LAHORE (Dunya News) - A dignified change of guard ceremony was held at the mausoleum of Allama Muhammad Iqbal in Lahore on Monday, with a Pakistan Navy contingent assuming ceremonial guard duties.
Pakistan Navy Station Commander Lahore Commodore Misbah-ul-Amin attended the ceremony as the chief guest, laid a floral wreath at the mausoleum and offered Fateha.
The chief guest inspected the contingents of the Pakistan Rangers and Pakistan Navy participating in the ceremony and recorded his remarks in the visitors’ book.
The 149th birth anniversary of Allama Muhammad Iqbal is being commemorated on today.
Allama Muhammad Iqbal dreamed of a separate homeland and through his poetry, he breathed a new spirit of awakening among the Muslims of the Subcontinent.
His famous presidential address in Allahabad in 1930 is of historic significance. Pakistan came into existence through the teachings of Allama Iqbal and the tireless efforts of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.