Iqbal Day celebrated with zeal

ISLAMABAD: The nation celebrated the 130th birth anniversary of poet-philosopher Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal on Friday with zeal. The government had announced the day as holiday and all government offices and educational institutions remained closed. However, schools and colleges arranged different programmes to highlight the life of Allama Iqbal. Similarly, social, cultural and literary organisations chalked out different programmes to pay glowing tributes to the Poet of the East, who had visualized a separate homeland for the Muslims of the Sub-continent.