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SBP Declared Bank Holiday On Allama Iqbal Day 9th November
SBP declared November 9th a public holiday due to Allama Iqbal Day.
To commemorate Iqbal Day, the 145th birthday of Dr. Allama Mohammad Iqbal, the federal government has declared 9th November (Wednesday) a national holiday.
An official announcement said: “The Prime Minister has had the pleasure of requesting that November 9 (Iqbal Day) be honored as a public holiday.”
Millions of Muslims across the subcontinent have been blessed by Dr. Iqbal was greatly influenced in his search for a homeland for the free practice of Islam.
The day would begin with special prayers offered in mosques for the development and prosperity of Pakistan.
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Allama Iqbal was born in Sialkot on 9th November 1877, Iqbal is often referred to as the “Poet of the East” in Pakistan and other parts of the world.
𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲! 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟎𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐#SBP will remain closed on Wednesday, November 9, 2022 being public holiday on the occasion of Allama Iqbal Day. https://t.co/6cBcZOb73N pic.twitter.com/drE8iBPmcz
— SBP (@StateBank_Pak) November 8, 2022
Iqbal was a well-known poet and thinker. He is credited with creating poetry and using his political influence to call for the establishment of a Muslim homeland separate from other nations.
His speech in Allahabad in 1930 marked a turning point in pre-partition politics.