Presidential Iqbal Awards
{{Short description|Literary award}}
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|name=Presidential Iqbal Award
|awardname=Presidential Iqbal Award
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|awarded_for=Best books on Iqbaliat
|country=Pakistan
|presenter=Iqbal Academy Pakistan
|year={{start date and age|1981}}
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Presidential Iqbal Award is a literary award which is presented by Iqbal Academy Pakistan with the approval of the President of Pakistan. The award is conferred for the best books written on national poet-philosopher Allama Muhammad Iqbal’s life and ideology in national and foreign languages.{{cite web |title=President of Pakistan Honorable Dr. Arif Alvi approved the National Presidential Iqbal Awards (Pakistani languages) for the years 2015-2020. |url=https://heritage.pakistan.gov.pk/NewsDetail/ZmI4ZWZiYTUtNmZiNC00ZDlkLTliZTItNTUwMDBhMDVhYjQy |website=Natioinal Heritage and Culture Division |access-date=15 August 2023}}{{cite news |title=Books approved for Iqbal Award |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1009403-books-approved-for-iqbal-award |work=The News International |date=November 13, 2022}}{{cite web |title=President approves Presidential Iqbal Awards for three authors |url=https://radio.gov.pk/14-10-2022/president-alvi-approves-presidential-iqbal-awards-for-three-authors |website=Radio Pakistan |date=October 14, 2022}}
History
Presidential Iqbal Award was started in 1981 under a presidential order by then president of Pakistan Zia-ul-Haq. Later, it was reconstituted by the president Arif Alvi in 2019.{{cite news |last1=Firaqi |first1=Dr. Tehseen |title=ایک گھنٹہ ایوانِ صدر میں |url=https://naibaat.pk/2021/11/16/26714/ |work=Daily Nai Baat |date=16 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929150656/https://naibaat.pk/2021/11/16/26714/|archive-date=29 September 2022 |language=ur}}{{cite news |title=صدارتی اقبالؒ ایوارڈ اور صدرِ پاکستان (2) |url=https://www.nawaiwaqt.com.pk/02-Dec-2021/1460025 |work=Daily Nawaiwaqt |date=December 2, 2021 |language=ur}}
Categories
- Presidential National Iqbal Award (Urdu) – Annual basis
- Presidential National Iqbal Award (English) – Three year basis
- Presidential Iqbal Award (Pakistani Languages) – Three year basis
- Presidential International Iqbal Award – Three year basis
Recipients
Some of recipients of the Presidential Iqbal Award from 1981 to 2014 are Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Syed Nazeer Niazi, Bashir Ahmad Dar, Iftikhar Ahmad Siddiqui, Muhammad Munawwar Mirza, Syed Abdullah, Waheed Qureshi, Fateh Muhammad Malik, and Rafiuddin Hashmi.