After all of the formal and informal discussions and today's summary remarks, there is very little for me to say.

Canada's McMaster University, on Friday May 15th, 1987 conferred upon Mawlana Hazar Imam an honorary degree (LLD) in recognition of Mawlana Hazar Imam's leadership in the advancement of health and education in the third world.

Cromwell Gardens No.1, South Kensington, London SW7, is an address which every Ismaili recognises and is proud of, for that is the site of the Ismaili Centre London.

CIDA has pledged $4.4 million to the McMaster-Aga Khan University nurse training program which has enabled Pakistani nurses and nursing teachers to attend McMaster to upgrade their skills in the past four years.

The Aga Khan last week welcomed the announcement by the government of Canada of its intellectual, institutional and financial contribution to become a partner in the new Global Centre for Pluralism in co-operation with the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN).Founded by the Aga Khan and to be base

Canada has pledged C$8.2 million to support rural development programming in Northern Areas and Chitral.The Institutional Development for Poverty Reduction (IDPR) programme will be funded through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

Presented at the IACS International Conference on Canadian Studies held from April 12-15, 1999 at the Himachal Pradesh University in Shimla, India.

Le Groupe AKFED/IPS sigles des sociétés Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development et Industrial Promotion Services a été choisi par le gouvernement malien, après appel d'offres international, comme partenaire stratégique provisoire de la nouvelle compagnie aérienne.Le gouvernement du Mali, réuni mer

THE Aga Khan, the billionaire racehorse owner, and Sir Tom Farmer, the Kwik-Fit founder, were yesterday presented with a prestigious award for philanthropy.

A Central team today visited the Agra Fort and Mehta Bagh, near Taj Mahal, to assess the feasibility of the Uttar Pradesh Government's plan of holding the 350th anniversary celebrations of the monument of love there and decided to recommend to the Supreme Court in favour of the programme.The team

Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz here on Saturday reiterating his commitment towards quality health care for all in Pakistan, with major emphasis on prevention and control of diseases, said the government vision for health sector was based on 'health for all'.Change in education system is need of the

Central Asia is to become the site of the world's first internationally chartered university. The University of Central Asia will have three campuses in the mountain regions of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan.

Chef spirituel des ismaléliens du monde entier, l'Aga Khan, actuellement à Nairobi (Kenya), pourrait effectuer une visite privée à Madagascar à partir de vendredi, à l'invitation de la communauté de ses nombreux fidèles à Madagascar.

Consultative Council on development of tourism in Issykkul region will be set up. This was disclosed during the workshop in Costa Smeralda, organized by Aga Khan Foundation. The main duty of the Consultative Council will be to draw up a common strategy of development.

Creating a credible democracy in Iraq will be a long and difficult process, according to the Aga Khan, billionaire spiritual leader of the world's 15 million Ismaili Muslims, in an interview to appear on Tuesday.'Democracy has not been applied in Iraq for a very long time,' he said in Tuesday's e

Recent global events have been framed as a 'clash of civilizations' -- between the Muslim world and the Judeo-Christian West. This thesis is constructed on a faulty premise, one that sees 'Islam' and 'the West' as somehow having developed in isolation.

Global stability will only be realized if poverty, hunger and injustice are overcome,' stated German Federal Minister for Economic and Cooperation and Development Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul on the occasion of the signing on Thursday of a memorandum of understanding with the Aga Khan.The aim of the

Two postage stamps to commemmorate the Agra Fort were released here today by Union Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology Shakeel Ahmed.One of the two Rs 15 denomination stamps depicts the Amar Singh Gate of the fort while the other shows the Khas Mahal.

The Department of Posts will bring out a set of two postage stamps to commemorate the Ninth Aga Khan Award for Architecture. The two stamps in the denomination of fifteen rupees each feature the Agra Fort.

In the desert, an oasis is akin to paradise and in the sands of Egypt, many of history's greatest gardens flowered on the banks of the Nile.But in Cairo, a city of 16 million people that has ballooned on the ruins of many Islamic dynasties from the 8th century Abbasid Caliphs to 19th century Otto

Canada can lead the way in enhancing -- or rebuilding -- relationships between Western and Muslim societies and address pressing global challenges by fostering education and pluralism, Nazeer Aziz Ladhani, Chief Executive Officer of Aga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC), told a parliamentary committe

A group of 260 Canadian professionals will contribute 5.2 million dollars to establish a Performing Arts Centre at the Aga Khan University in Karachi.The group comprising doctors, lawyers, pharmacists, architects and other professionals announced their pledge at a well-attended dinner organized h

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The award was instituted as it was felt by the Aga Khan that the gap between past accomplishments and current practice in Islamic architecture was massive. Has that gap been bridged after the award was instituted?

Le prince ismaélien a pris la tête d'une fondation pour sauver ce trésor du patrimoine français et va verser 40 millions d'euros.

CBC: Your words are that the most preoccupying global threat is the failure of democracy. What do you mean?

