The Aga Khan University (AKU) on Wednesday held a convocation ceremony, conferring degrees on 473 women and men in the presence of Princess Zahra Aga Khan. The ceremony paid tribute to the ...

LISBON, Portugal — Rahim Al-Hussaini was named Wednesday as the new Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world's millions of Ismaili Muslims, following the death of his father. The 53-year-old was ...

Aga Khan University was founded in 1983 as Pakistan’s first private university. In 2000, the university began expanding its campuses to Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Afghanistan and the UK. Beginning as a ...

Prince Karim Al-Hussaini became the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary iman in his family's 1,300-year-old dynasty when he was a 20-year-old student at Harvard. His grandfather, the Aga Khan III ...

The Aga Khan IV, who became leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims while still a university student and built a global network of business projects and philanthropy while expanding his hereditary ...

The Ismailis, who are known for their acceptance of people of other faiths, operate hospitals, schools and other institutions, including the Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan.

The 53-year-old was designated as the Aga Khan V in his father’s will. Prince Rahim studied comparative literature at Brown University and has served on the boards of various agencies within the ...

the Aga Khan accelerated investments in power generation and a cellphone company in Tajikistan and later built health care, microfinance and other facilities, as well as the University of Central ...