Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, 5 December 2005 - His Highness the Aga Khan, founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), today visited Muzaffarabad, capital of Azad Jammu, and Kashmir and Balakot, North West Frontier Province, areas severely affected by the 8 October earthquake.
Karachi, Pakistan, 3 December 2005 - His Highness the Aga Khan speaks on importance of civil society institutions in responding to crisis. The Aga Khan was presiding over AKU’s 18th convocation ceremony, marking the graduation of 275 students in the fields of medicine, nursing and education. The ceremony was attended by His Excellency Shaukat Aziz, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, as well as the Governor and Chief Minister of Sindh, federal and provincial ministers and secretaries, vice-chancellors, senior government and armed forces officials, diplomats, national and international academicians, donors, and prominent citizens. Karachi, Pakistan, 2 December 2005 - His Highness the Aga Khan, Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and Chancellor of Aga Khan University (AKU), today inaugurated the US $8.4 million Ibn Zuhr Building for Oncology Services at AKU’s Karachi campus. Islamabad, Pakistan, 1 December 2005 - His Highness the Aga Khan consulted with President Musharaff at the Presidency in Islamabad, Pakistan.