The day will dawn with special prayers for the solidarity and prosperity of the country and wellbeing of the Muslims. Fateha and Quran Khwani will be held at mosques and the mazar of Allama Iqbal. National flags will be hoisted atop the main government buildings and homage will be paid to the great philosopher. The government has already declared public holiday to observe the day in a befitting manner.
There will be special exhibition of books and relics at Iqbal Museum Lahore, National Museum Karachi and Iqbal Manzil Sialkot. Cinema houses will make arrangements to screen documentary films on Iqbal's life. The traditional ceremony of change of guards will also take place on the Mazar-e-Iqbal. A large number of people belonging to all walks of life will visit the Mazar to pay tributes to poet of the east.
To pay tribute to Allama Iqbal, the TV and Radio channels will present special programmes highlighting the life, ideas and achievements of Dr Allama Mohammad Iqbal. Newspapers will also highlight the contribution of the national poet for the achievement of a separate homeland for the Muslims. Social, cultural, educational and literary organisations have also planned different programmes and activities to mark the day in a befitting manner.
Born on November 9, 1877 in Sialkot, Allama Mohammad Iqbal through his poetry awakened the Muslims of the subcontinent and convinced them to demand a separate homeland where they can live with dignity and exercise their social, religious and cultural rights. Allama Iqbal was a strong proponent of the political and spiritual revival of Islamic civilisation across the world, but specifically in India. A series of famous lectures he delivered to this effect were published as 'The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam'. Being one of the most prominent leaders of All India Muslim League, Iqbal encouraged the creation of a state in north-western India for Indian Muslims in his 1930 presidential address.