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THE INDUSTRIAL Promotion Services (IPS) graduate management development programme, which was started in Kenya in 2001, will soon be extended to Tanzania and Uganda. The objective is to recruit and train top-flight young graduates to develop into outstanding executives to manage IPS companies in East Africa. IPS is an affiliate of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED). Through equity investment, AKFED promotes private-sector initiatives that provide employment and improve living conditions in Africa and Asia.

PESHAWAR: The Aga Khan Family Health Centre was inaugurated here on Tuesday to provide healthcare services to the local people as well as Afghan refugees. Vice-Chairman Ali Ratancy, The Aga Khan Foundation, Pakistan, said the project would go a long way in improving the health delivery system in the city for the poor.

Ismaili Muslims are planning to build a community center on 6 acres off Five Forks Trickum Road near Snellville. It will offer youth and educational programs such as SAT preparatory classes, healthy living sessions, economics classes and sporting activities.

HELLO Magazine: Cherie was joined at the Asian Women of Achievement Awards ceremony by the Aga Khan's wife, Her Highness Begum Inaara Aga Khan.

ISLAMABAD: Japan has extended US $ 62,892 (approx. 3.6 million Rupees) under its Grassroots Assistance (GRA) Programme to Aga Khan Foundation in order to assist 'The Project for Integrated Up-gradation and Rehabilitation of Banpy, Khaplu, Northern Areas'.

Boston Globe - KABUL, Afghanistan:- The lobby is a dusty heap of rubble and fallen beams. The once-elegant lounge is piled with old sofas, sinks, and beds stripped from guest rooms. The former cigar bar is a series of dank, brick archways -- with no bar and no cigars. Welcome to the Kabul Hotel. It is none too inviting in its current state, but come this fall the 110-room hotel will reopen with a five-star rating after a $26 million renovation.

To step through the door of Room 132 of the Kabul Hotel is to fall 20ft to a pile of rubble below. The white-painted doorway is all that remains of the room that, along with a big chunk of the hotel, was bombed during Afghanistan's fierce civil war. Over the coming months, Room 132 will be rebuilt as part of a $26m reconstruction project aimed at turning the 110-room hotel into a five-star attraction with shops, a health club and a Mogul-style garden.

More than 60,000 people in 10 cities expected to take part in Partnership Walk. Helping women in India develop business and marketing plans to sell their traditional beadwork for fair wages was an eye-opening experience for Fatima Sachedina, who spent seven months in a program sponsored by Aga Khan Foundation Canada.

New Delhi: For restoring the gardens of the World Heritage Monument, the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) collaborated with the Geneva-based Aga Khan Trust for Culture that gave US $ 6,50,000. On Tuesday, the Aga Khan will unveil the original glory of the

Dawn - KARACHI: The European Union's ambassador to Pakistan, Ilkka Uustialo, has laid emphasis on quality education at the Aga Khan centres for education all over the country . Mr Uustialo was visiting Karimabad education centre, which had been declared the best college of the year.The Aga Khan Education Service (AKES) has been awarded a grant of 20 million euros for the implementation of the Northern Pakistan Education Programme, over the next five years, says a press release on Thursday.

Fur Love to Fur Shame: Change of Heart for a Princess - FWD spoke to Princess Catherine about her involvement in animal cruelty prevention. A former fur wearer herself, she was converted by a mixture of viewing an anti-fur video produced by David Bailey (news) and her late husband Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan questioning her moral ethics.

Harmony is the key word in Gilgit, the land of mountains, green valleys, succulent strawberries and cherries. Phantastiche (Fantastic), an awe-struck German travelling in the PIA Fokker blurts out as he eyes several snow- covered peaks, merely 2,000 feet below the plane, and at least two even higher than the maximum cruising altitude of the aircraft. He leaves the cockpit and Captain Asif Khan invites me to move into the narrow space inside.

