Chitral, Pakistan, 16 September 2022 - This week the Minister of International Development for Canada, the Honourable Harjit Sajjan, visited Chitral, a flood-affected district in Pakistan's north. He was accompanied by the High Commissioner for Canada to Pakistan, Ms. Wendy Gilmour, Canadian Member of Parliament, Ms. Iqra Khalid, President of the Ismaili Council for Pakistan, Mr. Hafiz Sherali and CEO of ...
Lisbon, Portugal, 4 September 2022 - The Ismaili Imamat has announced it will be donating US$10 million to support relief efforts following the severe flooding in Pakistan. $5m will be donated directly to the Government of Pakistan while a further $5m will be provided to the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) agencies in the country, which are engaged in the relief ...
Islamabad, Pakistan, 29 August 2022 - The Aga Khan Development Network is responding to the devastating floods in Pakistan by evacuating residents to safer areas, and providing food, shelter and health care. Over 1,000 people have died in Pakistan since June, in the worst floods the country has experienced in over a decade. The country is in a state of emergency, ...
Lisbon, Portugal, 29 June 2022 - A delegation led by Prince Rahim Aga Khan is attending the Ocean Conference in Lisbon at the invitation of the United Nations (UN). To raise awareness and action around the alarming degradation of the planet's oceans - which not only provide us with oxygen, food and livelihoods, but act as a giant carbon sink - ...
Chitral, Pakistan, 24 June 2022 -Three Aga Khan Schools in this remote, mountainous region are adding state-of-the-art buildings to their campuses. These expansions will not only increase educational access for students from surrounding towns and distant villages but also offer enhanced quality of learning to the young students, as is required for achieving excellence in different fields in the 21st century. ...
Central Asia, 22 June 2022 - Last Saturday, amid the majestic mountains of the Pamirs and Tien Shan, the graduation ceremonies at the two University of Central Asia (UCA) campuses in Naryn, Kyrgyzstan and Khorog, Tajikistan brought together parents, faculty and distinguished guests who came to congratulate the students for their academic achievements and prospects of success. The event began with ...
Geneva, Switzerland, 21 June 2022 - On the occasion of World Music Day, the Aga Khan Music Awards today announced the seven members of the Master Jury for the 2020-2022 Awards cycle. The Awards, which come with US$ 500,000 in prizes, recognise and further develop exceptional creativity, promise and enterprise in music performance, creation, education, preservation and revitalisation in societies across ...
20 projects in 16 countries, from Indonesia to Cape Verde Geneva, Switzerland, 2 June 2022 - The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) today announced 20 shortlisted projects for the 2022 Award cycle. The projects will compete for a share of the US$ 1 million prize, one of the largest in architecture. The 20 shortlisted projects were selected by an independent ...
Lisbon, Portugal, 13 May 2022 - Yesterday, Monsignor Edgar Peña Parra, the Substitute for the Secretariat of State at the Vatican, was welcomed at the Ismaili Centre Lisbon by Prince Rahim Aga Khan, accompanied by Mr Nazim Ahmad, the Diplomatic Representative of the Ismaili Imamat to Portugal, and Mr Rahim Firozali, President of the Ismaili National Council. The meeting offered an ...
Ottawa, Canada, 9 May 2022 - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi called for action to tackle climate change - a major factor contributing to the world's worsening refugee crisis. Last month Mr Grandi addressed government officials and diplomats at a reception hosted in his honour at the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat in Ottawa. The main purpose ...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 12 April 2022 - The Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam laid the foundation stone for its state-of-the-art cancer care centre, which will serve as a key hub for the innovative Tanzania Comprehensive Cancer Project (TCCP). The Project, launched by the Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS) in January 2020, has the goal of reducing cancer morbidity and ...
Afghanistan Conference 2022, 31 March 2022 - Prince Rahim Aga Khan today affirmed the "unfailing commitment of the Ismaili Imamat and the AKDN to the people of Afghanistan," at a virtual conference convened by UN Secretary General António Guterres to address the country's humanitarian crisis. Speaking on behalf of His Highness the Aga Khan, Prince Rahim urged the international community to ...
Lahore, Pakistan, 24 March 2022 - Ethnologist and art historian Jean Baptiste Clais, curator of the Asian collection and European porcelains at the Department of Art Objects at the Louvre Museum in Paris, visited the historic Lahore Fort this week to view the restoration being undertaken by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC). During the visit - part of the ...
