Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Masood Khan, led tributes to Allama Iqbal at a special meeting marking his birth anniversary, saying the national poet-philosopher was ‘our ideological compass and lode star’.
“Iqbal dreamed of Pakistan, and we are a manifestation of his dream,” the envoy told the meeting held at the Pakistan embassy here.
In addition, a photo exhibition was also arranged by the embassy in collaboration with the International Academy of Letters, USA, the Sadequain Foundation, USA, and the Sadequain Gallery of Chicago to pay tribute to the iconic calligrapher, painter, and poet, Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, known as Sadequain Naqqash.
Highlighting Iqbal’s life and mission, Ambassador Masood Khan said, “He is our ideological compass and our lodestar. When we are looking for direction, we refer to Iqbal because he gave us the ideological basis for the state of Pakistan.”
A poet par excellence, the ambassador said, “His thought has influenced the whole of South Asia, Afghanistan, and Iran.—APP
