{"id":2911,"date":"2013-11-09T10:45:30","date_gmt":"2013-11-09T05:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanhc.lk\/?p=2911"},"modified":"2020-01-09T00:18:19","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T18:48:19","slug":"nawaz-sharif-for-making-pakistan-a-welfare-state-following-iqbals-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/?p=2911","title":{"rendered":"Nawaz Sharif for making Pakistan a welfare state following Iqbal\u2019s vision"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/2013\/11\/nawaz-sharif-for-making-pakistan-a-welfare-state-following-iqbals-vision\/pm-nawaz-sharif-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2912\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2912\" title=\"PM Nawaz Sharif\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/PM-Nawaz-Sharif.jpg\" alt=\"Nawaz Sharif for making Pakistan a welfare state following Iqbal\u2019s vision\" width=\"615\" height=\"340\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: garamond, serif; font-size: medium;\">Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif urged the nation to pledge for developing Pakistan as a welfare state purging it of all evils like sectarianism, extremism, terrorism and egoism.\u00a0In his message on the occasion of Iqbal Day commemorated on November 9 every year marking his birth anniversary, the Prime Minister paid tribute to the great poet and thinker Allama Muhammad Iqbal.<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: garamond, serif; font-size: medium;\">He said Iqbal had given a ray of hope to the Muslims of the sub-continent by floating the idea of creation of Pakistan and also reminded the Muslims of their glorious past through his writings.<br \/>\nAllama Iqbal also promoted self-respect and self-recognition among the\u00a0\u00a0Muslims and preached them faith in Allah Almighty as it emboldened one to face\u00a0all challenges.<br \/>\nThe Prime Minister said that Allama Iqbal also persuaded the Muslims of the sub-continent to fight for independence that helped them achieve a separate homeland.<br \/>\nHe said Iqbal always preached unity and his thought proved to be a beacon for the Muslims. His writings are read and recognized with reverence across the world.<br \/>\n\u201cAmidst prevailing scenario, we should inculcate his thought in our lives to become an ideal for the world.We should purge our country of all evils through forging unity amongst us and introduce Pakistan as an ideal Islamic welfare state to the world in accordance with Iqbal\u2019s thinking,\u201d the Prime Minister advised.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif urged the nation to pledge for developing Pakistan as a welfare state purging it of all evils like sectarianism, extremism, terrorism and egoism.\u00a0In his message on the occasion of Iqbal Day commemorated on November 9 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2912,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,63],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2911"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2911"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8372,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2911\/revisions\/8372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}