AGA KHAN RESTORES THE LAIRS OF SILK ROAD'S BANDIT BARONS</I> - 2005-06-17

THE rescue of great houses from decay has been one of the enduring romantic causes of the last half-century. Rarely has it been done amid grander scenery or with a keener sense of social purpose than in northern Pakistan, where the Aga Khan is engaged in the repair and re-use of a series of remarkable palace-forts high in the western Himalayas.