ISLAMABAD, Nov 08 (TNS):President Dr Arif Alvi has underscored the need of following Allama Iqbal\u2019s teachings on Islam and his philosophy of \u201cKhudi\u201d that believed in the promotion of self-respect and human dignity, to make Pakistan a prosperous nation.<\/p>\n
In a message on the occasion of birth anniversary of Allama Muhammad Iqbal being celebrated on Monday, the president said, \u201cIt is a high time to stand united, set aside our differences and work committedly for the socio-economic uplift of the country. Let us pledge on this day to work for the unity of Muslim Ummah, and progress and prosperity of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
The president further said Allama Iqbal\u2019s philosophy of \u201cKhudi\u201d could take them to the heights of development.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur countrymen, particularly the younger generation, need to follow his path and ideals that would greatly help Muslim Ummah in overcoming the modern day\u2019s challenges,\u201d he opined.<\/p>\n
Paying rich homage to the great Muslim philosopher and Poet of the East, Allama Muhammad Iqbal, on his birth anniversary, the president said that he was a great benefactor of the Muslims of sub-continent, who envisioned the idea of a separate homeland for them and later his dream was translated into reality.<\/p>\n
He was a great thinker who imbibed in Muslims the spirit of unity, through his writings and poetry, that greatly helped them to achieve a separate homeland, the president added.<\/p>\n
\u201cAllama Iqbal has rendered great services for the promotion of Muslim cause by infusing a revolutionary spirit in them and playing a prominent role in the renaissance of Muslim society in sub-continent,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD, Nov 08 (TNS):President Dr Arif Alvi has underscored the need of following Allama Iqbal\u2019s teachings on Islam and his philosophy of \u201cKhudi\u201d that believed in the promotion of self-respect and human dignity, to make Pakistan a prosperous nation. In a message on the occasion of birth anniversary of Allama Muhammad Iqbal being celebrated on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamabad","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94579,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94578\/revisions\/94579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/90228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}