The 69th meeting of the Board of Directors of the Industrial Promotion and Development Company of Bangladesh Limited (IPDC) was held in the city recently under the Chairmanship of Al-Ameen Chaudhury, Secretary, Ministry of Industries.

Bata Limited and the Aga Khan Development Network are pleased to announce that the property which includes the Bata International Centre at 59 Wynford Drive in Toronto has been conditionally sold to an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network.

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, a wealthy philanthropist who held a string of top U.N. humanitarian posts and was the uncle of the spiritual leader of the Ismaili sect of Shiite Islam, has died, associates said Tuesday. He was 70.

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, a wealthy philanthropist who held a string of top U.N. humanitarian posts and was the uncle of the spiritual leader of the Ismaili sect of Shiite Islam, has died, associates said Tuesday. He was 70.

"Understanding of the importance of culture is slowly emerging as a critical element in development strategies in general", the leader of the world's Ismaili community said in Zanzibar yesterday.

The biggest global threat is not failed states but failed democracies, the Aga Khan told a graduating class at the University of Toronto yesterday afternoon.

Clash of ignorance not clash of civilisations: Aga Khan

Prince Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of Ismaili community, Friday rejected the notion that tension and violence in today's world was a result of clash of civilisations, especially between the Islamic world and the West.

Soucieux de promouvoir le commerce international et le rapatriement des avoirs des Afghans à l'étranger, le gouvernement afghan pousse à l'implantation des banques étrangères en Afghanistan, qui pourrait se traduire par l'rture de distributeurs automatiques de billets à Kaboul.

Calgary elementary school students are making their mark in an Afghanistan high school by raising funds for desperately needed school supplies.

Ismaili Muslims believe education must be used for benefit of us all 'If I am only for my-self then what am I?'-- Rabbi Hillel the Elder, legendary Jewish spiritual leader (70 BC to 102 AD)

Prince Karim Aga Khan IV received the fifth Vincent Scully Prize in recognition of his decades of work to re-energize design in the Islamic world and to preserve historic sites.

An international consortium lead by the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development has begun testing its GSM network in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Over the next few weeks Afghanistan's banking sector will move from comprising just six rundown specialist banks to one where several international commercial operations compete for business -- with perhaps even an ATM machine around the corner.

His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan seen at Mombasa's Moi International Airport V.I.P. Lounge together with Honourable Najib Balala, Minister for Gender, Sports, Culture and Social Services, before his departure for Madagascar.EXTENSIVE TOUR OF NEW KILINDINI PROJECT

A development group headed by the Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the world's estimated 15 million Ismaili Muslims, said on Tuesday it plans to set up a museum in Toronto to house valuable collections of Islamic art -- the first of its kind in the English-speaking world.

A function was held to celebrate the Ashden Award received by AKRSP Chitral in London, at a Local Hotel here. DCO Chitral Presided over the function while District Nazim Shahzada Muhyuddin was the Chief Guest.

The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development has submitted the names of four directors, Iain Cheyne, Sajid Zahid, Sultan Allana and Zakir Mahmood, as its nominees on the Board of Directors of Habib Bank Limited, to be inducted after handing over of the bank to the AKFED.

Jashn-e-Nowroze was celebrated in the upper part of the district, which marks the arrival of the new year and spring season. The festival is of Iranian origin and is celebrated in the Ismaili majority areas of Mastuj, Laspur, Yarkhoon, Khot, Rech, Karimabad and Lotkoh valleys on 21st March.

People from different walks of life have welcomed the proposed visit of the Agha Khan to Chitral on 4th Dec.

President Mwai Kibaki has received His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Ismaili Muslims, at State House, Nairobi.The two leaders held wide-ranging discussions covering the implementation of previously articulated and new expansion plans for the agencies of the Aga Khan Develo

Mombasa Mayor, His Worship CouncillorTaib Ali Taib (left) seen with His Excellency President
Mwai Kibaki, Gender and Sports Minister Hon. Najib Balala,
and His Highness the Aga Khan, during inauguration of the
Mombasa Aga Khan Academy.
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Dream of green the al azhar park looks gorgeous, but can it live up to its lofty aspirations?Sunset at the Al Azhar Park Source: Ursula Lindsey

Crocodile, snake, lizard, cow and sheep hides have been used since prehistory for creating durable leather goods, but at the Darb Al Ahmar craft exhibition at Al Azhar Park you can see something new in the ancient art

Fountains come alive in Indian 'paradise garden'It was an attempt to create a glimpse of heaven on earth, but for centuries the paradise garden of Humayun's Tomb -- the inspiration behind India's celebrated Taj Mahal -- lay in neglect in the midst of Delhi.

Muslim sect to open door to its world Conference cites values of IsmailisIn the last two years, friends and acquaintances have asked Rafiq Ghaswala about the difference between the two main branches of Islam, the life of the Prophet Muhammad and the origins of the Koran, Islam's holy book.