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Part 4 - The Ismaili Update: Pakistan visit

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Mawlana Hazar Imam blesses Jamat with didar in Gahkuch

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The Senate of Pakistan Passes Resolution Honoring Aga Khan Family

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The Ismaili Update: Pakistan visit - Part 3

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Mawlana Hazar Imam graces Jamat with didar in Passu, Hunza

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The Deedar in Passu was truly something unforgettable. The entire setting felt almost beyond words — a beautiful valley surrounded by majestic mountains in every direction, with clouds still hanging low after torrential rain throughout the night and early morning. At one point there ...

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Aga Khan urges unity, education and service to humanity

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Didar Mubarak! ✨A truly historic day for Hunza,blessed by the divine presence of Shāh Rahim

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I have always wondered why is it that people in Central Asia and northern Pakistan get darbars and never mulaqat
I am just speculating that it was a Darbar based on Hazar Imam's appearance in his ceremonial robes, not confirmed yet! However if it is indeed a Darbar it could be because such events ...

Imranramjica wrote: Fri May 22, 2026 3:46 pm Are there no testimonies from didars?

There are videos circulating showing Hazar Imam in ceremonial robe and black hat on, walking among multitudes of his murids reciting salwaats. Looks like a Darbar then a didar! I don't have the ability to post here.

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Prince Rahim Aga Khan arrives in Gilgit-Baltistan

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Manqabat of Ra’is Hasan Alamuti – Kitaab al-Manaqib

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At breakfast meeting hosted by PM, Aga Khan expresses desire to continue cooperation with Pakistan

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There is something deeply moving about what is happening in the northern areas of Pakistan at this moment. My family is preparing for Deedar in the Passu region, where a grand Darbar is being held. Jamat from many small ...

Pakistan Releases New Commemorative Stamp Honoring Aga Khan IV (1936-2025) | Philately Collectors Alert!"

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His Highness the Aga Khan meets Pakistan Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif

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Jashan-e-Deedari is a song of celebration and gratitude for Mawlana Hazar Imam’s arrival in Pakistan. It features verses in Urdu, Burushaski, Wakhi, Khowar, and Shina — languages spoken in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral.

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Egypt launches desert mega-project to grow wheat using an “artificial river”

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President of Pakistan honours Mawlana Hazar Imam with state banquet

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Ashraf Agakhani


Google translation

This is the effect of your love on me,
I am not aware of myself, nor am I worried about death.
This is the effect of your love on me. 1
This heart is now immersed in the prostration of your memory,
I have no concern for pain or sorrow.
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Mawlana Hazar Imam received by Pakistan President on arrival in Pakistan

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