Harnai Marks Iqbal Day with Rally Led by DC and SP

HARNAI: A dignified and enthusiastic rally and a special ceremony were held in Harnai district on November 9 to mark the birth anniversary of Allama Muhammad Iqbal, the Poet of the East and philosopher of Islam.

Iqbal Day Rally

To mark Iqbal Day, a grand rally was taken out in Harnai district, led jointly by SP Harnai Engineer Abdul Hafeez Jakhrani and DC Harnai Arshad Hussain Jamali.

Heads of all administrative and related government line departments, civil society representatives and a large number of local residents took part in the rally. It passed through the city’s main thoroughfares and bazaars, where participants paid tribute to Allama Iqbal’s ideas, his message of selfhood (khudi) and his national services.

Ceremony at Government Model School

At the end of the rally, a dignified and blessed ceremony was held at Government Model School Harnai.

Addressing the ceremony, speakers shed light in detail on Allama Muhammad Iqbal’s life, his inspiring philosophy, the concept of khudi, and his historic and national services in promoting the two-nation theory.

Speakers said that Allama Iqbal’s teachings and philosophy remain a guiding light for the younger generation today, and that the nation can progress only by acting on his message.

Caption: Deputy Commissioner Harnai Arshad Hussain Jamali addresses a ceremony held at Government Model School Harnai to mark Iqbal Day. A collage shows schoolboys seated in a hall, and the Deputy Commissioner of Harnai with officials at the Iqbal Day event at Government Model School Harnai.

Photo: courtesy DG PR Balochistan