2013 Quaid-e-Azam Residency attack 2013 Quaid-e-Azam Residency attack On June 15, 2013, the historical Quaid-e-Azam Residency, which housed the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, in his last two months and ten days, was attacked and completely burnt down by militants belonging to the Balochistan Liberation Army. The reconstruction work was completed and the reconstructed Ziarat Residency was inaugurated on Independence Day, 2014. Four to five terrorists riding on two motorcycles attacked the heritage site immediately after midnight on June 15, 2013. They fired three rockets from an unknown location, then stormed the building using assault rifles and hand grenades. A policeman identified as
Quaid-e-Azam Library Zia-ul-Haq officially inaugurated the Quaid-e-Azam Library. In 2013, the government constructed two basements on the western and eastern sides of the library to add 20,000 sq. meters of reading space. As of 2014, the library has 125,000 volumes, both in English and Urdu languages. Nearly two thousand books are added to the library annually. It has more than 17,000 people enrolled as the members of the library. The Lawrence Hall is normally used as an assembly room for public meetings and theatrical and musical amusements. Nearly 19,000 people visit the library annually. It is a non-lending library. Quaid-e-Azam Library The