Delhi, India, 22 March 2022 - The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) has won a Certificate of Recognition as runner-up in the 2021 TERI-IWA-UNDP Water Sustainability Awards for Excellence in Participatory Water Management. The Water Sustainability Awards evaluate excellence in new ideas, approaches, processes, products, services, technologies and other types of innovations in the water sector to encourage the achievement ...
Maputo, Mozambique, 19 March 2022 - The Aga Khan Academy Maputo, a new academic centre of excellence, was inaugurated today by the President of the Republic of Mozambique Filipe Nyusi together with the President of the Portuguese Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, in the presence of Prince Rahim Aga Khan, representing His Highness the Aga Khan. Speaking at the event, President ...
Dubai, UAE, 17 March 2022 - Prince Rahim Aga Khan departed from Dubai yesterday following an official two-day visit that included discussions with His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, about areas where the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and the UAE can work together to improve ...
Kabul, Afghanistan, 17 March 2022 - This week the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat supported the Afghan government's annual tree plantation campaign by donating 5,000 trees and plants to the greenery of Kabul - adding to the 45,000 already planted to date - to help make the city safer, cleaner and greener. Climate change has significantly affected Afghanistan's landscape and poses ...
Nairobi, Kenya, 28 February 2022 - More than 660 students in Pakistan, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda graduated from the Aga Khan University (AKU) in a live-streamed Global Convocation Ceremony that was watched by viewers around the world. The ceremony in Nairobi was attended in-person by Princess Zahra Aga Khan and saw the University commit to becoming carbon neutral in its operations ...
New York, USA, 09 February 2022 - Prince Rahim Aga Khan met with United Nations Secretary General Mr António Guterres at the UN's Headquarters in New York on 9 February 2022. Prince Rahim conveyed special greetings from His Highness the Aga Khan, which the Secretary General warmly reciprocated. During the meeting, Mr Guterres and Prince Rahim spoke about the longstanding partnership ...
Geneva, Switzerland, 31 January 2022 - Drawing on over 50 years of experience in international development, the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) is proud to launch The Learning Hub, a free online platform aimed at strengthening practitioners and empowering communities. The Learning Hub is home to a plethora of learning content developed by AKF and more than 30 of its partner organisations. ...
Lisbon, Portugal, 25 December 2021 - Prince Rahim met with His Excellency Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal, at the Presidential Palace. At the meeting, Prince Rahim conveyed to the President and the people of Portugal Season's Greetings and best wishes for the new year. The President and Prince Rahim acknowledged the strong relationship between the Ismaili Imamat and Portugal ...
Dubai, UAE (Expo 2020), 15 December 2021 - At the global education summit hosted by Dubai Cares, representatives from Schools2030 - the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF)'s flagship education programme - shared its approach to catalyse teacher and school-driven holistic learning innovations and achieve SDG4. Rewiring education means thinking differently. For many years the global community has worked tirelessly towards the Sustainable ...
Lahore, Pakistan, 15 December 2021 - Dr Arif Alvi, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, visited the 17th century Mughal-era Lahore Fort, one of the largest restoration projects in Pakistan that has been carried out by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in partnership with the Government of Punjab and the Walled City of Lahore Authority. While touring the Royal ...
Khorog, Tajikistan, 10 December 2021 - In a global, virtual event organised by the FAO in celebration of International Mountain Day, Dilshodbegim Khusravova - one of the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat's (AKAH) emergency response volunteers in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO), Tajikistan - was nominated the Mountain Partnership's first Youth Goodwill Ambassador. Ms Khusravova, a 21-year-old native of the Pamir Mountains, ...
Kabul, Afghanistan, 7 December 2021 - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand their long-term collaboration on supporting the Afghan people in building their resilience - providing amongst other things essential health services, food security and access to renewable energy. "This is a significant step in ...
Delhi, India, 3 December 2021 - For the second year running the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) has won two important awards from UNESCO's Asia-Pacific regional office - for its holistic urban revitalisation of Delhi's historic Nizamuddin Basti. The prizes include: - The 2021 Award for Excellence, the highest level of achievement in the conservation category - The 2021 Award ...
Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, 29 November 2021 - New state-of the-art buildings are being added on three Aga Khan school campuses in Ghizer District to enhance educational opportunities in the area, giving more young and talented students from the surrounding towns and villages - including those from the most remote valleys - a chance to fulfil their potential. Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, ...
