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Allama Iqbal sculpture: Two PHA officials suspended after backlash By The officials were suspended with immediate effect PHA officials were found guilty of inefficiency and negligence towards duty A day earlier, people had taken to social media to poke fun and criticise the sculpture of Allama Iqbal built in a Lahore park LAHORE: A day after a storm had stirred on social media regarding the Allama Iqbal sculpture, the city s Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) announced Wednesday that it had suspended two officials. Shah Nawaz Wattoo, the park s Deputy Director Horticulture, and Assistant Director Horticulture Ghulam Sibtain, have been suspended with immediate effect , according to a press release by the PHA. ....
Two PHA officials suspended over Allama Iqbal sculpture controversy Pakistan The Allama Iqbal sculpture in Lahore. Photo: File LAHORE: Two officials of the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) have were suspended over the Allama Iqbal sculpture controversy on Tuesday. According to a notification released by the PHA, the two officers have been suspended for negligence of duty and inefficiency . Shah Nawaz Wattoo, the park s Deputy Director Horticulture, and Assistant Director Horticulture Ghulam Sibtain have been suspended with immediate effect . Pictures of the Allama Iqbal sculpture, built at a park in Lahore s Gulshan-e-Iqbal area, went viral on social media after people pointed out that it hardly resembled the legendary poet. ....
Two officers of Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) Lahore have been relieved of their duties over an issue pertaining to an oversized bust of Allama Iqbal at the Gulshan-e-Iqbal park. As per sources, Deputy Director Horticulture, Shah Nawaz Wattoo, and Assistant Director Horticulture, Ghulam Sibtain, who had initiated the project, have been suspended. ALSO READ Twitterati had a field day with an outpouring of annoyance with the ‘not-so-accurate’ sculpture. Some speculated that it was the work of amateur architects, but Ghulam Sibtain told a news outlet that the PHA “did not hire an architect to make the statue, but two gardeners worked on it”. ....
A picture of the original statue that Ghulam Sibtain shared with Dawn. Two officials of the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) Lahore were suspended for inefficiency and negligence of duty on Tuesday after a furore on social media over a statue of Allama Iqbal installed in the city s Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park. According to an order issued by the authority, a copy of which was seen by Dawn.com, Shah Nawaz Wattoo, the park s Deputy Director Horticulture, and Assistant Director Horticulture Ghulam Sibtain, who lead the construction initiative, have been suspended with immediate effect . Earlier today, social media users expressed their ire on Twitter, sharing pictures of the statue which they said was not an accurate representation of the national poet. Some even called it a disgrace to the man it aimed to honour. ....
According to an official, the statue which some want gone and others say should remain is a work in progress. A statue of the late national poet, Allama Iqbal, at Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park in Lahore has Twitter riled up. People have taken offence to the questionable state of the statue, calling it a disgrace to the man it aims to honour. We started constructing it during the first wave of the coronavirus. It took us three months to bring some shape to it, the former director of the park, Ghulam Sibtain, who lead the construction initiative, told Dawn. Picture of the original statue that Ghulam Sibtain shared with Dawn. ....