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If you want to attend Golden Jubilee Tajik Didars, make sure your visa and logistics are already done.

It may still happen at the end of this month [probably from 20th October onward, maybe towards 27-28 October] and announcement will be done just at last moment. Do not complaint about the timeliness of the announcement. It is up to you to be prepared.

"You are master of your destiny in so far as you prepare yourself for that destiny."
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Post by JAVEDposh »

YAM to Every one,

If any body wants to come for didar you don’t need to worry for Khorog Visa, cuz we have Darbar program in Dushanbe as well. if you are planning to visit Khorog then you will need to get GABO Visa which takes at least one week from foreign office. this visa is available only in Dushanbe. Dushanbe is the capital city and has many hotels and flats. for currancy you will need to bring USD only. Dushanbe is bit expansive then other cities, weather is getting colder now but still it is normal during day time. our volunteers will soon launch a website for registration and other information and hopefully you will get clear information.

with YAM

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Darbar dates are around October 29 to November 1st [more or less 2 days]

There should be one Didar in Dushanbe and one in Porshniev. maybe the same day.

If you wish to go to Khorog, [GBAO] and do not have yet the visa, be in Dushanbe and try before the 24th else forget it.

Do not expect any help from our institutions in getting your GBAO visa, in fact they will actively stop you from going there. Expect an announcement soon by LIF about cold weather, logistics etc....

Expect half a million Ismailis at the Porshniev Didar.

The Tajik Jamat is very hospitable so do not worry, they will welcome you with open heart. Few thousands Ismailis from International Jamat will not be a problem for the Tajik Jamat.

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Common sense:

Do not buy your ticket before official announcement in JK by LIF please
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Post by Khaliya »

Ya Ali adad,

I'm hoping to travel to Tajikistan for the upcoming Deedar. I'm wondering if any one else is travelling from London, as I will probably be travelling alone and it seems much better to go with a group of Ismailis.

Please let me know. Thanks.
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Re: TAJIKISTAN Padhramni NEWS, EVENT and TESTIMONIES

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please advice darbar date Tajikistan
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Yam

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maliksuchwani wrote:please advice darbar date Tajikistan
Mumbaraki to All of you!

Mawlana Hazar Imam will visit Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan from the 28th of October to the 6th of November, 2008.
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Ya ali miadad Mubarki to All of you!

Mawlana Hazar Imam will visit Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan from the 28th of October to the 6th of November, 2008. Here is the official website for tajikistan darbar.click on the link
For Travel


http://www.goldenjubileetajikistan.com/travel/



Darbar Location


http://www.goldenjubileetajikistan.com/darbar/


Registration


http://www.goldenjubileetajikistan.com/dataentry.aspx


Visitor guide


http://www.goldenjubileetajikistan.com/visitorsGuide/



Faq


http://www.goldenjubileetajikistan.com/faqs/.


Contact us


http://www.goldenjubileetajikistan.com/contactUs/


Thanks


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MAWLANA HAZAR IMAM'S GOLDEN JUBILEE VISIT


The Ismaili Leaders' International Forum (LIF) and the National
Council are most happy to inform the Jamat that, in continuation of
the schedule of Golden Jubilee visits, and in response to invitations
extended by the respective governments, Mawlana Hazar Imam will visit
Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan from the 28th of October to the
6th of November, 2008.

Mawlana Hazar Imam will meet with government and civil society
leaders, and will preside over a number of events related to the
development initiatives of the Ismaili Imamat and the Aga Khan
Development Network (AKDN) in that region. In Tajikistan, Mawlana
Hazar Imam will grant Golden Jubilee Darbars in the capital city,
Dushanbe, and at Ishkashim and Porshniev in the Gorno-Badakshan
region.

The LIF and the National Council are aware that some members from
external Jamats may plan to attend the Darbars in Tajikistan, and we
wish to draw the Jamat's attention to the prevailing challenges and
constraints.

These Darbars are the first to be granted in Tajikistan in over ten
years, and the Jamati leadership and AKDN Agencies are working at
full capacity to facilitate the successful participation of that
country's large domestic Jamat. It should be borne in mind,
therefore, that an influx of external Jamati members will impact the
organisational challenges.

