Famous author Paulo Coelho has asked his fans and followers to donate books to Balochistan through a tweet on Monday.

The 72-year-old Paulo Coelho de Souza is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. He gained popularity in the world of books after publishing the novel The Alchemist.

Taking to his Twitter account, renowned novelist Paulo Coelho wrote,

“Send books to Balochistan, they’re building reading rooms.”

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— Paulo Coelho (@paulocoelho) August 17, 2020

Many of his fans appreciated his thoughts and thanked him for his gesture. One of the followers wrote,

“Accept my gratitude and respect from Balochistan. Thank you for your moral support.”

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Accept my gratitude and respect from Balochistan.
Thank you for your moral support. 📚

— A Qahar Kakar (@Drstrange009) August 17, 2020

Another netizen wrote,

“Great initiative… thank you for sharing this…”

Great initiative… thank you for sharing this…

— Majid Khan (@majidthekhan) August 17, 2020

There are several other comments from the twitterites on Coelho’s tweet, have a look!

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Superb! For the life of me the peace I get while in a reading room, library, bookstore and wherever else there’s a book, even between my hands, ain’t from the World 🙏🏽✨🌬🤍💛✨🙏🏽

— Bábs (@SeedOfAnIsland) August 17, 2020

Thank you for support.

— Farooq Saani (@saani_farooq) August 17, 2020

Tysm for this moral support for an educated Balochistan. ❤️❤️

— Abrar Mengal (@AbrarMengal09) August 17, 2020

It is pertinent to mention here that students from different Wadh, Balochistan universities have initiated a Wadh student committee, and together they are turning abandoned places in the city into small libraries.