Iqbal's vision to be major component of new National Single Curriculum.

ISLAMABAD -- Iqbaliat will be the major component of new National Single Curriculum, to be formally introduced from Class One to Twelve by March next year, said Joint Education Adviser, Rafiq Tahir.

In compliance with the directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Ministry of

Federal Education and Professional Training had included different chapters of the education and ideas of Poet of East Allama Muhammad Iqbal in the new curriculum, he said in an exclusive talk with reporter here Sunday.

He pointed out that Iqbaliat had not been adopted as a regular subject in the past while various topics of his poetry and ideas had been included in the new curriculum.

It was aimed at forging unity among the Muslim Ummah, he said and added the youth will be able to more effectively understand Iqbal's concept of 'Khuddi' and 'Shaheen'.

By inculcating Allama Iqbal's poetry, the children would be able to understand Islamic tenets and teachings, he said.

Welcoming the initiative, educationists, writers and literary figures lauded Federal Government for including chapters of the poetry and vision of Allama Iqbal in new National Single Curriculum, to be introduced by in March next year.

They told reporter that teachings of Iqbaliat to the students was the need of hour in order to groom their personality and develop character for tackling current challenges in the world.

Renowned writer Iftikhar Arif said that Iqbal was not only a poet but also a scholar, thinker and philosopher who gave an ideology to the Muslim Ummah to take up the challenges.

He...