Travel to and from Tajikistan requires careful planning and
preparation. International flight connections on reputable carriers
are infrequent; accommodation for visitors is in short supply; and
the health care facilities are limited. Access to the Darbar venues
in Gorno-Badakshan is constrained by factors such as their
remoteness, coupled with irregular and unreliable domestic air
connections. Road travel to and from these venues can be a long and
physically demanding experience lasting anywhere from 12 to 24 hours.

Tajikistan's early winter season at this time of the year is normally
characterised by low temperatures and the possibility of snow. These
are likely to be significant factors in the Darbars, which will be
organised in open air environments.

Keeping these considerations in mind, all external Jamati members
contemplating travelling to Tajikistan are respectfully advised to
exercise careful judgement and set realistic expectations.
The "Golden Jubilee Tajikistan" website provides further information
and details in this regard.

On the happy occasion of the confirmation of Mawlana Hazar Imam's
Golden Jubilee visit to Central Asia, the LIF and the National
Council convey warm Mubaraki to the Jamat.
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Admin wrote: Common sense:
Do not buy your ticket before official announcement in JK by LIF please
Sorry, I think i was a mistake to tell members to wait before booking their ticket. I just talked to someone in Paris and he says he is unable to find any place in flights to Dushanbe, they are all full. I guess well placed people knew, only "we the Jamat" did not know....

I think the common sense would have been to book the flight but not pay it up to the announcement.

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As RECEIVED. It is nice to see that we can get information even when some people try to put an embargo on information

Read on...


Aga Khan to visit Chitral in mid-November?

CHITRAL: Prince Karim Aga Khan is expected to visit Chitral in the second week of November. The Aga Khan will be on a ten-day-long visit of Central Asian countries from October 28.

In this regard, the Ismaili community in Chitral is finalising arrangements to welcome their spiritual leader to the valley. The Aga Khan will meet the jamaat at four places in Chitral. The people of Wakhan in Afghanistan are also scheduled to have a glimpse of the Aga Khan in Brep, Yarkhun. Community volunteers visited the area recently for the registration of the people of Wakhan intending to come to Brep village on the occasion.
This year, the His Highness will also meet special persons and senior citizens from the community separately.

Posted by Z. A. Khan Razakhel at 5:36 AM
http://chitralupdate.blogspot.com/2008/ ... n-mid.html
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Direct from the Cristal Bowl;-)
[News from the Cristal Ball have not yet arrived]

Mowlana Hazar Imam is arriving in Tajikistan on 31st October and departing 5th November to Kyrgystan.

So far Didar in Ishkashim is on 4 and Didar in Porshniev 5. May change.
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Prince Amyn Aga Khan arriving in Dushanbe today

21.10.2008 13:13

Author: Victoria Naumova

DUSHANBE, October 21, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Prince Amyn Aga Khan, younger brother of His Highness the Aga Khan, is arriving in Dushanbe today afternoon for a short visit, according to the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) Dushanbe Office.

During his stay in Dushanbe, Prince Amyn Aga Khan is expected to review AKDN programs in Tajikistan, including project for construction of the Dushanbe Serena Hotel.
http://www.asiaplus.tj/en/news/16/40764.html
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News from the Cristal Ball have now arrived

Aga Khan to pay visit to Tajikistan

22.10.2008 09:44

Author: Victoria Naumova

DUSHANBE, October 22, 2008, Asia-Plus -- []His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, will arrive in Tajikistan on October 31 for a five-day visit.[/b]

The visit will come in response to an invitation from Tajikistan's Government, and within the context of His Highness' Golden Jubilee - the Aga Khan acceded to the Ismaili Imamat on July 11 1957 and is visiting some 30 countries around the world which have long-standing and close relations with the Imamat to express his gratitude and friendship with governments, leaders, and other partners of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN).

According to AKDN Tajikistan, during his five-day visit to Tajikistan, His Highness the Aga Khan will hold talks with a number of high-ranking Tajik state officials.

