Schools in Sindh to remain closed on Nov 9 on account of Iqbal Day
The Sindh government announced on Wednesday that all public and private schools across the province would remain closed on Nov 9 (Monday) to mark the birth anniversary of Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal, the national poet of Pakistan. The Sindh Information Department posted a notification by the School Education and Literacy Department on the social media platform X. “In pursuance of the decision taken…
The Sindh government has announced that all public and private schools in the province will remain closed on November 9, 2023, in observance of Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal's birth anniversary. This decision was made at a meeting of the Steering Committee on Education on February 12, 2023. Iqbal was a renowned poet, scholar, philosopher, and the ideological founder of Pakistan.
Born in Sialkot on November 9, 1877, he played a pivotal role in articulating the two-nation theory at the Allahabad session of the Muslim League in 1930. Although Iqbal Day was once an annual public holiday, it was suspended in 2015 by the interior ministry. However, it was reinstated in 2022 under Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's administration.
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