ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head> <title>Untitled Page</title> </head> <body style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"> <table style="width: 100%"> <tr> <td colspan="1" style="padding-right: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-top: 8px; height: 18px; text-align: justify"> <br /> <span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="color: #336699;"><strong>Bazm-i Iqbal</strong></span> <hr/> </span> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-family: Arial"> <td style="padding-right: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-top: 8px; height: 18px; text-align: justify" valign="top"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial">The intellectual community of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad paid rich tribute to the national poet, Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal, at a function organized by Bazm -i- Iqbal, CIIT, Islamabad on Tuesday, 28th. April 2009, at the Chak Shehzad Campus. </span> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial"> <td colspan="1" style="padding-right: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-top: 8px; height: 14px; text-align: justify" valign="top"> <span style="font-size: 9pt">The function was remarkably conducted by two anchors, Syed Urooj Akhter and Hina Matour, The programme, as usual, started with the recitation of Holy Qura n by Muhammad Furqan, followed by Na t sharif in the melodious voice of Talal Humayun. </span> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial"> <td colspan="1" style="padding-right: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-top: 8px; height: 14px; text-align: justify" valign="top"> <span style="font-size: 9pt">Dr. Ashraf Atta, the president, Bazm-i- Iqbal, then welcomed the chief guest and gave a brief introduction of the Bazm -i- Iqbal. </span> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial"> <td colspan="1" style="padding-right: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-top: 8px; height: 14px; text-align: justify" valign="top"> <span style="font-size: 9pt">Selection from Sa qi Na mah, one of the most famous poems of Allama Iqbal, was the beautifully recited by Samia Akbar and Gul Fatima. </span> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial"> <td colspan="1" style="padding-right: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-top: 8px; height: 14px; text-align: justify" valign="top">Another famous poem of Iqbal: Tulu-I Islam was outstandingly presented by Imran Pervaiz and Kanwal Rani. </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial"> <td colspan="1" style="padding-right: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-top: 8px; height: 14px; text-align: justify" valign="top"> Next, the chief guest, the renowned poet, Mr. Iftikhar Arif delivered his lecture on "Iqbal ka Tasawar-i- Ijtehaad". His eloquent speech stimulated exciting discussion on the subject. The audience, especially the students, enthusiastically participated in the question answer session. </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial"> <td colspan="1" style="padding-right: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-top: 8px; height: 14px; text-align: justify" valign="top"> Honorary shield was then presented to the chief guest. </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial"> <td colspan="1" style="padding-right: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-top: 8px; height: 14px; text-align: justify" valign="top"> Allama Iqbal s popular poem  Chen-o- Arab Hamar Hindostan Hamara was then wonderfully recited by Noor-ul- Ain, Kanwal Rani, Hina Mastour and Gul Fatima </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial"> <td colspan="1" style="padding-right: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-top: 8px; height: 14px; text-align: justify" valign="top"> Next, Ms. Shagufta Rafiq, the coordinator, Bazm-i- Iqbal announced the names of the participants who were presented with the certificate of appreciation for their outstanding performance in the programme arranged by Bazm-i- Iqbal on November 03, 2008 to observe 133rd.birth anniversary of Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal. </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial"> <td colspan="1" style="padding-right: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-top: 8px; height: 14px; text-align: justify" valign="top"> The function was finally concluded on vote of thanks by Ms. Syeda Nasreen Sultana, the secretary, Bazm-i- Iqbal. While thanking the participants, the secretary Bazm-i- Iqbal, requested the students and faculty members of CIIT to continue participating and supporting the Bazm activities with the same zeal and zest </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial"> <td colspan="1" style="padding-right: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-top: 8px; height: 14px; text-align: justify" valign="top"> <a href="http://forums.ciit.edu.pk/PhotoGallery/Pics.aspx?Catid=79" target="_blank"> Click here</a> for Pictures</td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>