Justice (r) Dr. Javed Iqbal was truly a genius with an exceptional intellectual ability:

Lahore : Justice (r) Dr. Javed Iqbal, the son of Allama Muhammad Iqbal, was truly a genius with an exceptional intellectual ability. His services for the establishment as well as construction of Pakistan will always enlighten the annals of our national history. All through his life, he stood for the prevalence of justice and fair play and for the preservation of human rights in the Pakistani society. His sad demise has created a void destined to remain unfulfilled.

These ideas were expressed at the Aiwan-i-Karkunan-i-Tehreek-i-Pakistan on the sad demise on the Pakistan Movement worker, pre-eminent statesman and son of Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Justice (r) Dr. Javed Iqbal, by Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust.

Chairman Muhammad Rafique Tarar during an emergency meeting held under the aegis of the Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust, which was attended by Pakistan Movement Workers Trust Chairman Col (r) Jamshed Ahmad Tarin, Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust Vice-Chairman Prof. Dr. Rafique Ahmad, Chief Justice (r) Mian Mahboob Ahmad, Mian Farooq Altaf, Justice (r) Mian Aftab Farrukh, Ch. Naeem Hussain Chattha, Justice (r) Khalil-ur-Rehman, Pir Syed Muhammad Kabir Ali Shah, Begum Mehnaz Rafi, Begum Surayya Khurshid, Begum Bushra Rehman,  Dr. Parveen Khan, Begum Safia Ishaq, Dr. Ajmal Niazi, Dr. M.A. Sufi, Ch. Zafar Ullah Khan, M.K. Anwar Baghdadi,  Maulana Muhammad Shafi Josh, Engr. Malik Muhammad Tufail, Khurshid Ahmad Wyne and Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust Secretary Shahid Rasheed.

The attendees prayed for the salvation and elevation of the soul of the deceased. It must be mentioned here that Justice (r) Dr. Javed Iqbal had been ailing for a few days at the Shaukat Khanam Hospital and he breathed his last at 8:00 am yesterday. In 2013, he was awarded the gold medal by the Pakistan Movement Workers Trust in recognition of his services during the Pakistan Movement. He was appointed Pakistan Movement Workers Trust Chairman after the demise of Ghulam Hyder Wyne Shaheed on Oct. 23, 1993, and served in this capacity till Aug. 19, 2009.

He was born in Sialkot on Oct. 5, 1924. Completing his preliminary education stages, he did his B.A Honours from the Government College, Lahore, in 1944. Later on, he got his master’s degrees in English and Philosophy from the University of the Punjab. He got his Ph. D on his dissertation “The Development of Muslim Political Philosophy in the Indo-Pakistan Sub-continent from the Cambridge University, England. In 1956, he was called to the Bar at the Lincoln’s Inn. Then he practiced as an advocate of High court and Supreme Court. He was appointed Judge of the Lahore High Court and thereafter, served as its Chief Justice till 1986. In 1989, he retired as Judge of the Supreme Court. After that, he was elected Senator to the Parliament on the Muslim League ticket and served in this capacity till 1999. The deceased was counted among the highly venerable statesmen.

He published many papers on Islamic political thought in English as well as Urdu magazines and newspapers. He delivered lectures on this subject at the universities of Bonn, Paris, Istanbul, Sydney and Mexico, etc. He also delivered lectures at several universities of the USA and Canada on Pakistan. He was Pakistan’s representative to the UNO during 1960-1962 and again in 1977.

He visited the people’s Republic of China. Very few people know that Dr. Javed Iqbal was not only a jurist, Chief Justice and playwright, but also an energetic worker of the Pakistan Movement. The walls of the Javed Manzil decorated with pictures stand as witness to the fact that the deceased had rendered glorious services during the Pakistan Movement. It was at the Javed Manzil where he used to prepare strategies for the meetings and processions in support of the Pakistan Movement in consultation with his companions.  He participated in different Muslim League meetings during the Pakistan Movement. He also attended the 3-day meeting of March, 1940. He campaigned in the electoral constituencies of the Muslim League candidates in
Gujrat and Mandi Baha-ud-Din along with the students of the Punjab and Aligarh University. He worked tirelessly for the rehabilitation of the refugees at the Walton Camp along with Amin Tareen, Qasim Rizvi, Zahoor Akhtar Kayani, Hamid Mahmood, Mian Salim and Hamid al-Makki.

He is an authority on the subject of Iqbaliyat. In 1990, the Seljuk University in Turkey awarded him the honorary degree of Ph. D. in Islamic literature and science. His significant writings include Mai  Lala Faam, the Ideology of Pakistan, Miras-i-Quaid-i-Azam, Afkar-i-Pareshan, Hayat-i-Iqbal, Zinda Rud, Afkar-i-Iqbal, Apna Gareban Chak, Jahan-i-Javed, Khutbat-i-Iqbal; Tashkeel-o-Tafheem (Urdu study of Allama Muhammad Iqbal’s Reconstruction Lectures). His English publications include “The Ideology of Pakistan and Its Implementation (1959), stray Reflections – A Note-book of Allama Muhammad Iqbal (1966), Islam and Pakistan’s Identity and his autobiography in English “Encounter with Destiny”.