Dignified change of guards ceremony held at Mazar-e-Iqbal
Pakistan
A contingent of Pakistan Air Force takes over security duties at masoleum
LAHORE (Dunya News) - A dignified change of guards ceremony was held at Mazar-e-Iqbal in Lahore in connection with Pakistan Day.
Air Vice Marshal Tariq Mehmood attended the event as a special guest. On this occasion, a smartly turned out contingent of Pakistan Air Force took over the security duties at Mazar-e-Iqbal.
The air vice marshal laid floral wreath at Mazar-e-Iqbal. He offered fateha and recorded his comments in the guest book.
Allama Iqbal was born on Nov 9, 1877 in Sialkot. He passed his M.A in philosophy from the Government College, Lahore after which he went to London for higher education and did his law from Lincoln’s Inn.
He did his PhD in philosophy from Germany’s Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich. Among his 12,000 verses of poetry, about 7,000 verses are in Persian.
