the Quaran; audio-visual unit

• South Asia Research and Resource Center
  H. No. 763, Street Number 18, G-10/1
  Islamabad
  Tel: 92-51-270674
  Fax: 92-51-278135
  Email: saleem@sdpi.org
  Subject: Historical, political records
  Collection: Assembly recordings of India 1946-7; proceedings of the Punjab Legislative Assembly (1937-47) and National Assembly of Pakistan. Press clippings and party records of Pakistan People's Party, National Awami Party, Pakistan National Party and MQM.
  

• National College of Arts Archives
  Lahore, Pakistan
  Description: The National College of Arts ARCHIVES is the repository of the non-current records of the institution, dating back to its inception in 1875 as the Mayo School of Arts. It is being set up as a result of the Project for the Conservation and Cataloguing of Old Records, started in the summer of 1999 in preparation of the 125th anniversary of the National College of Arts, Lahore.
  Contact:
  National College of Arts
  4-Shahra-e-Quaid-e-Azam
  Lahore, Pakistan
  Tel: 9210601/9210599/7311018
  Fax: 9210500
  Email: nca_archive@hotmail.com; archive@nca.edu.pk

State Archives

• National Archives of Punjab
  Islamabad, Pakistan
  Subject: Public and private records of permanent and historical value
  Collection: 35,000 books; 325 manuscripts; 400 oral archives; 20,000 government publications
  Special: Quaid-e-Azam Papers and Muslim League Records
  Facilities: Reference service and assistance

• National Documentation Centre
  Cabinet Division, Government of Pakistan
  Subject: State Documents incl. treaties and agreements
  Collection: Extensive collection of official records/documents, largest microfilm repository