AGA KHAN TO HELP REVITALIZE KABUL AREA
2002, April 30: KABUL: Aga Khan Cultural Services (Afghanistan), a newly established affiliate of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), will lead the revitalisation of a significant but currently degraded urban area in central Kabul around the historic Timur Shah Mausoleum.
[More from Dawn] [AKDN Press Release]
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PUTIN, MUSLIM SPIRITUAL LEADER DISCUSS AFGHAN SETTLEMENT
2002, April 30: Interfax News Agency - Moscow, 30 April: Russian President Vladimir Putin and [spiritual] leader of the Shiite Muslim [Ismaili] community Prince Karim Aga Khan IV discussed peace settlement in Afghanistan.
[More] [Press Release] [Photo] [BBC Monitoring]
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KARACHI VARSITY HOSPITAL TO OPEN OFFICE
2002, April 29 - GULF NEWS, Dubai: The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, is to open its first representative office here on May 4. The new office is located at the Oud Metha Office complex and will be opened by Sheikh Mohammed bin Saqr Al Qassimi, Assistant Under- secretary at the Ministry of Health and Director of the Sharjah Medical District.
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KARACHI: NGO HELPS IMPROVE LIVING CONDITIONS OF RURAL COMMUNITIES
2002, April 26 - Dawn, Karachi, Pakistan: The Aga Khan Planning and Building Service, Pakistan (AKPBS, P) the other day organized a daylong workshop on "Improving the Living Conditions of Rural Communities in Sindh" at Ali Mohammed Ismail village, Khyber, Hyderabad District. Javed Shah, Professor of NED University and Consultant for Building and Construction Improvement Programme (BACIP) said that the BACIP, recently introduced in rural Sindh, had been very effective in the Northern Areas where it had developed over 40 home-improvement products, over a period of five years, which were now being replicated throughout Pakistan.
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INNOVATIVE URBAN REVITALISATION FOR HISTORIC KABUL
2002, April2 6: Kabul, Afghanistan : Aga Khan Cultural Services (Afghanistan), a newly established affiliate of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, will lead the revitalisation of a significant but currently degraded urban area in central Kabul around the historic Timur Shah Mausoleum. Under an agreement signed in Kabul today with the Government of Afghanistan and the Municipality of Kabul, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) will help provide area planning, conduct physical and social surveys, mobilise technical and financial support and undertake conservation work on the historic urban fabric of the City of Kabul in District 1, as well as landscaping and environmental improvement. The Agreement also foresees the provision of micro-credit to the population of the designated preservation zone by a national micro-finance institution being considered by the Aga Khan Development Network. [AKDN Press Release]
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ISMAILIS' TRADITION OF CHARITY
2002, April2 6: The Times (UK) : "The Ismailis have a tradition of philanthropy. The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development is one of the richest Muslim charities. A centre was opened recently in Lisbon. In February the Aga Khan paid $300,000 (£207,000) to set up a nurses' university in Uganda. Two years ago he proposed buying the former Royal Army Medical College site next to Tate Britain to create cultural and educational centres; but he was in competition with the Chelsea College of Art, which eventually acquired the building. The site opposite Parliament, which would be even better placed, would have been used to display manuscripts, ceramics, metalwork and paintings covering all periods of Muslim history from the private collection of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, who was to become the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
[More]
[What the two sides promise]
[Article of Daniel McGrory on same subject]
[Dawn article on April 27]
[The Independant 28 May
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ISLAMIC WORLD'S MOST FORWARD-THINKING ARCHITECTURE
2002, April 6: Vancouver Sun: "Cutting through the sectarian, cultural and linguistic divisions within the Islamic world, the Aga Khan Architecture Awards promote dialogue and co-operation between groups and countries that are otherwise hostile. The Aga Khan-spiritual head of the world's 17 million Ismaili Muslims (including a thriving Canadian community, largely arriving as refugees under threat from East African despots) -- describes the evolution of contemporary Islamic societies as "pluralist and humanist," two descriptors that seldom appear in western press accounts." writes Trevor Boddy in the Vancouver Sun [More]
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THE SILK ROAD COMES TO TOWN
2002, April 2: Washington Post. For the first time in its 36 years, the Smithsonian Folklife festival will be dedicated to a single subject: an exploration of the ancient Silk Road, the trade route that linked Asia and Europe, and its influence of its cultures on American life today... The event has attracted three principal sponsors, which are also underwriting Ma's project: the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Ford Motor Co. and Siemens, the German conglomerate... The festival will spotlight about 350 artists, another record for the event. [More]
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FOCUS MOVES TO ASSIST QUAKE VICTIMES
April 1, 2002 - The East African (Nairobi). SERIOUS CHALLENGES continue to face outlying populations of quake-hit Nahrin District in Afghanistan as aid agencies consider downscaling relief efforts around Nahrin City. Inaccessible populations, landmines, water and sanitation, and changing weather remain major problems. After discussions with various agencies in Nahrin last Friday, Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS), an international emergency response agency affiliated with the Aga Khan Development Network, is supplementing its relief distribution with an urgent programme to address water and sanitation needs. It is also looking to collaborate with the United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Assistance (UNOCHA) and the Afghan government in reaching by helicopter people affected by last Monday's earthquake who remain inaccessible.
