Northern Pakistan Visit 2026, May
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2026, May 24: Many montages and videos with pics of the Imam in Northern Pakistan are virsulating. On such posted under " Zamana Murtaza Didar Mubarak Didar Mubarak" by| Meher Angez Hunzaiis at:
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s80F2_xyh-Q
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s80F2_xyh-Q
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Indeed!Admin wrote: Sun May 24, 2026 12:15 pm People may think these are ramblings from some old people but many had withnessed the same. To believe it or not is a matter of faith.
10th August 1946 Daressalaam - Diamond Jubilee. -For 2 days the
weather had been windy and rainy. The leaders suggested putting a tarp over
the stadium, MSMS replied, to leave the stadium uncovered, since angels and
ruhanis would also descend from the heavens to view the celebrations, and
that the weather would improve.
I remember reading somewhere that there was an event that was being organised and Shah Karim had discussions about the preparations with a leader. The leader told Shah Karim that everything was working smoothly except that there was forecast of heavy rain. Shah Karim told the leader leave that for me and indeed the next day during the event it was nice and sunny. Shah Karim smiled at the leader!
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Part 4 - The Ismaili Update: Pakistan visit
Yesterday morning, Mawlana Hazar Imam travelled to Parwak in Upper Chitral and then in the afternoon to Gahkuch Bala in the Ishkoman-Punial region, to grace the Jamats gathered there with didar. Join us for the highlights, and stay tuned for more updates from the visit!
Watch now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXVF0WKqVaU
Yesterday morning, Mawlana Hazar Imam travelled to Parwak in Upper Chitral and then in the afternoon to Gahkuch Bala in the Ishkoman-Punial region, to grace the Jamats gathered there with didar. Join us for the highlights, and stay tuned for more updates from the visit!
Watch now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXVF0WKqVaU
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2026, May 24: An incredible candid description of Shah Rahim' Aga Khan's interaction with the Jamat. Indeed this Imam goes beyond protocol and bureaucracy!
Today Gilgit Didar Wonderful Moments Events (Audio)
24th May 2026
The Testimony is audio and in Urdu.
AUDIO: https://ismaili.net/timeline/2026/2026- ... y-urdu.mp4
Today Gilgit Didar Wonderful Moments Events (Audio)
24th May 2026
The Testimony is audio and in Urdu.
AUDIO: https://ismaili.net/timeline/2026/2026- ... y-urdu.mp4
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More videos
Tere Ishq Ka Mowla Mujpe Hua Ye Assar Hai
| Shah Rahim 
| Ismaili Essence 786
Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8MaIzBsOxE
Deedaret Boon || Hazir Imam Shah Rahim || Awais Shehzal || Baqir Ali Khadim || Shina Kalam 2026
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxeiVZpTxms
Tere Ishq Ka Mowla Mujpe Hua Ye Assar Hai
| Shah Rahim 
| Ismaili Essence 786Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8MaIzBsOxE
Deedaret Boon || Hazir Imam Shah Rahim || Awais Shehzal || Baqir Ali Khadim || Shina Kalam 2026
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxeiVZpTxms
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“Tere Ishq Ka Moula Mujhpe Hua Ye Asar Hai. Tere Ishq Ka Mowla Mujpe Hua Ye Assar Hai
| Shah Rahim | Ismaili Essence 786”K. Bhai, thank you for posting this song on the website.
The lyrics of this song were written by me, and the music was composed by Dr. Sam Maknojia of Ismaili Essence 786. Together, we have created many devotional songs dedicated to our beloved MHI.
I have not shared many of our other compositions here because I was concerned they might be deleted. Nevertheless, I sincerely appreciate your efforts in sharing this song and helping it reach a wider audience.
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I enjoyed watching after translating the lyrics into English. Thank you for your efforts. May Mowla inspire you to compose and produce more!ashraf59 wrote: Mon May 25, 2026 9:16 am The lyrics of this song were written by me, and the music was composed by Dr. Sam Maknojia of Ismaili Essence 786. Together, we have created many devotional songs dedicated to our beloved MHI.
