ISLAMABAD: The federal government has announced a public holiday on November 9, on account of Iqbal Day.
The federal government has issued a public holiday notification on Saturday, November 9, on Iqbal Day.
Iqbal Day is marked with special prayers in mosques for progress and prosperity, a Change of Guards ceremony at his mausoleum in Lahore and various events across the country to pay homage to the country’s national poet.
Separately, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday announced that banks would remain closed on November 9 on account of the Iqbal Day, the birth anniversary of the Poet of the East, Muhammad Iqbal.
November 9 is observed as ‘Iqbal Day’ across Pakistan to mark the birth anniversary of Dr Allama Mohammad Iqbal. This year would be his 147th birth anniversary.
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