2024

Pakistan Announces Public Holiday for Iqbal Day

The federal government of Pakistan has announced a public holiday in Pakistan on Iqbal day, November 9th 2024, to honour the contributions of a great poet and philosopher Allama Iqbal.

According to the official notification issued by the cabinet division, the people of Pakistan will observe a public holiday on Saturday.

Iqbal Day is observed in Pakistan annually to commemorate the birth anniversary of Allama Muhammad Iqbal, the country’s national poet and philosopher.

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