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Aga Khans: The Silent Revolutionaries
Issa Khan (Kinshasa, DRC, Central Africa)
There is a revolution that never made the evening news. No protests, no slogans, no power grabs. Just classrooms, clinics, and village banks appearing one by one across the valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral. For over a hundred years, the Aga Khans have been waging it and only now, as the world’s attention turns north, are we seeing the scale of what was built.
It began in 1946, before Pakistan even existed. Aga Khan III established Diamond Jubilee Schools for girls in the Karakoram Mountains and Chitral. At the time, the idea of educating daughters in those remote valleys was unthinkable to many. But that was the point. The Imamat’s bet was simple: if you want to change a region, start with its women. That quiet conviction became the foundation for everything that followed.
In 1967, Aga Khan IV brought these scattered efforts under the Aga Khan Development Network, a non-denominational group with a mandate to improve quality of life regardless of faith, origin, or gender. The Northern Areas became its laboratory. The turning point came in 1982 with the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme. The brief to Shoaib Sultan Khan was deceptively ambitious: double household incomes in a decade and build a model others could replicate.
The method, however, was radically humble. Villagers were asked to organize themselves, save their own capital, and decide their own priorities. AKRSP just provided the technical scaffolding. It worked. Within three years the model had spread from Gilgit to Chitral and Baltistan. Former Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Sartaj Aziz visited, studied it, and admitted Pakistan finally had a viable rural development model. That model later scaled into the National Rural Support Programme.
AKDN never chased visibility, so the metrics often surprise people. Today nearly 150 Aga Khan schools in the region educate 40,000 students, and almost half are girls. The Professional Development Centre in Gilgit has trained over 21,000 teachers because, as the Aga Khan IV put it, teacher training yields greater returns than any other social investment. Health tells a similar story. More than 60 AKDN health centers now serve 750,000 people across GB and Chitral, feeding into a national network that treats 1.8 million patients a year.
When you drive through Hunza or Yasin, the evidence is physical too: 333 micro-hydro plants lighting 40,000 homes, safe drinking water reaching half a million people, and 39 million trees planted as a buffer against climate change. AKDN teams have mapped hazards for 828 villages and trained 36,000 local volunteers in disaster response, not because it’s trendy, but because they’ve been working in these fragile valleys for 65 years.
That long view is why the world is suddenly interested. The 1984 opening of the Karakoram Highway put Gilgit-Baltistan on Pakistan’s map. CPEC has now put it on the world’s. Everyone sees the trade routes, the minerals, the borders. What they’re just discovering is that the human capital is already there.
In a region now described as ground zero for climate risk, AKDN’s decades of glacial lake monitoring and community-based preparedness look less like charity and more like foresight. And in an age of polarization, a Muslim-led institution running merit-based schools and hospitals for all communities, restoring Buddhist and Sikh heritage sites alongside mosques, carries its own quiet authority. AKDN’s mission explicitly promotes pluralism, and the North has been living that experiment for generations.
Prince Rahim Aga Khan V’s visit this May underscored the continuity. His first official trip as 50th Imam devoted five of six days to Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral. He was received with full state honors, and President Zardari publicly credited AKDN’s longstanding contributions to social welfare. The partnership that once operated in the margins is now national policy.
So why call them “silent revolutionaries”? Because they never wanted the microphone. They built institutions instead of personalities. They handed credit to village organizations and school committees. While empires argued over who owned the mountains, the Aga Khans asked a different question: what if the people who live here had the best schools, healthcare, and access to capital? A century later, the answer is measurable. The region posts Pakistan’s highest female literacy rates and some of its lowest maternal mortality. Its civil society is strong enough to host international climate forums.
The revolution was silent. The results aren’t. And as global investors, policymakers, and climate experts head north, they’re finding that someone was there first, quietly laying the foundations for the future.
Issa Khan (Kinshasa, DRC, Central Africa)
There is a revolution that never made the evening news. No protests, no slogans, no power grabs. Just classrooms, clinics, and village banks appearing one by one across the valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral. For over a hundred years, the Aga Khans have been waging it and only now, as the world’s attention turns north, are we seeing the scale of what was built.