His Highness the Aga Khan became Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims on July 11, 1957 at the age of 20, succeeding his grandfather, Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan. He is the 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims and a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) through his cousin and son-in-law, Ali, the first Imam, and his wife Fatima, the Prophet's daughter.

The Aga Khan is founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), which brings together a number of development agencies, institutions, and programs that work primarily in the poorest parts of Asia and Africa. AKDN agencies conduct their programs without regard to the faith, origin or gender.

Operating in Tajikistan since 1992, AKDN draws on a strong base of experience in working with mountain societies. It works in all regions of the country and employs approximately 3,000 people through its operations and investments.

AKDN works towards the vision of an economically dynamic, politically stable, intellectually vibrant, and culturally tolerant Tajikistan. This is achieved by supporting the establishment of programs and institutions that allow the government, private sector and civil society to play complementary roles in increasing prosperity and creativity within a pluralistic society. The Network brings together individual agencies that operate in a range of areas – from economic development to education, rural development to cultural revitalization, health care to financial services. Together these agencies collaborate towards a common goal - to build institutions and programs that can respond to the contemporary challenges and opportunities of social, economic and cultural growth in Tajikistan.
http://www.asiaplus.tj/en/news/50/40809.html
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hi yam to all of u now today is 22 so i ave more 3 days to arange visa for dushambe is any one wana intrested then contact fastly ok bye cu all take care yam

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Tajikistan -Conde Nast Traveler Article Oct 2008

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Here is the link to the article:<BR><BR><A href="http://www.concierge.com/cntraveler/art ... /500028</A>
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YAM,

I know the Official web site at http://www.goldenjubileetajikistan.com/darbar/ says "The Dushanbe Darbar will be held at the Dushanbe Stadium."

However Dushanbe Didar date is still not confirmed. In plain English, it means that it may still be canceled.

Please do not say I am saying it is canceled or not canceled, I have not said any such thing. Do not misinterpret. Tajikistan is not an easy country and having some logic in the back of the mind will not hurt.

GBAO didars however looks more confirmed so if you are in Dushanbe already, try to find out what is going on about the Dushanbe dates and if necessary plan instead to attend GBAO didars to be on the safe side, just in case.

See you there!


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Tajik FM, Prince Amyn Aga Khan discuss progress of implementation of AKDN programs in Tajikistan

27.10.2008 13:39

Author: Roza Shaposhnik

DUSHANBE, October 27, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Issues related to implementation of programs of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Tajikistan were a major topic of a meeting of Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi with Prince Amyn Aga Khan that was held in Dushanbe on October 22, according to the Tajik MFA.

In the course of the talks, Zarifi and Prince Amyn Aga Khan, in particular, considered issues related to activities of the AKDN development agencies such as the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and its Mountain Societies Development Support Program (MSDSP) aimed at enhancement of education, health, energy, agrarian and tourism sectors in Tajikistan.

The two discussed the progress of implementation of the projects for construction of the Dushanbe Serena Hotel and the Ismaili Center in Dushanbe, as well as construction of small power plants and transport infrastructure in Tajikistan.

During the meeting, the minister drew attention of Prince Amy Aga Khan to implementation of additional projects for enhancement of Tajikistan's agrarian sector.

The sides also discussed the progress of the AKDN humanitarian projects in Tajikistan, the Tajik MFA said.

We will recall that Prince Amyn Aga Khan, younger brother of His Highness the Aga Khan, arrived in Dushanbe for a short visit on October 21. During his stay in Dushanbe, Prince Amyn Aga Khan reviewed the AKDN programs in Tajikistan.
The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) brings together a number of development agencies, institutions, and programs that work primarily in the poorest parts of Asia and Africa. AKDN agencies conduct their programs without regard to the faith, origin or gender. Operating in Tajikistan since 1992, AKDN draws on a strong base of experience in working with mountain societies. It works in all regions of the country and employs approximately 3,000 people through its operations and investments.
http://www.asiaplus.tj/en/news/48/41105.html
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Admin wrote:YAM,

I know the web site at http://www.goldenjubileetajikistan.com/darbar/ says "The Dushanbe Darbar will be held at the Dushanbe Stadium."
However Dushanbe Didar date is still not confirmed. In plain English, it means that it may still be canceled.
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Further to my previous message, if you are in Dushanbe, please go to Khorog or you will probably miss all the didars. Do not wait for official announcement about didar in Dushanbe, by the time they tell you it may be canceled, it will be too late for you to go to the Badakshan Didars.

