Pakistan announces public holiday on November 9

ISLAMABAD(a1tv news)The federal government has announced a local holiday on November 9 (Monday) across the country on the occasion of Iqbal Day, the birth anniversary of poet of the East– Dr. Allama Mohammad Iqbal.

The government has issued a notification in this regard.

Allama Muhammad Iqbal was born on November 9th 1877 and had played a crucial role in the success of Pakistan Movement. He died on April 21, 1938.