The Shah Latif Library
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The Shah Latif Library, Chak, established in 1979 by local people on self-help basis, is the only library of Chak Town, Shikarpur District, Sindh. The library is named after the great Sufi scholar and saint Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1689-1752), who is considered as the greatest poet of the Sindhi language. The library has a repository of thousands of books mainly donated by local people. Unfortunately, now it is in a deplorable condition as it is housed in a rented old tattered building. The town very badly needs a new library with state-of-the-art facilities, which is only a dream now.
Apart from the The Shah Latif Library and Bhitai Bazar, there are many shops and a school named after Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai in town, which shows the attachement of the local folk with the great sufi saint.