Plan ahead, leave NOW, share a jeep but please do not just sit in Dushanbe waiting for Didar dates.

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Khudowand is in Astana, Kazakhstan
http://www.inform.kz/index.php?lang=eng#171793
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29.10.2008 / 13:27

President Nazarbayev, Prince Karim Aga Khan meet

ASTANA. October 29. KAZINFORM. /Aigul Tulekbayeva/ The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) plans to continue its cooperation with Kazakhstan. Prince Karim Aga Khan, arriving in Astana, said at a briefing, Kazinform reports. This visit opens his 10-day Central Asian tour

http://www.inform.kz/index.php?lang=eng#171793
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Jamat prepares for Mawlana Hazar Imam's arrival in Tajikistan

Volunteers move rocks to create a mountain-side Golden Jubilee welcome sign for Mawlana Hazar Imam. The city of Khorog is visible below. Photo: Gordon Cumming

The Jamat of Tajikistan is eagerly awaiting the commencement of Mawlana Hazar Imam's visit with anticipation and excitement. From sprucing up and the streets to holding celebratory community gatherings, members of the Jamat are preparing for the first Darbars in Tajikistan in ten years.

The Gorno-Badakhshan province is home to a majority of the country's Jamat, and its administrative capital, Khorog, has been teeming with activity.


A mountain-side sign built from stones by the Khorog Jamat will welcome Mawlana Hazar Imam on his Golden Jubilee visit to Tajikistan. Photo: Gordon Cumming
In 1995, on the occasion of Mawlana Hazar Imam's first Deedar in Tajikistan, Jamati members from Khorog constructed a rock arrangement reading "Welcome Our Hazir Imam" on the side of the Pamir Mountains. Over the past few weeks, a contingent of volunteers has undertaken the arduous process of adding the words Golden Jubilee below the existing sign. After hiking up several hundred metres to the sign's location, they passed large rocks from one person to the next, to set them in place. Later, they formed a brigade to haul water up from the river, in order to brighten the words for the upcoming visit.

Elsewhere, construction continues at the Khorog Park, a project of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, while families gather around the park's newly installed benches and playground equipment. At the Aga Khan Lycée, the first private school in Gorno-Badakhshan and home to over 950 students in grades 1-11, pupils and teachers are busy cleaning and decorating their school. "We want to show Hazar Imam how the school has changed since he opened it in 1998, ten years ago," said a primary teacher at the Lycée. Students have painted the corridors and created special learning areas including a puppet theatre, art, music and nature centres and a math corner.


Families have already begun celebrating the upcoming visit in Khorog Park, which is being developed by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. Photo: Gordon Cumming
In Dushanbe, Mawlana Hazar Imam is expected to meet senior government officials and visit AKDN projects in the city including the Dushanbe Serena Hotel and the Ismaili Centre. "People consider the Golden Jubilee visit of Mawlana Hazar Imam to Tajikistan to be a very significant, historic and unique event, as it has been celebrated by the Ismaili community during the year and brought lots of new ideas and perspectives to the community," remarked one member of the Jamat from the Zarafshon district of Dushanbe.


