RAC holds Kalam-e-Iqbal contest

Rawalpindi
In connection with the death anniversary of the Poet of the East, Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Rawalpindi Arts Council arranged a tableau and singing of Kalam-e-Iqbal competition here on Tuesday, says a press release.
Chairman Green Task Force (Pride of Performance) Dr Jamal Nasir, accompanied by Naheed Manzoor, Resident Director RAC Waqar Ahmed, Chairman Jinnah Iqbal Fikri Forum Rana Abdul Baqi and office-bearers of Private School Management Association, was the chief guest on the occasion.
Senior poet Aftab Zia and SM Tanvir Nusrat adjudged the competition. In Kalam-e-Iqbal competition, Bright Land School grabbed first, Anglo-Arabic Public Secondary School senior campus secured second, Divisional Public School got third position, and Headway Escula remained fourth.
Similarly, in tableau competition, Bright Land School got first position, Allied School System, city campus, bagged second, Divisional Public School grabbed third, while Iqra Public School remained fourth.
Addressing at the prize distribution ceremony, Dr Jamal Nasir said that young generation must be trained in the line of messages of Dr Allama Iqbal. He said Iqbal’s poetry becomes sources of inspiration for young generation. He said it is need of the time to impart philosophy of Iqbal to young generation. Naheed Manzoor said that Allama Iqbal was not only a thinker, philosopher and intellectual but also a revolutionary poet.
Chairman Jinnah Iqbal Fikri Forum Rana Abdul Baqi said that life, personality and poetry must be taught in schools and colleges so that young generation could be trained according to his philosophy. Resident Director Waqar Ahmed said that organising of this competition is to convey philosophy of Iqbal to young generation. Later, Dr Jamal Nasir distributed shields and certificates among positions holders.