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Special committee formed to promote Iqbal’s messages

May 24, 2018

Islamabad : Adviser to Prime Minister on National History and Literary Heritage (NH&LH), Irfan Siddiqui Wednesday formed a special committee titled ‘Farogh-i-Fiqr-i-Iqbal’ to devise a comprehensive plan for promotion of messages of Allama Muhammad Iqbal among youth.

Presiding over the first meeting of newly constituted Board of Governors (BoG) of Iqbal Academy of Pakistan (IAP), Irfan Siddiqui said the committee, headed by expert on Iqbal, Rafi ud Din Hashmi, will decide how different mediums including Drama, Film and Songs can be vitally used for disseminating Iqbal’s message among young generation.

The BoG meeting approved the budget for the year 2018-19 and future projects of the academy and decided to hold Iqbal Conference once a year.

The members of BoG also appreciated the efforts of Advisor to Prime Minister, Irfan Siddiqui, Federal Secretary of NH&LH Division, Engineer Aamir Hasan and Director IAP for successfully organizing Iqbal Conference recently and said launch of Mobile Application of ‘Kalam-i-Iqbal’ and its Deluxe edition are excellent initiatives.

The meeting unanimously decided to nominate renowned expert on Iqbal from Balochistan, Abdul Rauf Rafiqui as Iqbal Ambassador for Afghanistan, Central Asian States and Turkey.

Abdul Rauf Rafiqui was given responsibility to suggest steps for arranging conferences and other literary activities in these areas to promote Iqbal’s messages. Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be approached to assist in this regard.

The meeting also formed a committee for conducting translation of Kalam-i-Iqbal from Persian to Urdu language.

Speaking on the occasion, Irfan Siddiqui appreciated the cooperation and performance of Federal Secretary, Engineer Aamir Hasan and other staff for revitalizing the 12 institutions working under the division.

He said arrangement of Iqbal Conference after 16 years’ gap is a big achievement which should be continued without any disruption.

Irfan Siddiqui said the division has resolved the issue of funds shortage for literary activities through establishing an endowment fund worth Rs. 500 million.

Irfan Siddiqui welcomed the newly appointed members of BoG including Professor Ahsan Akbar, Professor Jalil Aali, Dr. Fatima Hassan, Dr. Rubina Shaheen, Abdur Rauf Rafiqui, Vice President, Shahzad Qaiser and Treasurer, Muhammad Shafi.

He hoped that their guidance and recommendations will help Iqbal Academy to pursue its mission of promotion of Iqbal’s works and messages among younger generation.

Federal Secretary, Aamir Hasan thanked the Advisor on the behalf of the division and said he has rendered a big contribution for uplift of literature in the country through reviving all the literary institutions of the division in a creative way.

The BoG members also eulogized the efforts of the Advisor for betterment of literary institutions.

Director IAP, Muhammad Baksh Sangi briefed the members about performance, budget and different projects of the academy.