Tag: Allama Iqbal
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PPP’s Sardar Latif Khosa joins PTI
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) aggrieved leader Sardar Latif Khosa has officially joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday “on the wish” of former prime minister and founder PTI Imran Khan. “I have made the decision not only in the interest of the country and democracy, but also to raise my voice vigorously for the truth,” he…
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New York City co-names street ‘Allama Iqbal Avenue’ in honor of Pakistani National Poet
In the run-up to Pakistan’s Independence Day, an avenue in New York City has been co-named “Allama Iqbal Avenue”. The honor recognizes Allama Iqbal, an international icon and symbolic figure of Pakistani nationhood, who was instrumental in envisioning a separate homeland for the Muslims of the Subcontinent — a dream that was realized in 1947.…
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Fact check: Did Judge Nasira Iqbal write a statement in favour of Imran Khan?
Claim: Justice (R) Nasira Iqbal made a statement in favor of Imran Khan, validating his conspiracy theory Fact: It was a doctored statement that Nasira Iqbal denied having ever made A message attributed to Justice (retd) Nasira Javed Iqbal is being widely shared on Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp. “I will tell you what crime you…
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Two PHA officials suspended for ‘inefficiency and negligence’ over Iqbal sculpture
Two officials of the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) have been suspended for “inefficiency and negligence of duty” over the Allama Iqbal sculpture placed in Lahore’s Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park. According to a notification issued by the authority, the two officers have been suspended for “negligence of duty and inefficiency”. The park’s Deputy Director Horticulture Shah Nawaz…
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CM Punjab reportedly orders removal of Iqbal statue in Lahore park
Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has reportedly ordered the removal of Allama Iqbal’s sculpture built by the gardeners of Lahore’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park. According to the Focal Person on Digital Media to CM Punjab Azhar Mashwani, the Parks & Horticulture Authority (PHA) will not remove the statue but will fix it so that it looks…
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Iqbal’s sculpture in Lahore park built by gardeners as a tribute
A new sculpture of Allama Muhammad Iqbal, erected at Lahore’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, is all social media can talk about ever since pictures of it emerged on Twitter on Monday. While the structure appeared to be an honest attempt to pay a tribute to the country’s national Poet and renowned scholar, netizens are not happy with…
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Seven interesting facts about the poet of the East, Iqbal
Every year on November 9, Pakistan observes ‘Iqbal Day’ to honour Allama Iqbal – a great politician and a poet – who played a significant role in the struggle for a separate homeland for Muslims of the subcontinent. Here are some of interesting facts about Iqbal, which you didn’t know before. 1. Iqbal could speak seven…