At the Poetry Club, one of the after-school activities at the Aga Khan Lycée, students work on a project they have created to celebrate the Golden Jubilee. Photo: Gordon Cumming
An Ismaili teacher of Tajik language and literature echoes the sentiment of anticipation: "The first Deedar was like a dream for me," she says in reflection. "Now we are waiting consciously for the upcoming visit and I am full of thoughts, emotions and impatiently expecting to see our beloved Hazar Imam once again. This happy long-expected day is going to happen very soon."
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President Nazarbayev, Prince Karim Aga Khan meet

Image ASTANA. October 29. KAZINFORM. /Aigul Tulekbayeva/ The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) plans to continue its cooperation with Kazakhstan. Prince Karim Aga Khan, arriving in Astana, said at a briefing, Kazinform reports. This visit opens his 10-day Central Asian tour.

“We discussed development of the Central Asian universities and issues regarding economic recession with the Kazakh President. I expressed hope for further cooperation with Kazakhstan in all spheres”, the Prince said.

The visit is being held in the framework of the gold jubilee – 50th anniversary of his inauguration. As the
Kazakh MFA earlier reported, the visit aims at expansion of the Kazakh cooperation with the AKDN in the
sphere of human resources, regional stability, promotion of pluralism and intercivilizational understanding.
In the framework of the trip the Prince will visit Tekeli town of the Almaty oblast for laying the cornerstone of
an affiliate of the Central Asian University.

On October 31, Aga Khan IV will go to Tajikistan, then to Kyrgyzstan on invitations of these republics’
governments.

The AKDN is one of the largest international private organizations, which have agreements on cooperation
with the UN, the UNDP, the Worls Bank and etc, agreements on cooperation with Canada, Germany,
England, Pakistan and etc.

http://www.inform.kz/showarticle3.php?l ... &id=171793

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Karim Masimov meets Prince Karim Aga Khan IV

CA-NEWS (KZ) - Karim Masimov, the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan met with the Prince Karim Aga Khan IV on October 29, 2008, reports Kazinform referring to the president's press service.

Parties exchanged views on wide range of social, economic and cultural developments; discussed organization and opening of University of Central Asia (AUK) in Kazakhstan in the framework of the treaty between governments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and Prince Aga Khan IV.

The parties noted on importance of cooperation in education for promotion of peace and friendship, mutual trust, preservation of historical and cultural values.

At the end of the meeting Prince Karim Aga Khan IV thanked the Prime minister of Kazakhstan for support of his mission in Kazakhstan.

http://en.ca-news.org/news/14792

Introducing the "Cinema Group" from Dushanbe, Tadjikistan

The history of the "Cinema group" beginns 1999. When the administration of the Aga Khan Humanities Project for Central Asia (AKHP) in connection with the production studio "Kinoservise" decided to train a group of students in documentary and drama films. The AKHP provided equipment for the group and "Kinoservise" invited the best professionals of cinematography in Tajikistan. 16 students from different universities of Dushanbe took part in the first master classes in: Scriptwriting, Directing, Acting, Filming, Lighting, Editing.

http://www.caoss.org/
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Updates from theismaili.org

http://www.theismaili.org/cms/577/Jamat ... Tajikistan

Jamat prepares for Mawlana Hazar Imam’s arrival in Tajikistan

Volunteers move rocks to create a mountain-side Golden Jubilee welcome sign for Mawlana Hazar Imam. The city of Khorog is visible below. Photo: Gordon Cumming

The Jamat of Tajikistan is eagerly awaiting the commencement of Mawlana Hazar Imam’s visit with anticipation and excitement. From sprucing up the streets to holding celebratory community gatherings, members of the Jamat are preparing for the first Darbars in Tajikistan in ten years.

The Gorno-Badakhshan province is home to a majority of the country’s Jamat, and its administrative capital, Khorog, has been teeming with activity.


A mountain-side sign built from stones by the Khorog Jamat will welcome Mawlana Hazar Imam on his Golden Jubilee visit to Tajikistan. Photo: Gordon CummingIn 1995, on the occasion of Mawlana Hazar Imam’s first Deedar in Tajikistan, Jamati members from Khorog constructed a rock arrangement reading “Welcome Our Hazir Imam” on the side of the Pamir Mountains. Over the past few weeks, a contingent of volunteers has undertaken the arduous process of adding the words Golden Jubilee below the existing sign. After hiking up several hundred metres to the sign’s location, they passed large rocks from one person to the next, to set them in place. Later, they formed a brigade to haul water up from the river, in order to brighten the words for the upcoming visit.

