Category: Articles / Essays
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A Small Contribution on the Life Journey of Late Karim Hayat of Hunza who will be buried at Ghulkin Today!
By Fazal amin Beg Really unbelievable yet for me to accept that ever young looking, humorous and friendly gentleman, Karimullah Baig of Ghulkin (commonly known as Karim Hayyat), left us all and departed for his eternal abode yesterday on August 25, 2024 when he was only 64 years of his age. It needs to be…
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Awe-inspiring! Engineer Johar Ali of Gilgit-Baltistan: From the Highest Mountains of Hunza to the plains of Pakistan & apex of professionalism to the Retirement
By Fazal Amin Beg This small contribution is about the interestingly inherited stories of the past and the enriched life accounts of Engineer Johar Ali of Shimshal valley of Hunza district, who served WAPDA for 33 years. It is based on one of my in-depth interviews and sessions with him that continued for more than…
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Syed Ali Shah of Wakhan, Northern Afghanistan: Kinship Relationships, Lineages of Sayyids and the Interesting Stories connected with Pir Syed Shoh Ardavil of Badakhshan
By Fazal Amin Beg1 This small contribution deals with a preceding article and an impressive interview discussion on some existing Sayyid families of Badakhshan and their ancestors, the marriage system in practice and more particularly the descendants of a legendary Pir (Spiritual Guide) named Syed Shoh Ardavil.It also includes couples of miraculous stories related with…
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Four Poets and Five Elegies in Wakhi: Poetic Depiction and Pictorial Illustration of the Pamir Snow Avalanche Victims from Hunza, Northern Pakistan
By Fazal Amin Beg The purpose of this small contribution in English is to provide a background knowledge on the snow-avalanche case of the Pamir that had killed three people of a group of more than a dozen in November 2011. In addition, it will also share the Wakhi transcription of the five elegies of…
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A Special Gratitude to the Visitors of FAZALAMIN.COM
Dear friends, colleagues and well-wishers: Thanks to you all! I am delighted to share a good news with you all that my formal/official website www.fazalamin.com has already crossed more than 200,000(two hundred thousand)visits since its formal launching in January 2019 and I was not aware of it. Despite the fact I am infrequent on it…
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Rural Development Initiatives in the Northern Pakistan through a Lens of A Dedicated Community Leader: Madam Bibi Husni Khan of Hunza Shares Experiences on Women Empowerment
By Fazal Amin Beg Introduction Imagine an extremely backward mountain society which was isolated from the rest of the world before the formal opening of the Karakoram Highway in 1978 and it had become only four years when a revolutionary rural development program is introduced with the name of Aga Khan Rural Support program (prominently…
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Serious Human Rights Violation in Pakistan: No Trace of Imran Riaz Khan after his Abduction, Journalists and Political Workers under Persecution
Serious Human Rights Violation in Pakistan: No Trace of Imran Riaz Khan after his Abduction, Journalists and Political Workers under Persecution By Fazal Amin Beg Although, this contribution focuses, mainly and especially revolves around the abduction case of Imran Riaz Khan, a highly revered and prominent anchorperson and journalist of Pakistan, it also provides an…
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Part-II: Updates on the Abduction of Imran Riaz Khan and English Translation of the Discussion of Mian Ali Ashfaq, a leading Lawyer of the Case
By Fazal Amin Beg Many udpates have come after the plotted arrest of Imran Riaz Khan at the Sialkot International Airport (Pakistan) and the systematic abduction of him from the Sialkot Jail by the notorious personnel and/or agents of the secret intelligence agencies of the Government. Thanks to the modern technologies that have been helping…
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Human Rights Suppression: English Translation of the Important Message and Updates of Ali Ashfaq, Legal Advisor of Anchor Imran Riaz Khan Abducted on May 11, 2023
Translated by Fazal Amin Beg In this post, I am sharing with you two important references or testimonial (that I translated from Urdu to English). The first one is the legal reference and observations by Mian Ali Ashfaq, a legal advisor of Imran Riaz Khan and a renowned lawyer of Pakistan. The second one is…