Pakistan celebrates start anniversary of nationwide poet Allama Iqbal

The day dawned with particular prayers in mosques for the progress and prosperity of Pakistan.

Popularly identified in Pakistan and different components of the world as “Poet of the East”, Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal was born in Sialkot on November 9, 1877.

Iqbal was an acclaimed poet and thinker. He’s credited with writing poetry and utilizing his political affect to demand the creation of a separate homeland for Muslims. His Allahabad tackle of 1930 was a watershed second in pre-partition politics.

Allama Iqbal’s tackle gave a transparent path and separate id to Muslims of the sub-continent to realize Pakistan.

A Change of Guards ceremony was held on the mausoleum of Allama Iqbal in Lahore this morning to pay tribute to the acclaimed scholar.

A contingent of the Pakistan Navy assumed the honorary change of guard on the mausoleum.