Speakers at the function also raised the issue of stranded Pakistanis and called for resolution of the Kashmir problem according to the aspirations of the Kashmiri people.

The meeting adopted a number of resolutions urging the government of Pakistan to restart the repatriation of stranded Pakistanis who were left behind in Bangladesh after Pakistan lost its eastern wing in the 1971 war with India. It called upon the government of Pakistan to assign its high commissioner in Dhaka to look after the interests of a quarter million Pakistanis languishing in squalid camps across Bangladesh. It also urged the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to include on its agenda the issue of stranded Pakistanis.

The PRC meeting urged the United States and the United Nations to compel India to hold a plebiscite in Indian Kashmir.

The meeting called on the Bangladesh government to stop demolishing shanties at the Geneva camp until the issue is resolved. Dhaka should approach the United Nations High Commissioners for Refugees, the Muslim World League and other international organizations to raise funds to ensure the welfare of these hapless people and to help alleviate their miseries, the meeting said.

Chairman of Majlis-e-Iqbal Irfan Hashmi in his speech said the reason Pakistan did not become a welfare state was “our deviation from the teachings of Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah. If we sincerely adhere to the teachings of Iqbal, we can solve the issues facing the country."

Maqboolur Rahman Abbasi of the Pakistan Journalists Forum asked the PRC to approach all political parties to include the issue of stranded Pakistanis on their pre-election agenda.

Mohammad Nawaz Janjua, coordinator of Pakistan Welfare Society, urged the media to help highlight the teachings and mission of Iqbal.

PRC Convener Ehsanul Haque said Pakistanis are divided on ethnic and religious lines and that has created several problems rather than resolving many pending issues. "While we remember Iqbal, we need to carry forward his mission and work for the establishment of an Islamic welfare state," Haque said.

Rasheed Chishti, Gulab Khan, Hamid Islam Khan, Shamsuddin Altaf, Tariq Mahmood and Syed Shahabuddin also spoke about Iqbal’s key role in awakening the Muslims of the sub-continent that culminated in the formation of Pakistan.

Poets Syed Mohsin Alavi, Abdul Qayyum Waseq and  Zamurrad Khan recited poems to pay tribute to Iqbal.