LAHORE - Amid presence of a tiny opposition, the Punjab Assembly on Monday elected PML-N nominees Rana Muhammad Iqbal and Sher Ali Gorchani as speaker and deputy speaker respectively, setting the stage for election of the chief minister on June 6.The PPP, with only seven members in a House of 371, ...

Rana Mohammed Iqbal Khan on Monday was re-elected Punjab Assembly Speaker with a thumping majority.Out of a total of 332 votes, Iqbal secured 297 votes while Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed Raja Rashid Hafeez bagged 35 votes. Polling for the Speaker’s slot was held through a secret ...

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has nominated Rana Muhammad Iqbal as Speaker Punjab Assembly, a day after newly elected MPAs took oath of their membership.Rana Iqbal has also served as Speaker in the last tenure.Party sources said Sher Muhammad Gorchani, who belongs to South Punjab, has been tipped as ...

Leader of PML-N‚ Ahsan Iqbal MNA-elect has said that the top priority of the new government would be to address the energy crisis in the country.Addressing a news conference after a meeting of party leaders here in Lahore on Wednesday‚ he expressed the hope that PML-N would succeed to ...

SIALKOTMs Sharon Hamilton Getz, Chairperson of USA’s International Social Development Institute for Education Development, visited the 148 years old Iqbal Manzil (the birthplace of Poet of the East Allama Iqbal) in here. She paid rich tributes to Allama Iqbal for his marvelous services ...

LAHORE -  PML-N MNA-elect Ch Jaffar Iqbal has said that a number of serious challenges are awaiting the incoming government of his party which is fully competent to counter them as it did it in the past.Jaffar who has been elected from NA-106, Gujrat, defeating PPP stalwart Qamar Zaman Kaira ...

Lahore High Court has disqualified former MNA Chaudhry Zahid Iqbal from contesting the upcoming elections over possession of dual nationality.It may be recalled that Zahid Iqbal was arrested in April, for submitting false statement about his dual nationality while filing his nomination paper from ...

LAHORE - Sargodha University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Akram Chaudhry has said that the poetry and thoughts of Allama Iqbal are derived from the Holy Quran and the reference of various Quran’s verses and Hadiths are found in his poetry. He was addressing a special lecture organised by PU ...

  ISLAMABAD- POF Wah chairman Lt Gen M Ahsan Mahmood HI (M) on Monday said POF administration was endeavouring to provide every possible sporting facility to the youth of Wah Cantt so that healthy activities can be promoted in the society.  Inaugurating the newly-established cricket ...

mirpur (ajk) -  People of Azad Jammu and Kashmir observed the 75th death anniversary of poet philosopher and great thinker Allama Dr Muhammad Iqbal here on Sunday, with the pledge to continue their just struggle for the liberation of Kashmir which is tantamount to completing Muslim in line ...

LAHOREThe Nation Editor-in-Chief Majid Nizami recalled having the dream of Allama Muhammad Iqbal true. He was sharing his memories with the participants of a sitting held to mark the 75th death anniversary of Allama Iqbal at Aiwan-i-Karkunan-i-Tehreek-i-Pakistan on Sunday. “Iqbal had the ...

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Post has issued the first ever silver commemorative stamp to mark the 75th death anniversary of Dr Allama Muahmmad Iqbal, poet of the nation. The Rs15 stamp was put on display at the special postal counter arranged by Pakistan Post at Mazar-e-Iqbal, Additional Director ...

  The Indian Muslims were living in deep slumber and doldrums. They were struck between the two extremes: the gloom and doom of slavery and the absence of light for visionary thought and action. Suddenly, nature graced them in the form of Allama Mohammad Iqbal, who possessed full-scale ...

  As the nation heads towards polls in just under three weeks, it commemorates today the 74th anniversary of the death of national poet Allama Muhammmad Iqbal. Before general elections are conducted, this is a last minute opportunity to reflect on how the lofty goals of the Allama, one of ...

LAHORE - Caretaker Information Minister Arif Nizami said on Saturday that Pakistan was the dream of Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal and it was founded on the basis of democracy. Addressing a function held in connection with the death anniversary of Iqbal, he said Pakistan had been founded on the basis of ...

