Daily Times Who was the real Iqbal? * He was a true individualist, after suddenly dropping out of the Khilafat Movement, a leader of the movement visited him and found him relaxing on a sofa and smoking a hookah May 16, 2021 Pakistan is a young nation, spanning over 70 years, with only a handful of heroes. In its most prized and celebrated heroes, we find only two men; Quaid-e-Azam and Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal. After its hasty and immediate birth, Pakistan sought to devise and establish its ideology. So, the state chose Iqbal as the corner stone for Nation’s philosophy. But after, going 60-70 years ahead in time, we see and can clearly distinguish between the two variants of Iqbal before us. In this article, I endeavour to explain both: