Category: Biographies
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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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Late Muhammad Zia of Gulmit, Northern Pakistan: Wakhi Society in Hunza, Socioeconomic and Political Conditions
By Fazal Amin Beg This small contribution is in terms of an important and in-depth audio interview like a podcast of a key informant in the Northern Pakistan that revolves around some aspects of his life accounts in addition to digging his experiential knowledge on the sociocultural, economic and political conditions and conditionalities within…
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Late Ustadh Odina Muhammad Mirzo of Tajik Badakhshan: Interesting and wonderful Life Accounts and Important Contributions to Wakhiyology
By Fazal Amin Beg This small contribution is focused on late Odina Muhammad Mirzo (Odinamamad Mirzo) of Tajik Baadakhshan, a Government professional of the Soviet era and today’s Republic of Tajikistan. It deals with his family, kinship, descent groups, interesting life accounts and academic contributions on Wakhan and adjacent areas. He also compares his societies…
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Biography of Ali Qurban of Hunza, Northern Pakistan (Part 4): Poetry Composition, Cultural Transition and some Stories of Shimshali People while in China
By Fazal Amin Beg This is the final part of the biography of Ali Qurban of Northern Pakistan. In this part, he thoroughly discusses about the origin of his poetry composition in different genres and the development of the poetry at various levels. He also offers some reflections and explanation on the historical backgrounds of…
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Biography of Ali Qurban of Hunza, Northern Pakistan (Part 3): Attabad Disaster Politics, Hunza State in Comparison and Voluntary Contributions in Civil Society Organizations
By Fazal Amin Beg This is the third part of the biography of Ali Qurban of Hunza, Gilgit-Baltistn Region.Although, the Attabad disaster of January 4, 2010 remained highly exposed not only at local and national scale but rather got its international fame because the international players had their critical roles due to the strategic Hunza…
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Biography of Ali Qurban of Hunza, Northern Pakistan (Part 2): Students Politics in Karachi University to the Employment with Aga Khan Development Network
By Fazal Amin Beg This is the second part of the biography of Ali Qurban of Hunza, Gilgit-Baltistan Region.it covers the interesting and miserable stories during his students life in the University while remaining part of the Democratic Students Federation (DSF) and later on, how does he return to the Northern Pakistan and gets employment…
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AComprehensive Biography of Ali Qurban , a renowned Poet of Northern Pakistan (Part 1): Prefatory Notes, Childhood, Family History and Education
By Fazal Amin Beg Prefatory Notes There is no doubt as it is universally recognized and famously said: “All humans are born equal.” However, I argue contextually that the genetic makeup, nourishment, care and development after birth of humans can then never be termed equal or similar. Even within one’s immediate family, even if the…
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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…