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February 5, 2025

The Pakistan Daily

FeaturedNewsPakistan

Aga Khan IV, leader of Ismaili Muslims, dead at 88

LISBON: Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader of the Ismaili community and philanthropist, passed away in Lisbon. He was 88. A notice on the website of the Aga Khan Development Network – the development organisation he founded – announced his death, saying that he “passed away peacefully in Lisbon on 4 February 2025… surrounded by his family”. It said: “His Highness Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, 49th hereditary Imam of the Ismaili community, passed away peacefully in Lisbon on 4 February 2025, aged 88, surrounded by his family. “Prince Karim Aga Khan was the founder and chairman

February 5, 2025

The Pakistan Daily

FeaturedNewsPakistan

Kashmir Solidarity Day being observed today

Kashmir Solidarity Day is being observed today (Wednesday) to express the whole-hearted support of Pakistani nation to the just struggle of Kashmiri people for their inalienable right to self-determination under the UN resolutions. It is a public holiday today. In connection with the day, solidarity walks will be organized across the country and Azad Kashmir. In Islamabad, a rally will be held on the Constitution Avenue. Sirens will be blown and one minute silence will be observed at ten am to pay homage to the martyrs of Kashmir. Posters and billboards have been displayed around important avenues, airports, and railway