Special Committee formed to promote Iqbal’s messages

ISLAMABAD, May 23 (APP):Advisor to Prime Minister on National History and Literary Heritage (NH&LH), Irfan Siddiqui Wednesday formed a special committee titled “Farogh-i-Fiqr-i-Iqbal” to devise a comprehensive
plan for promoting messages of Allama Muhammad Iqbal among youth.
Presiding over the first meeting of newly constituted Board
of Governors (BoG) of Iqbal Academy of Pakistan (IAP), Irfan Siddiqui said the
committee, renowned expert, Rafi ud Din Hashmi, will decide how
different mediums including Drama, Film and Songs could be vitally used for
disseminating Iqbal’s message among young generation.
The BoG meeting approved the budget for the year 2018-19 and
future projects of the academy and decided to hold Iqbal Conference once a
year.
The members of BoG also appreciated the efforts of Advisor to
Prime Minister, Irfan Siddiqui, Federal Secretary of NH&LH Division,
Engineer Aamir Hasan and Director IAP for successfully organizing Iqbal
Conference recently and said launch of Mobile Application of “Kalam-i-Iqbal”
and its Deluxe edition are excellent initiatives.
The meeting unanimously decided to nominate renowned expert
on Iqbal from Balochistan, Abdul Rauf Rafiqui as Iqbal Ambassador for
Afghanistan, Central Asian States and Turkey.
Abdul Rauf Rafiqui was given responsibility to suggest steps
for arranging conferences and other literary activities in these areas to
promote Iqbal’s messages.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be approached to assist in this regard.
The meeting also formed a committee for conducting translation of Kalam-i-Iqbal from Persian to Urdu language.
Speaking on the occasion, Irfan Siddiqui appreciated the
cooperation and performance of Federal Secretary, Engineer Aamir Hasan and
other staff for revitalizing the 12 institutions working under the division.
He said arrangement of Iqbal Conference after 16 years’ gap
is a big achievement which should be continued without any disruption.
Irfan Siddiqui said the division had resolved the issue of
funds shortage for literary activities through establishing an endowment fund
worth Rs 500 million.
Irfan Siddiqui welcomed the newly appointed members of BoG
including Professor Ahsan Akbar, Professor Jalil Aali, Dr. Fatima Hassan, Dr.
Rubina Shaheen, Abdur Rauf Rafiqui, Vice President, Shahzad Qaiser and
Treasurer, Muhammad Shafi.
He hoped that their guidance and recommendations would help
Iqbal Academy to pursue its mission of promotion of Iqbal’s works and messages
among younger generation.
Federal Secretary, Aamir Hasan thanked the Advisor on the
behalf of the division and said he had rendered a big contribution for uplifting
literature in the country through reviving all the literary institutions of
the division in a creative way.
The BoG members also eulogized the efforts of the Advisor for
betterment of literary institutions.
Director IAP, Muhammad Baksh Sangi briefed the members about
performance, budget and different projects of the academy.