[More] [Business Recorder April 1] [BBC Monitoring April 4] [Business Recorder April 5]
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LIVING WITH FAITH: CANADIANS WHO PUT THEIR BELIEFS INTO ACTION
April 1, 2002 - Maclean's. "With her Ismaili Muslim parents, Samira has "vacationed" in Tanzania and Pakistan, helping people see life more clearly -- literally. The trips are a project of her ophthalmologist dad and optometrist mom, who work with local agencies to give free eye clinics. Samira contributes by holding eye charts, taking histories or reassuring the fearful. You're expected to help others, she says of her faith." [More]
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TAJIKISTAN STARTS FLIGHTS TO KABUL
March 28, 2002 - DUSHANBE, Tajikistan - (AP) Tajikistan's national airline on Thursday began passenger service to Afghanistan and officials announced plans to build five bridges connecting the countries... The Tajikistan Airlines decision to open service between Dushanbe and Kabul, the Afghan capital, was largely in response to demand by businessmen, airline officials said. The flights are expected to go once a week.
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TIBETAN SCRIPT MAKES A COMEBACK IN PAK
March 28 2002 - Times of India - : The Baltistan region — centred around Skardu — is home to some 300,000 people whose mother tongue is Balti, a language of the Tibetan-Ladakhi family. ‘‘We are the only people in this region to have had our own script since the 6th century AD,’’ says Syed Abbas Kazmi of the Baltistan Cultural Foundation (BCF). Together with the Aga Khan Cultural Services Pakistan and the London-based Tibet Foundation, Kazmi has been working since 1999 to reintroduce the Tibetan script.
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AGA KHAN AND KARZAI SIGN AGREEMENT IN KABUL
March 23, 2002 - Kabul, Afghanistan - His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and Mr. Hamid Karzai, Chairman of the Interim Authority of the Government of Afghanistan today signed an Agreement of Cooperation for
Development that establishes an operating framework for the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Afghanistan. The Agreement, the first of its kind signed by the Interim Authority, enables the Network to move from the provision of humanitarian assistance to the establishment of long-term development programmes similar to those that have been successfully implemented in India, Pakistan, Tajikistan and other countries in Asia and Africa. In view of the importance of the Loya Jirga Commission's mandate in helping to create a future representative government for Afghanistan, the Aga Khan also announced a grant of US$2 million to enable the Commission to complete its work. [Press Release]
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AFGHAN GIRLS RETURN TO SCHOOL AFTER FIVE YEARS
March 23, 2002 - AFT. - KABUL: Afghan girls went back to school for the first time in five years Saturday, elated and emotional at the end of the draconian ban on female education imposed by the now ousted Taliban regime. Interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai and the UN's special envoy for Afghanistan Lakhdar Brahimi led a ceremony to celebrate the start of the new school year at the capital's Amani High School. Some 500 officials and pupils attended the ceremony, including Interior Minister Yunus Qanooni, Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, the Agha Khan and UNICEF chief executive Carol Bellamy. [The Times of India] [Photo AP]
[Iranian News]
[Dawn] [LA Times] [Gulf News] [BBC]
[Southam News]
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AGA KHAN, ALABAMA UNIVERSITIES CO-DEVELOP RESEARCH TRAINING COURSES
