Iqbal Academy Pakistan
| اقبال اکادمی پاکستان | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1951 |
| Headquarters |
Lahore, Pakistan 31°33′38″N 74°19′41″E / 31.5606214°N 74.3281451°E |
| Website | www |
Iqbal Academy Pakistan (Urdu:اقبال اکادمی پاکستان) is an institute whose purpose is to study, promote, and disseminate the teachings of the poet and philosopher Allama Muhammad Iqbal. It was established by the Government of Pakistan, through the Iqbal Academy Ordinance No. XXVI of 1962.
Iqbal Academy Pakistan was originally established in 1951, under the administrative authority of the education department of the central government of Pakistan, in Karachi. When the capital of Pakistan was moved to Islamabad, the government decided to move Iqbal Academy from Karachi to Lahore, as Muhammad Iqbal, for whom the academy is named, was from Lahore. In 1976, the Academy moved to 116 McLeod Road, Lahore, to the old residence of Allama Iqbal. The federal government of Pakistan made a gift of a piece of land from a major estate in Lahore, behind one of the Avari Hotels and opposite Faletti's Hotel, to build a state-of-the-art building named Aiwan-e-Iqbal, as a monument and memorial to Iqbal. In 1996, the new building was formally opened by Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, and the Academy moved to the sixth floor.
Allama Iqbal's vision is rooted in Islam, universal human values, and the wisdom of the East and the West, combining them to make them contemporary and relevant, and providing a way to deal with the issues confronting humanity today.
The aims and objectives of the Academy are to promote and disseminate the study and understanding of the works and teachings of Allama Iqbal.
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