LAHORE - The Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust (NPT) will organise a special sitting in connection with Allama Iqbal’s 75th death anniversary at the Pakistan Movement Workers’ Trust on Sunday.The programme will be presided over by NPT Chairman and TheNation Editor-in-Chief Majid Nizami. The ...

LAHORE - A declamation contest on Allama Iqbal’s verse, among the students, was held at the Aiwan-i-Karkunan-i-Tehreek-i-Pakistan on Friday.The competition is part of the Iqbal Day celebrations being arranged by the Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust in collaboration with the Tehreek-i-Pakistan Workers ...

SIALKOT – Led by Cultural Consulate of Iran in Pakistan Dr Taqi Sadiq, an Iranian delegation visited the 148 years old Iqbal Manzil, the birthplace of Allama Muhammad Iqbal, the Poet of the East, here on Wednesday.On the occasion, the delegation head said that the teachings of Allama Iqbal ...

LAHORE – Famous researcher and Director of ‘Bazm-e-Iqbal’, Professor Muhammad Hanif Shahid during his address at the Aiwan-i-karkunan-i-Tehreek-i-Pakistan at a inter-schools speech competition in connection with “lqbal Day Celebrations” on Wednesday, said that we need ...

LAHORE – Noted Naat Khwan Sarwar Hussain Naqshbandi called for following the teachings of Allama Muhammad Iqbal.He was speaking at a contest of recitation of Iqbal’s poetry at the Aiwan-i-Karkunan-i-Tehreek-i-Pakistan. The programme commenced with the recitation of the Holy Quran by ...

ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad Capital territory Administration (ICTA) here on Saturday declared April as Month of Iqbal (Maah-e-Iqbal) to pay tribute the great philosopher poet, in the capital territory. This was decided at a meeting chaired by the Chief Commissioner Islamabad, Tariq Mahmood ...

NOWSHERA VIRKAN - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate for PP-101 while addressing a public meeting said that the PTI was struggling for building a new Pakistan in accordance with dreams of Allam Iqbal and vision of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.The PTI leader claimed that glowing yardsticks of ...

NOWSHERA VIRKAN - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate for PP-101 while addressing a public meeting said that the PTI was struggling for building a new Pakistan in accordance with dreams of Allam Iqbal and vision of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.The PTI leader claimed that glowing yardsticks of ...

ISLAMABAD – Professor Dr Francis Lamand, a renowned French scholar who has been awarded Tamgha-e-Imtiaz for his services in bringing Islam and the West closer, has expressed the hope that Iqbal Chair would be established soon in Paris as France compared to other European counties has the ...

Late Air Commodore (retd) M. M. Alam was Allama Iqbal's Shaheen who made history on the very first day of the 1965 war by shooting down five Indian Hunters in 60 seconds. That was a time when Lahorites used to fearlessly rush to their roofs and streets to watch the dog-fights and salute their ...

LAHORE – University of Sargodha Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Akram Ch on Wednesday said Allama Iqbal’s poetry was nothing but a reflection of Quran. Addressing a seminar titled: “Iqbal and Quran” at Aiwan-e-Iqbal, the VC said that Iqbal in his verses disseminated the ...

KARACHI - Pakistan cricket's chief selector Iqbal Qasim has no illusions about how tough the forthcoming tour to India is going to be for the national team. "I have no illusions about how hard this tour will be for our team. Although it is a short tour but keeping in mind the significance of the ...

MINCHINABAD - The Tehsil Bar Association and the private schools' administration organised several programmes in connection with the celebration of Iqbal Day here in a befitting manner.The Senior Scholar Public School, Pakistan Public School MacLeod Ganj, Paradise Public School Bonga Balochan and ...

For all those who had seen the aura of life and energy about Iqbal Haider, the news of his death is no less than a tragedy. He was suffering from a disease of the respirator system, that coupled with a heart ailment abruptly took his life at the relatively young age of 67. After completing his LLB ...

LAHORE – The Unique College Unique Talent Club will organise a function in connection with Iqbal Day at Alhamra today (Tuesday). Justice (r) Javed Iqbal will be the chief guest while Justice (r) Nasira Javed Iqbal, Dr Khurshid Rizvi and Hussain Majrooh would be the guests. Debate and ...