It began in 1946, before Pakistan even existed. Aga Khan III established Diamond Jubilee Schools for girls in the Karakoram Mountains and Chitral. At the time, the idea of educating daughters in those remote valleys was unthinkable to many. But that was the point. The Imamat’s bet was simple: if you want to change a region, start with its women. That quiet conviction became the foundation for everything that followed.
In 1967, Aga Khan IV brought these scattered efforts under the Aga Khan Development Network, a non-denominational group with a mandate to improve quality of life regardless of faith, origin, or gender. The Northern Areas became its laboratory. The turning point came in 1982 with the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme. The brief to Shoaib Sultan Khan was deceptively ambitious: double household incomes in a decade and build a model others could replicate.
The method, however, was radically humble. Villagers were asked to organize themselves, save their own capital, and decide their own priorities. AKRSP just provided the technical scaffolding. It worked. Within three years the model had spread from Gilgit to Chitral and Baltistan. Former Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Sartaj Aziz visited, studied it, and admitted Pakistan finally had a viable rural development model. That model later scaled into the National Rural Support Programme.
AKDN never chased visibility, so the metrics often surprise people. Today nearly 150 Aga Khan schools in the region educate 40,000 students, and almost half are girls. The Professional Development Centre in Gilgit has trained over 21,000 teachers because, as the Aga Khan IV put it, teacher training yields greater returns than any other social investment. Health tells a similar story. More than 60 AKDN health centers now serve 750,000 people across GB and Chitral, feeding into a national network that treats 1.8 million patients a year.
When you drive through Hunza or Yasin, the evidence is physical too: 333 micro-hydro plants lighting 40,000 homes, safe drinking water reaching half a million people, and 39 million trees planted as a buffer against climate change. AKDN teams have mapped hazards for 828 villages and trained 36,000 local volunteers in disaster response, not because it’s trendy, but because they’ve been working in these fragile valleys for 65 years.
That long view is why the world is suddenly interested. The 1984 opening of the Karakoram Highway put Gilgit-Baltistan on Pakistan’s map. CPEC has now put it on the world’s. Everyone sees the trade routes, the minerals, the borders. What they’re just discovering is that the human capital is already there.
In a region now described as ground zero for climate risk, AKDN’s decades of glacial lake monitoring and community-based preparedness look less like charity and more like foresight. And in an age of polarization, a Muslim-led institution running merit-based schools and hospitals for all communities, restoring Buddhist and Sikh heritage sites alongside mosques, carries its own quiet authority. AKDN’s mission explicitly promotes pluralism, and the North has been living that experiment for generations.
Prince Rahim Aga Khan V’s visit this May underscored the continuity. His first official trip as 50th Imam devoted five of six days to Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral. He was received with full state honors, and President Zardari publicly credited AKDN’s longstanding contributions to social welfare. The partnership that once operated in the margins is now national policy.
So why call them “silent revolutionaries”? Because they never wanted the microphone. They built institutions instead of personalities. They handed credit to village organizations and school committees. While empires argued over who owned the mountains, the Aga Khans asked a different question: what if the people who live here had the best schools, healthcare, and access to capital? A century later, the answer is measurable. The region posts Pakistan’s highest female literacy rates and some of its lowest maternal mortality. Its civil society is strong enough to host international climate forums.
The revolution was silent. The results aren’t. And as global investors, policymakers, and climate experts head north, they’re finding that someone was there first, quietly laying the foundations for the future.
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Mawlana Hazar Imam blesses Jamat with second didar in Parwak
Mawlana Hazar Imam returned to Parwak in Upper Chitral on 24 May 2026.
Photo: IPL / Khush Ahmed Din
Imtiaz Alam, Regional Council President for Upper Chitral, welcomes Mawlana Hazar Imam back to Parwak.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
The Mukhi, Mukhiani, Kamadia, and Kamadiani welcome Mawlana Hazar Imam to the didar venue.
Photo: IPL / Rouhaan Bhamani
Thousands of Jamati members gathered at the outdoor venue in Parwak, which volunteers had spent months preparing.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
Mawlana Hazar Imam walks through the didar venue at Parwak on 24 May 2026.
