KP likely to go off on Iqbal Day as Imran Khan requests CM Pervez Khattak

As the federal government is not going to call off the working in the country on November 9 to observe ‘Iqbal Day’, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa is likely to take it off.

The chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the ruling party in the province, has requested the Chief Minister of KP to declare Iqbal Day as a public holiday in the province.

I have requested CM KP Pervez Khattak to declare 9 Nov, Iqbal Day, as a public holiday in the province. 1/4

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 7, 2015

Earlier, Imran Khan stressed on the need to declare Iqbal Day as public holiday after government announced Nov 9 to be a usual day. Imran maintained that he is against many off days, but as Iqbal Day is more special than the rest as Iqbal embodied ideology of Pakistan, it should be off in the country.

Am against so many holidays. We need to work more than we do; but Iqbal Day is more special than the rest as Iqbal embodied ideology of Pak — Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 6, 2015

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3/4 It is extremely important for coming generations to remember & follow Iqbal’s thought so Pak’s ideological moorings are strengthened.

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 7, 2015

4/4 Nations without nazriya simply die.

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 7, 2015

We must ensure Iqbal’s thought is passed on to our future generations so Iqbal & his ideological foundations for Pak remain entrenched.

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 7, 2015

Meanwhile, it was unclear and the public of Pakistan was uncertain whether the day is going to be off or will it be a normal working day.