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On Sunday, Mawlana Hazar Imam graced a second didar in Parwak and Gahkuch Bala, after which he travelled to Gilgit, where he granted didar to Jamati members from three local councils. Stay tuned for more updates from this visit! youtu.be/IKXhmjki_5s?is…

Mawlana Hazar Imam travelled back to Gilgit yesterday evening where he granted didar to the Jamat of the Gilgit regional council. Read more: the.ismaili/news/mawlana-h… Photo credits: IPL / Akbar Hakim / Daniyal Akbar / Javaid Janan / Shakila Bano

Mawlana Hazar Imam presided over the second of two didars yesterday in Gahkuch Bala, situated in Ishkoman-Punial. Read more: the.ismaili/news/mawlana-h… Photo credits: IPL / Farman Karim / Akbar Hakim / Alamgeer Burcha / Adnan Musa

Yesterday, Mawlana Hazar Imam travelled back to Parwak in Upper Chitral, to grant the second of the two didars in the region. Read more: the.ismaili/news/mawlana-h… Photo credits: IPL / Akbar Hakim / Rouhaan Bhamani / Amir Ali Rimjee / Khush Ahmed Din

#DidarReflections: "The master turned the night into broad daylight with proofs as clear as radiant sunlight." - Nasir Khusraw

Yesterday morning, Mawlana Hazar Imam travelled to Parwak in Upper Chitral and later that afternoon to Gahkuch Bala in the Ishkoman-Punial Region, to grace the Jamats with didar. Join us for the highlights, and stay tuned for more updates from the visit! youtu.be/GXVF0WKqVaU?si…

Yesterday afternoon, Mawlana Hazar Imam granted the first of two didars in Gahkuch Bala, situated in the Ishkoman-Punial Region in the Ghizer District. Photo credits: the.ismaili/news/mawlana-h… Photo credits: IPL / The Ismaili / Akbar Hakim

Yesterday morning, Mawlana Hazar Imam travelled to Parwak in Upper Chitral, a remote and mountainous region of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Read more: the.ismaili/news/mawlana-h… Photo credits: IPL / The Ismaili / Akbar Hakim

Yesterday, Mawlana Hazar Imam travelled to Gilgit and onto Passu in Hunza, beginning his series of didars with the Jamat in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral. Join us for the highlights, and stay tuned for more updates from this visit! youtu.be/cfWp5bojtEM

After arriving in Gilgit, Hazar Imam then travelled to Passu, a village in the Hunza region. Tens of thousands of Jamati members had gathered at the outdoor venue with much anticipation and emotion. There, Hazar Imam blessed the Jamat with didar.

Despite unusual and unfavourable weather conditions in the region, Mawlana Hazar Imam was able to travel to Gilgit yesterday to begin a series of visits to the Jamat in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral. Read more: the.ismaili/news/mawlana-h…

Nazrana is an unconditional gift or offering presented by Ismailis to the Imam-of-the-Time on special occasions. In Ismaili tradition, the Imams have invested the Nazrana for the betterment of the community by creating and strengthening institutions. youtu.be/fzFL0JTckwU?si…

On the occasion of Mawlana Hazar Imam’s visit to Pakistan, The Ismaili is pleased to present “Aaya Aaya Dilbar Aaya” by The Sufistics, in collaboration with artists from Northern Pakistan and featuring lyrics in five languages. #TheIsmailiSounds youtu.be/4vc4Eo-nGw4?si…

#QuoteoftheWeek: Mawlana Hazar Imam discussed the responsibility and opportunity in front of the Aga Khan University and its graduates in his virtual address to the AKU Convocation held on 17 January 2026. #TheIsmaili #AgaKhan

For Shia Ismaili Muslims, salawat is recited for the Prophet as well as for the hereditary Imams descended from him. Watch this What Ismailis Believe clip to learn more about the significance of salawat. #WhatIsmailisBelieve #Islam #Muslim youtu.be/CLjuhd-rzxE?si…

#DidarReflections: Ali is the gate of my knowledge – the one who will explain to my community what I was sent to proclaim after I have gone. Loving him is faith… looking at him is mercy. - Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

Aaftaabe Nuur-Khushaamadi is a Persian welcome song, performed by Akmal Yaqoob for the occasion of Mawlana Hazar Imam’s visit to Northern Pakistan. #TheIsmailiSounds youtu.be/tTm9i8LUQsw?si…