March 20, 2002 - Business Recorder - KARACHI : The Aga Khan University (AKU) in collaboration with the University of Alabama (UAB) at Birmingham, USA, has been awarded a grant from the Fogarty International Centre of the United States National Institute of
Health, to co-develop research training courses in Karachi and abroad for Pakistani health professionals wishing to advance their expertise in occupational and environmental health. [More]
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GOVERNMENT FORMS STEERING COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
March 18, 2002 - Karachi: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has appointed Dr Shamsh Kassim Lakha, President, Aga Khan University, as chairman of the Steering Committee on Higher Education. As Chairman, Dr Kassim Lakha will have the status of a Minister of State and will report directly to the President of Pakistan on matters relating to the working of the committee, according to a press release issued by the Aga Khan University here on Monday. The key functions of the committee included development of a plan to restructure the governance and management of public universities and improvement of the operations of universities, their financial management and information systems, as well as the development of systemic linkages with other institutions including industry in the private sector. [More] [AKU Press Release]
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ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GRANTS 2.9M DOLLARS TO TAJIKISTAN
March 18, 2002 - Asia Intelligence Wire -The Asian Development Bank has reached an agreement with the government of Tajikistan on the ADB's providing a grant worth 2.9m dollars for a poverty reduction project in rural areas of Tajikistan. The grant will be financed by Japan's poverty reduction fund. A letter of understanding on the project was also signed. [More]
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US $85m PLANT TO BOOST NATIONAL POWER SUPPLY
March 15, 2002 - The Nation (Nairobi) - By Njuguna Mutonya: President Moi yesterday made a pitch to local businessmen to lead the way in investment, saying they had to show their confidence in the economy first before foreigners did so. The President, accompanied by Prince Rahim Aga Khan, was officially inaugurating the Sh6.8 billion Kipevu II power generation plant in Mombasa. He said donors and equity holders in the project had shown confidence in the government's policies. "I do not believe that Kenya is a high risk investment area like some people try to make it," he said. "In fact, the policies of
Kenya are good policies." [More] [Agence France Press]
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TAJIKISTAN BUILDING BRIDGE ACROSS RIVER TO AFGHANISTAN
March 15, 2002 - Tajik news agency Asia-Plus - Dushanbe, Tajikistan: The construction of a bridge across the river Panj to Afghanistan has been started in the Tem microdistrict in Khorugh [in Tajikistan's eastern Mountainous Badakhshon Autonomous Region, MBAR]. The head of road building department No 8, Usmon Yormamadov, told Asia-Plus that the construction project had been submitted by the Rahkinkraft [transliterated] production association. The project costs 385,000 dollars, which have been allocated by the
AgaKhan foundation's MSDSP [the Mountain Societies Development and Support Programme]. The bridge will be 135 metres long, 3.5 metres wide and have a load-bearing capacity of 25 tonnes. [More] [ [InfoTaj.com]
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AGA KHAN SEES BETTER ECONOMIC INDICATORS
March 15, 2002 - The News, Islamabad: The Aga Khan has said that economic indicators in Pakistan look significantly better. "My belief is that they will continue to improve," he said while speaking on PTV programme 'News Night' late on Wednesday night.
