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Gojal Champions League 2018 (GCL) starts from January 20

Gojal Champions League 2018 (GCL) will start from 20th January 2018 at Gulmit Gojal, Hunza. All major teams from across Gojal Valley have been invited. It is being expected that more than a dozen teams will participate despite harsh weather conditions and unavailability of many players who are currently in other parts of the country either for work or studies.

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2 years ago

January 19, 2018

Taseer Beyg

Gojal Champion League is being organized by Gulmit Young Stars Club and Students Welfare Organization which is one of the most active football clubs of Gilgit Baltistan. The same club is also the brain behind the popular football league Gulmit Premier League (GPL).

Formerly, Gojal Champions League was organized under Aga Khan Youth and Sports Board, Gulmit. The youth of Gojal Valley participated in the different editions with great zeal. However, from this year onwards, Gulmit Young Stars will organize the event on a yearly basis.

The main objective of the tournament is to engage the youth of Gojal in healthy activities like sports. The league will carry forward the slogan of “A healthy brain lives in a healthy body!”

Taseer Beyg

Taseer Beyg is an aspiring young photographer and graphic designer from Gojal, Hunza. He contributes stories related to sports, travel and cultural events.

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In Pictures: His Highness Aga Khan’s First Visit to Hunza in 1960

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2 months ago

October 23, 2019

Imran Ahmed Hunzai

Photos: Abdul M. Ismaily

On this day in 1960, His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan made his historic first visits to Hunza and laid down the foundation of what we know as a model valley today. Since then, Hunza has come a long way and developed into a model valley for many. Every year on 23rd October, Ismailis of Hunza Valley celebrate this day as “Salgirah” to commemorate Aga Khan’s visit to Hunza for the first time.

During the first visit of His Highness Aga Khan to Hunza, photographer Abdul M. Ismaily took numerous photos that remained unseen for decades. However, in 2016, Simerg Photos released a number of pictures of this historic visit with the permission of Abdul M. Ismaily’s family.

On this happy occasion for the Ismailis of Hunza, GBee is pleased to share some of the photographs from Aga Khan’s first visit to Hunza in 1960.

Attached by pulley to the third cable was a wooden box, five feet square, with sides rising 18 inches. This was the only way to Hunza. The five journalists which included two Americans were horrified, and despite urging from Pir Ali Allana, the Aga Khan’s advance man, none would get into the box. Far across the river, men pulled on a rope, and, swaying and shaking, the box shot out over the swift-flowing stream of Hunza River. Today, the Nasirabad Bridge stands in this place.

Ismaili Volunteers with community leaders during the preparations to receive H.H. The Aga Khan at Baltit Polo Ground in Karimabad, Hunza.

*Col. Ayash Khan, the brother of Mir Jamal Khan, the last royal ruler of Hunza,* *is seen standing in a uniform with members of the royal family of Hunza outside the royal palace in Hunza where His Highness the Aga Khan resided during his visit in 1960*.

Aga Khan first visit to Hunza Valley 1960

H.H. Aga Khan in conversation with *Mir of Hunza*.

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AKAH Celebrates Global Handwashing Day 2019

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2 months ago

October 16, 2019

GBee Staff

A Hunza school girl at Al Murtaza School in Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan

AKAH in collaboration with other AKDN and government agencies is campaigning for “Clean Hands for All”. Photo: Imran Hunzai / AKDN

Aga Khan Agency of Habitat (AKAH) in close coordination with other Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) agencies, Government Departments, civil bodies and media groups celebrated Global Handwashing Day 2019.

A number of activities and events were designed and organized at the school level across districts in Gilgit- Baltistan. These activities aimed at campaigning for better hygiene.