Aiwan-e-Iqbal (

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: ) is an office complex and monument in

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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 ''Allamah'' () is an Islamic honorary title for a profound scholar, a polymath, a man of vast reading and erudition, or a great learned one. The title is carried by scholars of Islamic fiqh (jurisprudence) and philosophy. It is used as an hon ...

, a leader of the

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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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