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GETTING THE BEST OUT OF PRIMARY EDUCATION
March 14, 2002 - New Vision (Kampala) : The private and non-government sector are well placed to come up with well focused, creative, time-bound and efficient implementation and monitoring capacities. This is the niche that the Aga Khan Education Service Uganda has identified and come in to fill for government-aided schools within Kampala City Council under the Enhancement of Universal Primary Education in Kampala (EUPEK) project. [More]
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INTERVIEW OF HIS HIGHNESS THE AGA KHAN
March 13, 2002 Pakistan Television - By Talat Hussain For News Night :
We are delighted and honoured to have as our guest tonight, His Highness the Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslims, who is currently visiting Pakistan. Thank you for joining us...[More]
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AGA KHAN LAMENTS WEST'S BIAIS AGAINST ISLAM
March 13, 2002 - The Nation, Karachi: Aga Khan deliberated upon the various facets of US' understanding of Islam and lamented the bias against Islam in the West. Commenting on the post-Sept 11 developments, he emphasised the need for a better
understanding of Islam and the issues perturbing the Muslim mind around the world by the West. He said the West needs to realise that the majority of the Muslim Ummah was never in favour of the policies of the Taliban. [More] [PTV Interview]
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INVESTORS IN TOURISM TO GET INCENTIVES: PRESIDENT
March 12, 2002 -The Dawn News from Karachi writes: "Speaking on the occasion, Prince Karim Aga Khan said the tourism was a different industry which easily shied away when it perceived threats to security, to health, or from inequitable business practices." [More] [The News] [The News on Serena] [The Nation (Pakistan)] [PNS News] [Business Recorder 1] [Pakistan News] [Pakistan Observer]
[AKDN Press Release]
[Serena Speech]
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AGA KHAN TO SETUP BANK IN AFGHANISTAN
March 12, 2002: The Dawn News from Karachi writes: "Prince Karim Aga Khan has said he was considering to open a micro finance bank, and take part in other welfare activities in Afghanistan to help alleviate poverty from that country. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of first Micro Finance Bank, set up by the Aga Khan foundation in Pakistan, he said here on Monday that a similar bank would be established in Afghanistan owing to growing poverty and other economic problems being faced by the Afghan government. [More of this] [Pakistan Observer] [Second article in Dawn] [Business Recorder 2] [Press Release] [more Press Release]
[Hono News Agency] [Micro Credit Bank Speech]
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SPEECH AT THE OPENING OF THE ISLAMABAD SERENA HOTEL
March 11, 2002 - ISLAMABAD - I should like to begin by expressing to President and Begum Musharraf the gratitude of everyone connected with this endeavour, including myself, for accepting our invitation to be present on this happy day.
My respectful admiration and warm gratitude go to those who have made this ambitious undertaking come to fruition. Sadly, I cannot name everyone who deserves to be recognised today. But special mention must go Prince Amyn - my brother
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MUSHARRAF PRAISES AGA KHAN FOR HIS SERVICES
March 11, 2002 - Islamabad - Pakistan Observer : The Spritual leader of the Ismaili Community, His Highness The Aga Khan held a detailed meeting with President General Pervez Musharraf in Rawalpindi Sunday evening. The President thanked the Aga Khan for his invitation to inaugurate the First Micro-Finance Vabk and the Serena Hotel, Islamabad. President Musharraf lauded the tremendous contribution to various philanthropic and social development programmes being undertaken by the Aga Khan worldwide, particularly in Pakistan. He said that in addition to these projects, the Firat Micro-Finance Bank and Serena Hotel were a symbol of the Aga Khan’s continued commitment to Pakistan and its people.
[Pakistan Observer] [Dawn article] [PBC article] [PakNews article]
[Hi Pakistan article]
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SPEECH AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE FIRST MICROFINANCE BANK LTD.
March 11, 2002 - Islamabad - ... It is, as I would like publicly to acknowledge today,
yet another sign of the steadfast support and encouragement that you have given to our initiative to establish The First MicroFinanceBank. Above all,
it evidences Your Excellency's commitment... [More]
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AGA KHAN DUE TODAY
March 9, 2002 - ISLAMABAD - (Dawn) : The Aga Khan, Imam of the Ismaili Muslims, arrives here on Sunday for a short visit to Pakistan. The Aga Khan will meet with President Pervez Musharraf as well as senior government officials. During this visit, he will attend the inauguration of the First Micro-Finance Bank, sponsored by the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme and the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED). The Aga Khan is also expected to be present at a ceremony to formally inaugurate the Islamabad Serena Hotel, developed and operated by Tourism Promotion Services, an affiliate of the AKFED. Amongst the objectives of this visit are a review by the Aga Khan of the progress and future directions of programmes being undertaken by the Aga Khan Development Network in the region. [president to inaugurate bank - previous article on same subject]
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AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY WOULD BE BUILT IN NARYN
March 01, 2002 - Kyrgyztan Daily Digest: Representatives of the International Agha-Khan Foundation
visited on 1 March the mountainous Naryn Province. They chose together with the local authorities a place in the center of Naryn town to build a branch of the Agha-Khan University. The university would have its branches in the several Central Asian states. Compiled and translated by Naryn Idinov in Prague.
