Aiwan-e-Iqbal
The Aiwan-e-Iqbal, ایوانِ اقبال is monument in the name of Founding father, Dreamer of Pakistan Allama Muhammad Iqbal, also known as Poet of the East, شاعرِ مشرق. It is an office complex at Edgerton Road Lahore having three rent-able buildings, a very big convention hall, Meeting rooms, banquet hall and three portrait/painting galleries of Allama Muhammad Iqbal. It is a public sector building in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, under the administrative control of Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage.[1]
`Aiwan-e-Iqbal` Complex is a monumental building constructed in Lahore to portray a semblance of Iqbal's philosophical thought and message for Muslim Ummah by providing sustained financial resources for the Activating and the Projects of the Iqbal Academy Pakistan.
The building is named after Allama Muhammad Iqbal and ceremonies in his honour are sometimes held in the building.[2]
Administrator
Aiwan-e-Iqbal Complex is run by Administrator, appointed by Federal Government of Pakistan:
- Mr. Muhammad Arshad - 1993-2002
- Mr. Muhammad Suheyl Umar - 2002-2010
- Mr. Nadeem Iqbal Abbasi - 2010-2013
- Mr. Anjum Waheed - 2013- to date
References
- ↑ Aiwan-e-Iqbal Complex
- ↑ "Iqbal Day celebrated with traditional zeal and fervour". Daily Times. 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
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