Aiwan-e-Iqbal (

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under the administrative control of Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage. The building is named after poet and politician

Allama Muhammad Iqbal Sir Muhammad Iqbal ( ur, ; 9 November 187721 April 1938), was a South Asian Muslim writer, philosopher, Quote: "In Persian, ... he published six volumes of mainly long poems between 1915 and 1936, ... more or less complete works on philoso ...

, a leader of the

Pakistan Movement The Pakistan Movement ( ur, , translit=Teḥrīk-e-Pākistān) was a political movement in the first half of the 20th century that aimed for the creation of Pakistan from the Muslim-majority areas of British India. It was connected to the p ...

who is widely credited with sparking the pan-Islamic thought among the Muslims of the subcontinent in the 20th century. Ceremonies in his honour are sometimes held in the building. Aiwan-e-Iqbal is located at Edgerton Road, Lahore, and includes three rentable buildings, a large

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, meeting rooms, banquet hall and three portrait/painting galleries of Allama Muhammad Iqbal. It was inaugurated in October 1989.

Ministers

* Chaudhary Shafqat Mahmood- 2018–2022

Administrators

The Aiwan-e-Iqbal complex is run by an administrator, appointed by the Federal Government of Pakistan: Here is the list of Administrators of Aiwan-e-Iqbal Complex * Muhammad Arshad - 1993–2002 * Muhammad Suheyl Umar - 2002–2010 * Nadeem Iqbal Abbasi - 2010–2013 * Anjum Waheed - 2013–

Accounts Officer

Shahzad Amin

Caretaker

Chaudhary Nazir Ahmad

Resident Engineer

Chaudhary Muhammad Imran

Protocol Officer

Abdul Jabbar Bhatti

References

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