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AGA KHAN FUND ACQUIRES POLANA HOTEL IN MOZAMBIQUE
March 01, 2002 - 11:32AM: MAPUTO, Mac 1 (SNNi/AIM) - The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) has purchased 100 per cent of the shares in Maputo's best known hotel, the Polana. the hotel is just the first step of a tourist development programme in Mozambique, which is to focus on the northern province of Cabo Delgado. [More] [More from Business recorder]
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REGION'S NURSES TO TRAIN AT AGA KHAN KAMPALA CAMPUS
February 25, 2002 - The East African (Nairobi): By Dagi Kimani. The Aga Khan University, which commissioned its Kampala campus last week, will soon start admitting Tanzanian and Kenyan nurses to its Advanced Nursing Studies programme. The first Ugandan students in an 18-month Enrolled Nurse-to-Registered Nurse conversion course at the university will complete their studies in July this
year, while those on a 30-month Post-Registered Nurse, Bachelor of Science in Nursing programme are expected to graduate in 2003. [More] [AKDN Press Release]
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BOOST FOR HEALTH STAFF TRAINING
February 20, 2002 - Kampala - The Nation (Nairobi) -. Training for health workers in the East African region got a major boost
with the commissioning of the first international campus of the Aga Khan University (AKU) in Kampala last week. The Advanced Nursing Studies Programme of Aga Khan University (East Africa), developed in response to requests from governments and nursing leaders of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, is fully accredited in Uganda and underway in a newly-equipped campus in Kampala.
Preparations for implementation of the programmes in Kenya and Tanzania are in advanced stages. . [More] [AKU website's news]
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AN INTERVIEW WITH THE AGA KHAN
February 19, 2002 : On the occasion of the 2001 Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Robert Ivy talked with His Highness the Aga Khan about the architectural, social, and environmental issues facing Islam today. The following interview was conducted at Aiglemont, France, on August 31. Due to the events of September 11, the interview has recently been updated. An abbreviated version of this interview appears in the February, 2002 issue of RECORD. [More]
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AGA KHAN SINKS Sh522m FOR NURSES UNIVERSITY
February 16, 2002 - New Vision (Kampala). By John Eremu: " The Aga Khan Foundation has sunk US$300,000 (sh522m) into the establishment
of a university of nursing in Uganda. The East African regional director for Aga Khan Universities, Dr. Grace Miller, told The New Vision in an interview that the money was spent on renovation and equipping the university premises on Makerere Road in Old Kampala. Speaking at the university's open day on Wednesday, the state minister for
trade, Dr. Abel Rwendeire, hailed the Aga Khan development network for providing an opportunity for nurses to upgrade. Rwendeire, who played a crucial role in accrediting the university in Uganda, was mesmerised by the facilities. "The equipment here is fantastic. Wherever I have gone, I have not found facilities as good as these, not even in New Zealand where I did my Masters. So you are going to be our yardstick," he said. (From:http://allafrica.com/stories/200202160188.html)
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AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY OPENS
February 13, 2002 - The Monitor (Kampala). Onyango Patrick's article says: "The Aga Khan University (Uganda) of Nursing will be opened today. This
was disclosed by the Academic Head, Imelda Bagambaki. The university is
situated along Makerere Hill Road opposite Aga Khan Primary School." [More]
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DEUTCH WEDDING
February 2, 2002 - Prince Aga Khan, and Begum Inaara attended the civil wedding ceremony of Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and Maxima Zorreguieta in Amsterdam, Saturday Feb. 2, 2002. Most of the European papers covered the story, Paris Match, Point de Vue, Hello etc.. (AP Photo /Laurent
Rebours)
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CAMPAIGN FOR MUMBAI CIVIC POLLS HOTS UP
February 9, 2002 - Gulf News - The European Commission has approved a grant of Rs1.1 billion (Euro 25.5 million) to the Aga Khan Foundation in India to support community based rural development. The grant will contribute towards a long-term programme to enhance and protect livelihoods of disadvantaged rural populations in resource-poor areas of central-west India, where nearly 100 million people depend on a rapidly degrading natural resource base for their livelihoods. [More]
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PARTNERSHIP WORTH EMULATING
