ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: The nation will celebrate 124th birth anniversary of philosopher and poet of the East, Allama Mohammad Iqbal on Friday in a befitting manner throughout the country.

It will be a closed holiday throughout the country. The national flag will be hoisted atop all principal government buildings.

Pakistan Television and Radio Pakistan will broadcast special programmes on the life, ideas and achievements of Allama Iqbal.

The Mazar of Allama Iqbal, Iqbal Museum (old Javed Manzil), Iqbal Academy (MacLeod Road) Lahore and Iqbal Manzil, Sialkot, will be illuminated and ceremonial guards will be mounted on the Mazar.

Scout rallies and march past of the schoolchildren will be held on the occasion.

Special exhibition of books and relics of Allama Iqbal will also be held at Iqbal Museum, Lahore, National Museum Karachi and Iqbal Manzil, Sialkot.

Documentary films on the life of Allama Iqbal will be shown in cinema house as well.—APP