{"id":18248,"date":"2026-04-21T05:17:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T05:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2026\/04\/21\/honouring-allama-iqbal-unity-growth\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T05:17:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T05:17:34","slug":"honouring-allama-iqbal-unity-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2026\/04\/21\/honouring-allama-iqbal-unity-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Honouring Allama Iqbal Inspires Unity and Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President FPCCI Atif Ikram Sheikh paid tribute to Allama Iqbal on his death anniversary, highlighting the poet&#8217;s pivotal role in awakening a sense of selfhood, awareness and unity among the people of the subcontinent.<\/p>\n<p>Atif Ikram Sheikh recalled how Allama Iqbal inspired generations with the concepts of khudi and collective purpose, saying that the poet\u2019s ideas continue to serve as a guiding light for the nation. He emphasized that Iqbal&#8217;s writings encouraged Muslims to seek a distinct identity and a hopeful future.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the younger generation, the FPCCI president urged youth to draw guidance from Allama Iqbal&#8217;s message of self-discovery and lifelong learning, noting that enthusiasm alone must be matched by knowledge and disciplined effort to translate ideas into progress.<\/p>\n<p>Underlining the practical relevance of Iqbal&#8217;s thought, Atif Ikram Sheikh said that the philosopher-poet\u2019s principles are central to Pakistan&#8217;s development, economic self-reliance and national cohesion. He called for policymakers, business leaders and citizens to embrace Iqbal\u2019s vision to build a stronger, more independent economy.<\/p>\n<p>The president observed that on this day the nation pays respect to Allama Iqbal&#8217;s intellectual and national contributions and urged collective action to implement his ideals so Pakistan can achieve greater economic strength and unity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FPCCI President Atif Ikram Sheikh urges youth to adopt Allama Iqbal&#8217;s message of selfhood and unity to build a self-reliant Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":18247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}