LAHORE: Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal, son of renowned poet-philosopher Allama Iqbal, passed away at the age of 91 here on Saturday, Pakistan Television reported...
Waleed Iqbal, son of Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal, confirmed the death of his father saying that he passed away at around 8am this morning...
There existed then such a thing as a Secretariat of Poetry, run by Nawab Mirza Khan Dagh, and blessed by the beneficence of the then Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Mahbub Ali Khan...
It was to him that the young Muhammad Iqbal, the son of an ordinary man but the bearer of extraordinary ambition, sent his first lyrics...
Established in 2011, Azad Theatre has staged a number of plays in the last five years, mostly on Sufi poets from Punjab...
Their new play Hussain, The Weaver based on the poetry of great Sufi poet from Lahore, Shah Hussain or Madhoo Lal Hussain, was an exceptionally good production...
Former interior minister Ahsan Iqbal on Monday raised questions over the new government's capability to fulfil the promises which Prime Minister Imran Khan had made in his maiden address to the nation...
"Imran Khan has promised [the nation] to bring back stars," said Iqbal while addressing a press conference in the federal capital...
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain on Thursday met with United States (US) Congressman Dana Rohrabacher and self-exiled Baloch leader, the Khan of Kalat Mir Suleman Dawood Jan, at the MQM's London Secretariat, according to a press release issued through the party's website...
The Khan of Kalat joined the latter half of the meeting, which included lunch and lasted over four hours...
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday formally "welcomed" televangelist, TV host and former Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) lawmaker Aamir Liaquat Hussain into his political party...
While addressing a press conference Khan said, "We welcome Amir into the party, these are the last six months before the elections and we want people to join our political campaign...
ISLAMABAD: After former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief, former ambassador to the United States Abida Hussain also denied on Monday that she had ever received funds from the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in 1990 for creating the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad...
In a two-page statement submitted to the Supreme Court, Ms Hussain stated that the allegations contained in the affidavit of former ISI chief...
Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday said the cooperation envisioned in the industrial sector under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project will ensure the transfer of technology, knowledge, and skills to Pakistan...
“CPEC is helping promote a knowledge-based economy in Pakistan,” the minister said while addressing the seventh meeting of the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) of CPEC, held in...
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal on Saturday challenged the politicians who have accused the government of altering the route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to substantiate their allegations with evidence...
Also read: China-Pakistan corridor: Visibility of the game changerIqbal said China's investment of $46 billion would prove a milestone for Pakistan's economic development and...
ISLAMABAD: With Pakistan and China expected to sign agreements worth $50 billion during the forthcoming visit of President Xi Jinping, Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal has said Islamabad will have to move with Beijing’s pace on operationalising the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC); otherwise China could choose some other route and engage some other partner...
Mr Iqbal, who is steering the multi-billion dollar...
Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday said Pakistan needs to bring its house in order before asking the world for investment...
Speaking at a China-Pakistan Economic Corridor related seminar, Iqbal said, "I will repeat what Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif have already said — we need to bring our house in order before we ask the world to invest in Pakistan...
ISLAMABAD: Federal Mini-ster for Planning, Develop-ment and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal said on Sunday that Pakistan attached great importance to its commitments on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...
“Pakistan has accorded the highest priority to achieving the goals which will enable us to join the league of upper middle class countries by 2030,” Mr Iqbal said while speaking at the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development...
KARACHI: Iqbal Qasim, former chief selector and member of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Governing Board, has declared his willingness to serve national cricket if given any offer from the board...
“It is always an honour to serve Pakistan cricket and it has always been my wish to return something to Pakistan cricket,” Iqbal said while answering a question here at the Karachi Press Club on Thursday where he, alongside chief selector...
AS usual, new books and articles on Iqbal keep pouring in...
Not only in Pakistan but in India, too, the interest in Iqbal’s poetry is not waning...
KARACHI: Veteran sports official and organiser Iqbal Umer said on Thursday that the third Test defeat against the West Indies in Sharjah exposed Pakistani batsmen’s weakness against high-quality leg spin as well as the fast rising ball and coach Mickey Arthur and other support staff must work hard with the team to bring improvement in this area...
Talking to Dawn on Thursday, Iqbal said: “Pakistan players including Azhar Ali, Asad...