Elsewhere, construction continues at the Khorog Park, a project of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, while families gather around the park’s newly installed benches and playground equipment. At the Aga Khan Lycée, the first private school in Gorno-Badakhshan and home to over 950 students in grades 1-11, pupils and teachers are busy cleaning and decorating their school. “We want to show Hazar Imam how the school has changed since he opened it in 1998, ten years ago,” said a primary teacher at the Lycée. Students have painted the corridors and created special learning areas including a puppet theatre, art, music and nature centres and a math corner.


Families have already begun celebrating the upcoming visit in Khorog Park, which is being developed by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. Photo: Gordon Cumming

In Dushanbe, Mawlana Hazar Imam is expected to meet senior government officials and visit AKDN projects in the city including the Dushanbe Serena Hotel and the Ismaili Centre. “People consider the Golden Jubilee visit of Mawlana Hazar Imam to Tajikistan to be a very significant, historic and unique event, as it has been celebrated by the Ismaili community during the year and brought lots of new ideas and perspectives to the community,” remarked one member of the Jamat from the Zarafshon district of Dushanbe.


At the Poetry Club, one of the after-school activities at the Aga Khan Lycée, students work on a project they have created to celebrate the Golden Jubilee. Photo: Gordon CummingAn Ismaili teacher of Tajik language and literature echoes the sentiment of anticipation: “The first Deedar was like a dream for me,” she says in reflection. “Now we are waiting consciously for the upcoming visit and I am full of thoughts, emotions and impatiently expecting to see our beloved Hazar Imam once again. This happy long-expected day is going to happen very soon.”

Central Asia visit
Tuesday, 28 October 2008
http://www.theismaili.org/cms/563/Central-Asia-visit

Arriving in Astana at the start of his Golden Jubilee visit to Kazakhstan, Mawlana Hazar Imam is greeted with a traditional Kazakh welcome as government officials look on. Photo: Gary Otte

Commencing a ten-day visit to Central Asia, Mawlana Hazar Imam arrived this evening in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, where he was received at the airport with a traditional Kazakh welcome from senior government officials and AKDN leaders in the region.
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Central Asia visit
Wednesday, 29 October 2008
http://www.theismaili.org/?id=563
Mawlana Hazar Imam meets with His Excellency President Nursultan Nazarbayev at the Presidential Palace. Photo: Gary Otte

This morning, Mawlana Hazar Imam was received by His Excellency President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan at the Presidential Palace in Astana.

Mawlana Hazar Imam and President Nazarbayev discussed, amongst other things, the regional impact of the current global financial situation.

In his meetings with Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Karim Massimov, Foreign Minister Marat Tahzin and Education Minister Zhanseit Tuimebayev, Hazar Imam covered a range of topics pertaining to ongoing and future initiatives of the Aga Khan Development Network in the wider region. Addressing the press following his meetings, Mawlana Hazar Imam also noted that he had "come to Kazakhstan to monitor the situation relating to the development of the University of Central Asia" and to discuss "matters of cooperation here, in Kazakhstan and in the Central Asian region.”

Awarding Mawlana Hazar Imam the decoration "Honoured Educator of the Republic of Kazakhstan," the Minister of Education and Science, Dr Zhanseit Tuimebayev recognised Hazar Imam’s services to Education.

Additional photos are available in the gallery. Further details on Mawlana Hazar Imam’s visit to Central Asia will continue to be posted at TheIsmaili.org.
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Prince Karim Aga Khan IV arrives in Taldykorgan

TALDYKORGAN. October 30. KAZINFORM. /Sandugash Duissenova/ Prince Karim Aga Khan IV has arrived with an official visit in Taldykorgan town today; Kazinform reports.

Prince Karim Aga Khan accompanied by akim (governor) of Almaty oblast Serik Umbetov visited Tekeli town, got familiarized with the general layout of an affiliate of the Central Asian University founded by the governments of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and the Ismaili Imamat.

