Category: Biographies
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late Shaukat Ali of Northern Pakistan: A True Philanthropist and Experiencer of Genuine Struggles and Achievements in Top Management with the Serena Hotel Chains
By Fazal Amin Beg This little contribution focuses on some interesting, fascinating and appealing life stories of late Shaukat Ali, a former General Manager Landscape of Serena Hotel chains in Pakistan Afghanistan and Tajikistan. He spent most of his professional life with the hotel industry such as the hotels of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and…
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A Great Teacher of Teachers: A Short Description of Late Ibadat Shah of Gulmit, Northern Pakistan
By Fazal Amin Beg It was back in 2012 when one of my German scholar friends, Dr. Andreas Benz of Free University, Berlin (gemany ), had come to Hunza for the purpose of conducting a fieldwork on the students migration from the historical to present context. He and I were thus in the field behind…
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From the Mountain to the Plain and Back to the Mountain: Some Impresssive Biographic Aspects of Mr. Qurban Jan of Northern Pakistan
By Fazal Amin Beg Introduction The life of each human fellow in this world is so much unique, interesting and attractive when explored the hidden stories embedded in the experiences he or she possesses. When those stories are uncovered at varying degrees, we could then understand and realize how important they have been where enormous…
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An Insight into a Wakhi Woman’s Life Experience: Late Zinat Numo of Hunza, Northern Pakistan
By Fazal Amin Beg Introduction I offer this small contribution here with a purpose to explore, describe and understand some interesting aspects of a Wakhi woman’s perceptions and experiences of over eight decades (1940-2019 from Hunza Valley, Northern Pakistan where she went through series of tides of her life travels and troubles.her developed experiences can…
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An Inspiring Life Story of Late Chairman Muhammad Wali of Afghanistan’s Wakhan
Afghoniston-e Wuk̃h en Biyomorz Rayyis Muhammad Wali-e Yi Pũr Asar Sarguzasht By Fazal Amin Beg This small contribution seeks to explore and share some aspects of the life history of late Muhammad Wali of northeastern Afghanistan, who stood to be the founding Chairman of the District Council of Wakhan in Badakhshan province during the Karzai…
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A Thrilling Voice from Inside the Palace: Alluring Recollections of the Last Rani of Hunza State
By Fazal Amin Beg Introduction This contribution I present here is about a thrilling voice and a graceful cum profound personality of a woman from inside the palace, proved to be the last Rani (synonymous with Queen) of the former Hunza State (abolished in 1974), who passed away in November 2006. Before leaving for Xinjiang…
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A Fascinating Life History of Ustod Sa’odat Shoh of Hunza Valley, Northern Pakistan
By Fazal Amin Beg Introduction Ustod Sa’odat Shoh belongs to one of the largeest Wakhi Pamiri setttlements called Gulmit (the headquarters of an international borders magistracy of Hunza with China and Afghanistan) within Gilgit-Baltistan Region.He was born in 1944 in his hometown. He is among those early and wonderful teachers of Hunza (in the second…
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SOCIAL AND POLITICAL GOVERNANCE and Development: Perceptions out of Life EXPERIENCES of nooruddin of Chitral REGION in the Northern Pakistan
By Fazal Amin Beg Background While serving the Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP) as a development researcher and consultant in 2009, besides other tasks I was also assigned an interesting and important study to explore social and political leadership and governance features at the grassroots level that to what extent a social worker or…
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SOCIAL AND POLITICAL GOVERNANCE : Perceptions out of Life EXPERIENCES of Haji Hassan of Baltistan REGION in the Northern Pakistan
By Fazal Amin Beg Background While serving the Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP) as a development researcher and consultant in 2009, besides other tasks I was also assigned an interesting and important study to explore social and political leadership and governance features at the grassroots level that to what extent a social worker or…