Pakistan Navy and Rangers Pay Tribute on Allama Iqbal’s 147th Birth Anniversary

Pakistan Navy and Rangers Pay Tribute on Allama Iqbal’s 147th Birth Anniversary

Smartly turned-out contingents of Pakistan Rangers and Pakistan Navy took charge of the guards’ duties.

Commander Central Punjab of Pakistan Navy, Rear Admiral Azhar Mehmood, was the chief guest of the ceremony.

The chief guest inspected the contingents of the Rangers and Pakistan Navy and laid a floral wreath at the Mazar on behalf of Admiral Pakistan Navy, Naveed Ashraf, and offered Fateha.

Allama Iqbal was born on 9th November 1877 in Sialkot.

He passed his M.A. in philosophy from Government College Lahore after which for higher education he went to London and did his law at Lincoln’s Inn.

He did his PhD in philosophy at Germany’s Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich.

Acting President Yousaf Raza Gillani and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have paid tribute to Allama Muhammad Iqbal on his 147th birth anniversary.

Acting President Gillani in a message on the anniversary, has said that Allama Iqbal’s philosophy and thought created the path to the independent country. “We renew our determination for the unity, peace, and prosperity of the country”.

“Allama Iqbal was an insightful poet and philosopher, and his thoughts and writings had a profound impact over the subcontinent as well as the world and created the spirit for freedom in Muslims,” Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said.

“His philosophy united the Muslims of the Subcontinent and gave them the dream of a separate homeland. We must renew our determination to give reality to the teachings of Iqbal,” he added.