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February 5, 2025

The Pakistan Daily

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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