February 5, 2002 - Business Recorder - ... It is noteworthy also that prior to his Canada visit, the Aga Khan had a meeting with Hamid Karzai, head of the Afghan interim administration, stressing respect for the rights of each ethnic and religious group in the emerging new Afghanistan. Earlier, at the Tokyo Pledging Conference he had committed $75 million to the reconstruction effort in the war-devastated country. An idea of how Canada values his contribution to balanced, purposeful, development in a fast changing world may be had fom the Prime Minister's laudatory remarks on his arrival in Ottawa. This should be evident from reference to his contribution, among other things, to the advancement and stability in Asia and Africa while promoting Islam as a thinking, spiritual faith that teaches compassion [More]
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JUDY WOODRUFF INTERVIEWS THE AGA KHAN
January 28, 2002 - (CNN) -- Prince Karim Aga Khan is considered one of the most influential voices in the Muslim world. The 65-year-old spiritual head of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims is a direct descendant of the prophet Mohammed and one of the world's wealthiest men. His foundation, the Aga Khan Development Network, has been working to raise money to help in the reconstruction of Afghanistan. Judy Woodruff sat down for an interview with the Aga Khan last week. [More]
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CANADA: 'A MODEL FOR THE WORLD'
February 2, 2002 - The Globe and Mail. The wealthy Muslim leader and philanthropist was in Ottawa this week to discover the secret of the nation's multicultural success. But he was critical of the U.S. for its simplistic views of good and evil. 'I will not stigmatize a whole population as being evil, whether they are Muslim, Christian, Jew, Hindu. I can't do that,' he told JOHN STACKHOUSE and PATRICK MARTIN. After a 90-minute lunch with Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, the Aga Khan sat down for a rare and long interview in which he urged Canada to hold itself up to the developing world as a model for the 21st century. [Interview published in Globe and Mail] [Complete Transcript]
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THE WORLD OF THE AGA KHAN
February 2, 2002 - The Globe and Mail. Michael Valpy writes: Canada's 45,000 Muslim Ismailis, for whom
the Aga Khan is spiritual leader, are a close-knit community centred in
Toronto and Vancouver known for their business acumen, educational
attainments and philanthropy. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien once joked that what his hometown of
Shawinigan, Que., lacked was a dozen Ismaili entrepreneurs. [More]
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CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER CHRETIEN AND AGA KHAN DISCUSS CENTRAL ASIA, PLURALISM AND DEVELOPMENT
January 30, 2002 - OTTAWA - CNW: Canada's Prime Minister Jean Chretien and His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims
today together called for an increased commitment to fostering pluralism in societies across both the developing and developed worlds. The Aga Khan was concluding a two day official visit at the invitation of the Prime Minister and the Government of Canada. During the course of the visit Prime Minister Chretien and the Aga Khan reviewed the extensive collaboration between the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and the Government of Canada over the past two decades. [Press Release] [Ismaili flag and Canadian flag side by side on governor's house in ottawa] [Aga Khan welcomed at Parliament] [Photos Album]
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AGA KHAN VISITS CANADA FROM 28 TO 30 JANUARY
January 29, 2002 - Ottawa, Ontario - (CPM): Prime Minister Jean Chrétien today announced that His Highness the Aga Khan, the 49th Hereditary Imam of Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, will visit Canada from January 28 to 30, 2002. "It is an honour to welcome His Highness the Aga Khan to Canada," said the Prime Minister. "In his capacity as a religious leader and through the Development Network that bears his name, the Aga Khan has contributed significantly to advancement and stability in Asia and Africa while promoting Islam as a thinking, spiritual faith that teaches compassion." [Press release French] [Press release English] [The Nation article]
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AGA KHAN HOSPITAL EXTENDS SERVICES
January 28, 2002 - The Nation/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX -- The Aga Khan Hospitals in Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu will extend their laboratory services to reach surrounding areas through satellite laboratories.
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AGA KHAN ANNOUNCES US$75 MILLION FOR AFGHANISTAN
January 21, 2002 - Tokyo, Japan: His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims today announced, at the International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan, a multiyear commitment of US$75 million by the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) to help re-build Afghanistan [Press-release] [Statement by the Aga Khan]
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AGA KHAN HOSPITAL GETS EQUIPMENT WORTH Sh4m
January 1, 2002 - The East African Standard (Nairobi): The Aga Khan Hospital-Nairobi has received laparascopic (minimal invasive) surgery equipment worth Sh4 million from Johnson and Johnson
through Philips Pharmaceuticals Limited.
The donation consisted of two imaging systems, two laparascopic
abdominal training devices and surgical instruments.
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