Photo: IPL / Amir Ali Rimjee
Mawlana Hazar Imam on stage at the didar in Parwak, Upper Chitral.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
Mawlana Hazar Imam addresses the Jamat in Parwak, Chitral.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
Mawlana Hazar Imam addresses the Jamat in Parwak, Chitral, on 24 May 2026.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
Mawlana Hazar Imam addresses the Jamat in Parwak, Chitral.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
Mawlana Hazar Imam waves farewell to members of the Jamat gathered for didar in Parwak on 24 May 2026.
Photo: IPL / Rouhaan Bhamani
Yesterday, Mawlana Hazar Imam travelled back to Parwak in Upper Chitral, to grant the second of the two didars in the region.
Greeting him was a sign in the mountains made from stones that read “Welcome to our Beloved Hazar Imam”. It took a group of volunteers 25 days to create the sign. Throughout the mountains here in Chitral and in Gilgit-Baltistan, Jamati members created many similar signs to welcome the Imam and express their love and joy on the occasion of his visit.
Hazar Imam later travelled to Gahkuch and Gilgit to meet with the Jamats there.
https://the.ismaili/pk/en/news/mawlana- ... -in-parwak
Mawlana Hazar Imam returned to Parwak in Upper Chitral on 24 May 2026.
Photo: IPL / Khush Ahmed Din
Imtiaz Alam, Regional Council President for Upper Chitral, welcomes Mawlana Hazar Imam back to Parwak.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
The Mukhi, Mukhiani, Kamadia, and Kamadiani welcome Mawlana Hazar Imam to the didar venue.
Photo: IPL / Rouhaan Bhamani
Thousands of Jamati members gathered at the outdoor venue in Parwak, which volunteers had spent months preparing.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
Mawlana Hazar Imam walks through the didar venue at Parwak on 24 May 2026.
Photo: IPL / Amir Ali Rimjee
Mawlana Hazar Imam on stage at the didar in Parwak, Upper Chitral.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
Mawlana Hazar Imam addresses the Jamat in Parwak, Chitral.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
Mawlana Hazar Imam addresses the Jamat in Parwak, Chitral, on 24 May 2026.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
Mawlana Hazar Imam addresses the Jamat in Parwak, Chitral.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
Mawlana Hazar Imam waves farewell to members of the Jamat gathered for didar in Parwak on 24 May 2026.
Photo: IPL / Rouhaan Bhamani
Yesterday, Mawlana Hazar Imam travelled back to Parwak in Upper Chitral, to grant the second of the two didars in the region.
Greeting him was a sign in the mountains made from stones that read “Welcome to our Beloved Hazar Imam”. It took a group of volunteers 25 days to create the sign. Throughout the mountains here in Chitral and in Gilgit-Baltistan, Jamati members created many similar signs to welcome the Imam and express their love and joy on the occasion of his visit.
Hazar Imam later travelled to Gahkuch and Gilgit to meet with the Jamats there.
https://the.ismaili/pk/en/news/mawlana- ... -in-parwak
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Mawlana Hazar Imam graces Jamat with didar in Gilgit
Engineer Iqbal Rasool, President of the Council for Gilgit Region, welcomes Mawlana Hazar Imam back to Gilgit.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
The Mukhi, Kamadia, Mukhiani, and Kamadiani welcome Mawlana Hazar Imam to the didar venue.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
Mawlana Hazar Imam walks through the didar venue at Gilgit on 24 May 2026.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
Mawlana Hazar Imam walks through the didar venue in Gilgit.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
Mawlana Hazar Imam walks through the didar venue at Gilgit on 24 May 2026.
Photo: IPL / Daniyal Akbar
Mawlana Hazar Imam on stage at the didar in Gilgit.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
Thousands of Jamati members gathered at the outdoor venue in Gilgit, which volunteers had spent months preparing.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
Mawlana Hazar Imam on stage at the didar in Gilgit.
Photo: IPL / Javaid Janan
Mawlana Hazar Imam addresses the Jamat in Gilgit on 24 May 2026.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
Mawlana Hazar Imam addresses the Jamat in Gilgit.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
Mawlana Hazar Imam addresses the Jamat in Gilgit on 24 May 2026.
