AIOU to mark Iqbal Day

ISLAMABAD: The Department of Iqbaliyat, Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) with cooperation of Rebaat-e-Iqbal will arrange a special programme to mark Iqbal Day on November 9 (Friday) in befitting manner.

The programme to be held at Begum Nusrat Bhutto Auditorium is aimed at paying homage to the great poet who envisioned the idea of a separate homeland for the Muslims of subcontinent.

Farzand-e-Iqbal, Justice (R) Dr. Javed Iqbal would be the chief guest while Prof. Dr. Nazir Ahmed Sangi, Vice-Chancellor, AIOU will preside over the function.

Justice (R) Dr. Javed Iqbal will deliver a key-note address on the idea of the national poet and philosopher Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal for a separate homeland.

Justice (R) Dr. Nasira Iqbal will express her views on "the need and importance of women education in the vision of Iqbal".

Other speakers of the function comprises, The Chairman, Department of Iqbaliyat, Prof. Dr. Shahid Iqbal Kamran, Iqbal Feroz, Patron in Chief, Rebaat-e-Iqbal and Prof. Dr. Rashid A Naeem, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, AIOU.

Kulyat-e-Iqbal Urdu would also be presented amongst the participants in the Iqbal Day function.(APP)