The Prince surveyed the construction site of a university town in Tekeli. The university town of 100 thousand square meters of first-class educational, sports and residential facilities was projected by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki. Over 1200 people including students, teachers and service personnel will inhabit the town.
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ImagePrince Aga Khan pays visit to Kazakhstan

One of the World famous patrons of art, Prince Karim Aga Khan VI has paid a visit to Kazakhstan. He is one of the descendants of the Prophet Mohammed and he is also the Imam of the Muslim and Shiite community of the Ismaili. His Excellency was welcomed to the Ak Orda residence by Nursultan Nazarbayev. The Prince is also the founder and one of the sponsors of many charity projects carried out in many countries including the CIS and some Central Asian states.

In particular, in 2000, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan as well as the Aga Khan VI fund established the Central Asian University. The University headquarters is situated in Bishkek with the educational institution's representations to be constructed in the Kazakh town of Tekeli, the Kyrgyz populated area of Naryn and the Tajik town of Khoros. Straight from Astana, his Excellency is set to go to Tekeli to take part in an official ceremony to lay the first brick of the future university. The Prince's ten-day working trip around Central Asia began in Kazakhstan.

Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, iman of Ismaili commune:
- I have come here to see how our university is developing. During the talks with the President, we also spoke about the effect the global economic recession has on Central Asia. I expressed the hope of further expansion of cooperation with your country in all possible areas.
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Aga Khan arrives in Dushanbe today

31.10.2008 08:20

Author: Victoria Naumova


DUSHANBE, October 31, 2008, Asia-Plus -- His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, and founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), is arriving in Dushanbe today afternoon on a six-day official visit.

The Aga Khan’s visit comes at the invitation of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan and is one of many being undertaken to commemorate his Golden Jubilee as Imam of the Ismaili Muslims. His Highness succeeded his grandfather, Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan, as Imam on 11 July 1957.

Today, the Aga Khan will meet with Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi and President Emomali Rahmon. Discussions will include topics of mutual interest such as the ongoing partnerships between the Government of Tajikistan and the AKDN in the areas of educational, social, and economic development.

In Dushanbe, His Highness the Aga Khan is also scheduled to visit current AKDN construction projects in the capital of Dushanbe, including the Serena Hotel and the Ismaili Center.

The Aga Khan will continue to Gorno Badakhshan, where he will meet with members of the Ismaili community. He will visit AKDN project sites in the region, including the Khorog Park, which is currently being rehabilitated by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, as well as the School for Professional and Continuing Education (SPCE) of the University of Central Asia (UCA).

The Aga Khan’s visit to Tajikistan is part of a 10-day trip to Central Asia, including Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan; all three countries signed an international treaty establishing the UCA in 2000. In Kazakhstan, he will meet with President Nursultan Nazarbayev and other Government ministers as well as visit sites of the UCA main campus and SPCE in Tekeli. In Kyrgyzstan, the Aga Khan will meet with senior government representatives and will travel to Naryn to review the main campus site of the UCA and the construction of the new Town Campus that will house SPCE.

It is to be noted that since Tajikistan’s independence, the Aga Khan has poured millions of dollars into the country in aid.

The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) brings together a number of development agencies, institutions, and programs that work primarily in the poorest parts of Asia and Africa. AKDN agencies conduct their programs without regard to the faith, origin or gender. Operating in Tajikistan since 1992, AKDN draws on a strong base of experience in working with mountain societies. It works in all regions of the country and employs approximately 3,000 people through its operations and investments.

AKDN works towards the vision of an economically dynamic, politically stable, intellectually vibrant, and culturally tolerant Tajikistan. This is achieved by supporting the establishment of programs and institutions that allow the government, private sector and civil society to play complementary roles in increasing prosperity and creativity within a pluralistic society. The Network brings together individual agencies that operate in a range of areas – from economic development to education, rural development to cultural revitalization, health care to financial services. Together these agencies collaborate towards a common goal - to build institutions and programs that can respond to the contemporary challenges and opportunities of social, economic and cultural growth in Tajikistan.

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