Gilgit, Pakistan, 25 November 2021 - Two state-of-the-art health facilities - an expansion of the Aga Khan Medical Centre in Gilgit and construction of a new Aga Khan Health Centre in Hunza - are underway to ensure continuity of quality healthcare services to the people of Gilgit-Baltistan. Aga Khan facilities have been providing quality care and services in the region since ...
Ottawa, Canada, 16 November 2021 - The Global Centre for Pluralism has announced the 10 finalists for the 2021 Global Pluralism Award. The Award is presented once every two years to individuals, organisations and governments around the world to celebrate achievements which enable societies to live more peacefully and productively with diversity. "The Centre is inspired by the creativity and resilience ...
Mumbai, India, 12 November 2021 - The Aga Hall Estate, an upcoming residential high-rise development project centrally located on a heritage site in South Mumbai, India, has earned EDGE Advanced Certification - the globally recognised benchmark for green building created by International Finance Corporation (IFC) - for designs that project energy savings of up to 45 percent, water savings of up ...
Mumbai, India, 12 November 2021 - The Aga Hall Estate, an upcoming residential high-rise development project centrally located on a heritage site in South Mumbai, India, has earned EDGE Advanced Certification - the globally recognised benchmark for green building created by International Finance Corporation (IFC) - for designs that project energy savings of up to 45 percent, water savings of up ...
Glasgow, Scotland, 10 November 2021 - During the first week of COP26, the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) joined the Governments of Tajikistan and Switzerland to discuss and align approaches that are building climate change resilience in the Pamir highlands, where mountain communities are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of global warming. AKAH is part of the official Tajik delegation ...
Geneva, Switzerland, 1 November 2021 - Nominations for the 2020-22 cycle of the Aga Khan Music Awards are now open. The triennial Awards, which come with US$ 500,000 in prizes, recognise exceptional creativity, promise, and enterprise in music that has flourished in cultures shaped by Islam. Nominations for the Music Awards will be solicited from a distinguished international group of performing ...
Geneva, Switzerland, 29 October 2021 - As part of preparations for the climate change COP26 summit in Glasgow, a film series "Voices from the Roof of the World" - a joint initiative of the Aga Khan University, Aga Khan Agency for Habitat, Aga Khan Foundation and University of Central Asia - is being launched this Sunday 31 October on TV and ...
Dubai, UAE, 29 October 2021 - Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) staff from countries around the world are collaborating in Expo 2020 Dubai's Programme for People and Planet. This partnership is founded on a shared commitment and recognition that the most pressing challenges facing humanity can best be addressed through social, economic, cultural and environmental initiatives. The Network's contributions to the ...
Nairobi, Kenya, 28 October 2021 - The Aga Khan University's Institute for Human Development (AKU-IHD) has launched an online Early Childhood Development (ECD) Workforce Hub to advance the well-being of children and families around the world. The Hub aims to bridge gaps that hinder children in resource-constrained and marginalised areas from achieving their potential and prevent them from being on an ...
Lisbon, Portugal, 28 October 2021 - Earlier this week, Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was joined by Prince Amyn Aga Khan at NOVA University's School of Business and Economics (SBE) in Carcavelos, a coastal town 12 km west of Lisbon, to inaugurate Westmont Hospitality Hall - a new home for the Westmont Institute of Tourism and Hospitality. The Institute's mission ...
Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, 26 October 2021 - In the Ghizer district of Gilgit-Baltistan, foundations have been laid for two state-of-the-art Aga Khan higher secondary schools in Gupis and Yasin, promising continuity of quality education through Grade 12 for thousands of students in the region. The two schools - Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, Gupis, and Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, Yasin - ...
Paris, France, 14 October 2021 - Prince Rahim Aga Khan attended a cultural celebration to mark the 30th anniversary of Tajikistan's independence, held at UNESCO's headquarters in Paris, in the presence of the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon. Prince Rahim conveyed His Highness the Aga Khan's warmest greetings and congratulations, and affirmed the Aga Khan Development Network's commitment to Tajikistan's peace ...
Karachi, Pakistan, 11 October 2021 - Accelerate Prosperity (AP) and the Aga Khan University (AKU) have launched Pakistan's first National Health Incubator to support entrepreneurs grow new technology, innovation and services, and catalyse commercialisation in the country's health sector. AP and AKU ran a successful pilot health incubation programme last year, HealthVenture 2020. One start-up was amongst the top three businesses ...
