The 87th death anniversary of philosopher poet Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal is being observed today.
As per Radio Pakistan a special ceremony in this connection was held at the Pakistan National Council of Arts Islamabad.
Speaking at the ceremony, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhry highlighted Iqbal’s contributions; saying through his poetry, Dr. Iqbal awakened the Muslim Ummah and granted them intellectual liberation.
He urged the nation to adopt Iqbal’s ideals for national progress and unity working together for the country’s development.
PM Shehbaz’s message
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif called upon the nation to embrace the principles of Allama Muhammad Iqbal in individual and collective lives to build Pakistan as a strong, sovereign and developed country.
In a message on the death anniversary of Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal observed on April 21, he said, “Today, on his death anniversary, we pay tribute to Pakistan’s ideological builder, great thinker and Poet of the East Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal.”
Iqbal was not only a poet, but was a farsighted leader who presented the concept of a separate country for the Muslims of the sub-continent, he added.
Shehbaz Sharif said Iqbal’s philosophy of selfhood and his poetry not only provided an ideological basis for the movement of Pakistan but also breathed a new spirit in the Muslims of the Indo-Pakistan sub-continent.
He said Allama Iqbal was the first thinker who, in his address of 1930 in Allahabad, presented a clear concept of a separate state for the Muslims of the sub-continent.
