KARACHI: The Managing Committee of Karachi World Book Fair (KWBF) has revealed at a press conference that besides 140 leading publishers and booksellers from Pakistan, 40 exhibitors from 17 countries will also participate in the Karachi World Book Fair (KWBF) from 18th – 22nd  Dec’25 in the three halls 1, 2 & 3 at the Karachi Expo Center. The five- day Karachi World Book Fair 2025 is organized by Event and Conference International Pvt. Ltd. in association with Pakistan Publishers & Book sellers Association (PPBA).

KWBF Managing Committee said that Minister of Education & Literacy department Government of Sindh Mr. Syed Sardar Ali Shah will inaugurate the Book Fair as Chief Guest on 18th December 2025. Mr. Mohammad Ahmed Shah, President of Arts Council of Pakistan, will be our Guest of Honor.

This book fair provides an exclusive opportunity to reach out to citizens and book lovers in Pakistan’s largest city and trade hub Karachi.

This premier event brings together domestic and international publishers, booksellers, librarians and institutional customers. The event provides an excellent opportunity to readers to view and purchase the best Pakistan and International books and publications and also offers an opportunity to writers to interact with publishers. The positive reception to this event over the recent years has increased the number of participants and attendees to make it the largest Book Fair event in the history of Pakistan each year.

Publishers from Turkey, Singapore, China, Malaysia, UK, UAE and other countries are attending the international event. It has become a remarkable literary event with educated and motivated visitors from all walks of life.  More than 325  stands shall display books on all subjects to discern readers, including vast numbers of families, students and book lovers from all over the country.

These views were expressed by Convener of  KWBF, Mr. Waqar Mateen Khan and Mr. Kamran Noorani, Chairman of Pakistan Publishers and Booksellers Association while speaking at a press conference, held at a local hotel here yesterday.

Mr. Waqar Mateen Khan expressed his gratitude to the publishers and booksellers for their participation in the fair and the Managing Committee for their untiring efforts to make this event possible.

He hoped that this year passed record-breaking number of visitors in the Karachi World Book Fair. Mr. Kamran Noorani Chairman, Pakistan Publishers and Booksellers Association (PPBA) stressed that this edition will be remarkable and distinctive as efforts are being made to establish effective working relationships with key international book fairs leading towards an exchange of professional expertise for highlighting the importance of book fairs at national and international level.

He reiterated that "Around 500,000 people are expected to visit the World. Various book launchings and book release ceremonies will also be held for notable writers during the fair besides entertaining various contests like drawing, recitation, extempore speech, and quizzes for kids.

Timings of the fair is 10 am to 9 pm daily from Thursday, 18th till Monday, 22nd  December 2025.

Deputy Convener Syed Nasir Hussain, Vice Chairman Nadeem Mazhar, Ahsan Jaffery, Muhammad Iqbal Gaziani, Iqbal Saleh Mohammad, Nadeem Akhtar, Saleem Abdul Hussain , Hoori Noorani ,Arsalan Matin khan ,Rashid Ul Haque and Shaikh Jamal uddin also attended the Press conference.