Staff Reporter
Coordinator General COMSTECH, Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary has constituted a technical committee to hold the International Iqbal Forum in 2022 in Kazakhstan on the occasion of 30-year anniversary of Pakistan-Kazakhstan relations.
COMSTECH would organize this forum in collaboration with Turkic Academy, Astana, and the government of Kazakhstan to celebrate the work and contribution of Allama Dr. Muhammad Iqbal: the world renowned Muslim philosopher of 20th century.
The technical committee consists upon: Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ali, Vice-Chancellor, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad; Prof. Dr. Saiqa Imtiaz, Vice-Chancellor, Government Sadiq Women University, Bahawalpur; Prof. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Shahid, Chairperson, Department of Persian, Government College University, Lahore; Prof. Dr. Baseera Ambreen, Director, Allama Iqbal Academy, Lahore; Prof. Dr. Syed Muhammad Fareed, Director, Center for Iqbal Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore; Prof. Dr. Muhammad Rafiq-ul-Islam, Head of the Department Iqbal Studies, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur; and Muhammad Murtaza Noor, National Coordinator, Inter-University Consortium for Promotion of Social Sciences, IUCPSS.
Whereas, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Saleem Mazhar, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of the Punjab, Lahore, is the convener of the committee.
COMSTECH organized the Al-Farabi Forum in 2020 in Islamabad in collaboration with Turkic Academy and the government of Kazakhstan.
The Turkic Academy and COMSTECH signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the sidelines of this Forum.
Both organizations agreed to hold forums on famous Muslim scholars to pay homage and celebrate their contribution to the world.