Gwadar school marks Iqbal Day with speech contest, prizes for winning students

GWADAR: A dignified ceremony was held at the Government Boys Model High School Gwadar on the birth anniversary of Allama Dr Muhammad Iqbal, the poet of the East, thinker of Pakistan and great philosopher, with students and teachers in attendance.

The ceremony began with recitation from the Holy Quran. Maulana Rehmdil compered the event.

On this occasion, students and the school principal, Abdul Majeed K.B. Baloch, spoke on Allama Iqbal’s many-sided personality, his thought and philosophy, the art of his poetry, his literary and scholarly contributions, and his national and collective ideas.

Speakers said Iqbal’s poetry was not merely a collection of words but a living intellectual movement that instils in the young generation a sense of selfhood, self-respect, self-confidence, lofty vision, persistent action and a thirst for knowledge.

His philosophy of khudi (selfhood), they said, teaches people to recognise their abilities, set high goals and achieve success through sustained struggle. Through his poetry, Iqbal gave young people the message of the eagle’s high flight, courage, freedom of thought and nobility of character, which remains a guiding light for national development and progress today.

Speech contest results

In the speech competition, students addressed various aspects of Iqbal’s thought, poetry and the philosophy of khudi. Mudassir Abdul Ghafoor Mehar secured first position, Khalil Ali took second place, and Thalith Akram won third position.

At the close of the ceremony, Principal Abdul Majeed K.B. Baloch, Vice Principal Khalid Karim and other teachers presented prizes to students who had distinguished themselves.

Photo caption: Principal Abdul Majeed K.B. Baloch, Vice Principal Khalid Karim and other teachers of Gwadar Government Model School hand out prizes to students who secured prominent positions in the speech competition held on Iqbal Day. (Photo: DG PR)

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