More than a thousand people attended a fund-raising event on Saturday night at which hundreds of thousands of rupees were raised for poor patients. Anwar Maqsood and Tina Sani performed at the event which was organized by the Resource Development Committee of the Aga Khan University.

- One thousand new jobs will be created when Alltex EPZ Limited completes its Sh214 million (US$2.86 million) phase II expansion project this month. Alltex is a joint venture between Industrial Promotion Services (Kenya) Limited (IPS) and Global Readymade Garments Industry LLC of Qatar. IPS is an affiliate of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), which promotes private sector initiatives and entrepreneurship through equity investment.

'The Indian government is co-funding the project with the Aga Khan Development Network, that will build the hydroelectric plant.' Work on the $1.2 million plant will start in mid-March.

Saga - Karim Aga Khan, descendant du prophète, milliardaire est aussi l'un des premiers investisseurs du continent. Retour sur un parcours hors du commun et sur une entreprise qui tente de conjuguer rentabilité et philantropie..écrit Jean-Claude Grenier dans la revue Economia 26/27 de décembre 2002/janvier 2003

The shareholders, who include the Aga Khan, will also receive a dividend of 7 1/2 cents per share next month as a result of Goffs

The 30-acre site contains more than 100 graves and was the first Mughal tomb with a 'chahar-bagh' or four-part paradise garden on the Indian subcontinent. But when the capital was moved from Delhi to Agra, site of the Taj Mahal, the tomb was neglected and the water dried up. It now gets about 1,000 visitors a day and officials said they are hoping to double or triple that figure now that the gardens have been spruced up.

Sindh Governor Dr. Ishratul Ebad Khan made the announcement at a reception he hosted on Saturday night at Governor House here in honour of Prince Karim Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of Ismaili community.

The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development and NJI had also purchased the controlling shares of 63.4 per cent held by CGU International Insurance, PLc in Commercial Union Life Assurance Company (Pakistan) (CULAP).

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Saturday said his government was committed to the development of health, education, female literacy and employment in country's remotest areas. Talking to Prince Karim Aga Khan, who called on him at the Prime Minister House, Jamali appreciated the useful contributions made by the Ismaili community for the socio-economic development of the country. The prime minister particularly noted Aga Khan's contribution towards health and education sectors and expressed the hope that it would hasten country's transition towards economic prosperity.

The Aga Khan was visiting Nairobi scarcely two months after the devastation of the August 1, 1982, coup attempt. Investor confidence was at an all-time low following the unprecedented looting, destruction of property and loss of life. Yet, it had been clear Kenya was rapidly becoming unattractive to investors even before the abortive coup. Four years later, during the much-touted 'Enabling Environment Conference', the Aga Khan was even more prophetic when he warned of an imminent brain drain.

Nation (Kenya) - The centre will assist staff members and communities in health, education and commercial sectors in addressing the Aids pandemic, the Aga Khan Foundation (East Africa) regional chief executive officer, Mr Arif Necky, said yesterday.

Investors set to give over 30m dollars to eastern Tajik power supply system - Khorugh: Investors, among which are the Aga Khan Foundation, the World Bank and the Swiss government, intend to invest over 30m dollars in the development of the [eastern Tajik] Badakhshon electric power supply system.

Ihre elfjahrige Tochter Theresa Prinzessin zu Leiningen hat gerade ihr Interesse am Internet entdeckt. 'Fur mich bedeutet das, ich muss ihr nun beibringen, wie man surft ohne dabei in die gefahrlichen Chat-Rooms abzudriften, sagt ihre Mutter, die Begum Inaara Aga Khan, die in erster Ehe mit Karl Emich Furst zu Leiningen verheiratet war, bevor Karim Aga Khan, das geistliche Oberhaupt der Ismaeliten, sie 1998 vor den Traualtar fuhrte. 'Bei dieser besonderen Aufgabe unterstutzt mich auch die Organisation Innocence in Danger.'