Photo: IPL / Shakila Bano
Mawlana Hazar Imam departs the stage after blessing the Jamat with didar in Gilgit.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
Mawlana Hazar Imam travelled back to Gilgit yesterday evening where he granted didar to the Jamat of the Gilgit regional council.
Many thousands of Jamati members had gathered at the outdoor venue, which volunteers had spent weeks preparing with excitement and anticipation.
The city of Gilgit is one of the major cities in the region, and the main educational and commercial centre for Gilgit-Baltistan. Historically, Gilgit served as a key junction on the Silk Route, connecting South Asia, Central Asia, and China.
AKDN has a strong presence in Gilgit. The Aga Khan Medical Centre provides quality healthcare services, while the Aga Khan University (AKU) Professional Development Centre has played an important role in teacher training and educational development as part of the AKU’s Institute of Education. Similarly, the Aga Khan Higher Secondary School (AKHSS) has contributed significantly to academic excellence and youth development for decades.
https://the.ismaili/pk/en/news/mawlana- ... -in-gilgit
Engineer Iqbal Rasool, President of the Council for Gilgit Region, welcomes Mawlana Hazar Imam back to Gilgit.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
The Mukhi, Kamadia, Mukhiani, and Kamadiani welcome Mawlana Hazar Imam to the didar venue.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
Mawlana Hazar Imam walks through the didar venue at Gilgit on 24 May 2026.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
Mawlana Hazar Imam walks through the didar venue in Gilgit.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
Mawlana Hazar Imam walks through the didar venue at Gilgit on 24 May 2026.
Photo: IPL / Daniyal Akbar
Mawlana Hazar Imam on stage at the didar in Gilgit.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
Thousands of Jamati members gathered at the outdoor venue in Gilgit, which volunteers had spent months preparing.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
Mawlana Hazar Imam on stage at the didar in Gilgit.
Photo: IPL / Javaid Janan
Mawlana Hazar Imam addresses the Jamat in Gilgit on 24 May 2026.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
Mawlana Hazar Imam addresses the Jamat in Gilgit.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
Mawlana Hazar Imam addresses the Jamat in Gilgit on 24 May 2026.
Photo: IPL / Shakila Bano
Mawlana Hazar Imam departs the stage after blessing the Jamat with didar in Gilgit.
Photo: IPL / Akbar Hakim
Mawlana Hazar Imam travelled back to Gilgit yesterday evening where he granted didar to the Jamat of the Gilgit regional council.
Many thousands of Jamati members had gathered at the outdoor venue, which volunteers had spent weeks preparing with excitement and anticipation.
The city of Gilgit is one of the major cities in the region, and the main educational and commercial centre for Gilgit-Baltistan. Historically, Gilgit served as a key junction on the Silk Route, connecting South Asia, Central Asia, and China.
AKDN has a strong presence in Gilgit. The Aga Khan Medical Centre provides quality healthcare services, while the Aga Khan University (AKU) Professional Development Centre has played an important role in teacher training and educational development as part of the AKU’s Institute of Education. Similarly, the Aga Khan Higher Secondary School (AKHSS) has contributed significantly to academic excellence and youth development for decades.
https://the.ismaili/pk/en/news/mawlana- ... -in-gilgit
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Hazar Imam's pakistan visit experience shared by murids
A historic and emotional moment as Mawlana Hazar Imam arrives in Pakistan and is warmly received by President Asif Ali Zardari at the airport.
Murids share their experiences during didars
This beautiful scene reflects respect, unity, peace, and the deep love of the Jamat for Mawlana Hazar Imam. The arrival atmosphere, official reception, and spiritual emotions make this a memorable moment for murids around the world.
Ya Ali Madad
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR8epVW2bYo
A historic and emotional moment as Mawlana Hazar Imam arrives in Pakistan and is warmly received by President Asif Ali Zardari at the airport.
Murids share their experiences during didarsThis beautiful scene reflects respect, unity, peace, and the deep love of the Jamat for Mawlana Hazar Imam. The arrival atmosphere, official reception, and spiritual emotions make this a memorable moment for murids around the world.
Ya Ali Madad
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR8epVW2bYo