President University of Religions, Iran, Syed Abolhassan Navab said on Tuesday that Pakistan was pride of the Islamic world as it was custodian of the thought of poet, philosopher Allama Dr Muhammad Iqbal – the voice which more powerful than the atomic bomb.
Addressing a seminar by Persian Department Punjab University at Al-Raazi Hall New
Campus here, he said the main objective of Islamic revolution was self-reliance – best conceived by Allama Iqbal, adding that Allama Iqbal and Imam Khomeini had same view on self-confidence.
“Presence of Allama Iqbal in Pakistan is a matter of pride for the people of the region and we breathe with the name of Pakistan,” he added.
PU Vice-Chancellor Prof Niaz Ahmed Akhtar, Acting Vice-Chancellor Allam Iqbal Open University Prof. Dr. Nasir Mahmood, from different universities of Iran including Dr Muhammad Najaf Lakzai, Ustad Abdolhadi Masoodi, Hossein Ahmadi and Ebrahim Amini, former PU VC Prof. Dr. Muhammad Saleem Mazhar, Dean Faculty of Oriental Learning Prof Dr Moinuddin Nizami, Chairman of Persian Department Prof Dr Muhammad Nasir, heads of departments, faculty members and a large number of students were present.
Syed Abolhassan Navab said that terror, fear and extremism were not part of Islamic teachings.
He said that he raised the slogan of ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ in front of ten thousand people in Skardu and that the country which came into being in the name of Islam has to remain forever.
