Iqbal Day Message: Provincial Adviser Calls for Acting on Iqbal’s Ideas

QUETTA: Provincial Adviser on Environment and Climate Change Nasim Rehman Khan Malakhel, in his message on Iqbal Day on 9 November, said that on the occasion of the 149th birth anniversary of the Islamic thinker and poet of the East, Allama Muhammad Iqbal, the whole nation was being congratulated.

He said that 9 November was not merely a commemoration of the birth of a great personality, but a day of intellectual awakening and the revival of selfhood (khudi).

He said that Allama Iqbal had roused the Muslim Ummah from the sleep of heedlessness through his ideas and lofty poetry. His philosophy of khudi teaches human dignity, self-respect and continuous struggle.

He said that by laying the foundation of the Two-Nation Theory, he envisioned a separate homeland for the Muslims of the subcontinent, which under the leadership of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah became a reality.

Role and Determination of the Shaheen

The provincial adviser said that acting upon Iqbal’s ideas is the most important need of the hour to meet the challenges facing Pakistan today. Iqbal gave the youth the name ‘Shaheen’ and expected from them high aspiration, self-respect and positive thinking.

He said that today’s young generation must play the role of Iqbal’s Shaheen and come forward in the field of action for the development, unity and stability of the country and the nation.

On this Iqbal Day, he said, we resolve to eliminate prejudice, sectarianism and despair, and to promote Allama Iqbal’s principles of unity, organisation and khudi, so that Pakistan can be made a strong, dignified and peaceful state.