Our Team
The following volunteers are rendering their valuable time, knowledge and efforts to make this community news blog a success:
Hundreds of men, women and children, apart from those named above, are contributing towards the cause of making free access to information a reality in our society at different levels by supporting, contributing towards and participating in Pamir Times. We would like to cordially appreciate their efforts and we are confident that together we will be able to inspire even more changes
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I have been closely monitoring your online “Pamirtimes” over the past few months. It is encouraging to note that you have maintained its quality as well as the flavour of freshness and updated information.
The readers in the Northern parts of Pakistan in general and the inhabitants of Hunza valley are appreciative of this initiative by our youngsters. You have really made us feel being part of the Global Village.
With best regards,
Ahmed Jami Sakhi
Gilgit Pakistan
We are proud on the Team of the http://www.gojal.net, to update the Mountain people from the ROOF OF THE WORLD, over all situations.
Inshallah!!!! One Day the kids of these mountain areas will secure education & knowledge through Gojal net form World reknown Universities, Harward and OXFORD.
They’ ll create a Boundryless Brother Hood in our global Village
With lot of VVery Good wishes
Baig Ali, Islamabad, Pakistan
I myself appreciate the hard working and keep up to date the current news of Northern areas and Hunza.i am quite confident to say that in future this site will be the most true informative site about the Region for world wide readers.Wish you all the best and keep it up.
Kind Regards,
Rahmat Karim Dubai Ismaili National Council UAE.
There are new hieghts to gain, as the knowledge society and the ‘new economy’ is engulfing us like a GLOF of the Passu galcier you have reported recently. In order to be relevant in the knoweldge society, the youth, are the key drivers of change, as you have the energy, motivation and zeal to test and apply new technologies, new knowledge and new methods to restore human dignity and improve livelihood opportunities for the disadvantaged mountain communities.
Knowledge is power. We need to take it to the grassroots levels and transform the society. The youth are the torch bearers. We need to create opportunities for the youth to unleash their enormous potential to bring change.
We are with you.
I am certain apart from sharing relevent news, it will encourage young people to write stories and articales- will enhance writting skills which is most needed and is desireable in professional life.
Best Wishes
Darjat
1. Heroes and Pioneers, in which on a weekly basis a legendary personality of the area should be introduced (whether s/he passed away or alive but retired) including his/her efforts and services for the area he/she rendered.
2. Our professionals, in which a brief introduction should be included of our prominent and meritocratic individuals whom are representing a role model for our youth.
3. Shining Stars, This header should be set for meritorious students of the region.
I will glade to provide any support in my capacity for the wonderful team of Gojal Net and daily Pamir News.
Regards,
Thanks for the worthy suggestions. We will try to highlight personalities through Pamir Times (Our monthly magazine).
Regards
All the Best
I am pleased to see such a proffesional News and comentory inaitive. I beleive that this is the frist step toward creating a responsile knowledge society. I hope that all will add their contribtion to this noble inaitive.
I congratualte the founders and editors for this professional work. I hope we will be able to contribute and add to the new vertual world more positivly through the PAMIR NEWS to brign forward the Voice of mountain people.
Cheers
It is a great opportunity to have some documentation and virtual material on your site.It is the most quoted site for the Northern Areas else where in the world as I have some experiences of such kind here in Germany and Switzerland with the Civil Society Organizations which work on mountanin regions have amazingly introduced me your site.
I am happy as well as proud at the same time the so called remote and mountanin village people are able to advocate their problems with such an international standard .
My friend Mr.Andy from Basal,Switzerland has suggested me to register the name of Chief Editor of the site for CNN Heroesand we are collectively trying to collect the informations in this regard.
Best Regards
Good luck to each one of you.
Best wishes
Sajjadullah Baig
Reading, UK
It is pleasure to jot down reflections on PAMIR TIMES.
It provides space to promote commuication,intellectual endavours on one hand and captures interest of the youth to compete and excel, more & more.
Well Done PAMIR TIMES.
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It is certainly a good initiative taken by you and your team earlier. It is a sort of platform particularly for our young generations to pool their knowledge, experience and suggestions so that to move ahead with a more purposive and unified manner. Now it is our collective responsibility to make this new effort a successful journey in the future. Indeed this site is no longer belongs to an individual person but it belongs to us all. Again i salute to yours’ effort and am ready to share my constructive suggestions if any in the future.
Thanks.
well done. God Bless you all.
Manzoor
Abbottabad
Wish you Luck
Hajee Parveen Roy
AKU-IED
Abu Khayyam and Cina
Islamabad
http://www.ghulkinstudents.multiply.com
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wonderful work… u can spread ur work n put some news from other parts of hunza as well…
Here is a correction urgently required that Gilgit Baltistan is not Part of Pakistan so Please aviod using the term Northren Areas for Gilgit Baltistan.
Northern Areas is a meaningless word .This words has designed to demolish our History and national Identity.
Mr. Parwana is absolutely CORRECT that Gilgit Baltistan is not Northern Areas of Pakistan. If it is Northern areas of Pakistan it is also Western Part of India,Eastern Part of Afganistan ,Southern parts of Chian. Gilgit Baltistan is not part of any country, constitutionaly. It is a separate political entity, having unique Identity ,culture and History.
it is great to know that the finally guys from gojal are bale to have an online voice via this piece which is yet to become a representative online paper of Hunza if not of the whole region. efforts must be taken to braoden the sphere of news out of gojal steppes where it is real that life is misearbale for poor gojalis but their co-villagers living in cities do som,e work to end isolation of the remaining lot in gojal that is busy in growing potatoe and nothing otherwise.
good effort indeed and one hopes it may serve the purpose for which it has been launched.
FM
Our whole region has been kept in the depths of darkness for the last many years by various ruthless political forces that have stifled the growth of an enlightened political conciseness, thus leaving our people politically and socially suppressed. While our area was known for classic tranquilly epitomised in such mythical ideas as Shangrila. But, these dark forces have actively fomented and introduced issues of violent sectarianism, parochial communalism, and have also encouraged divisions along ethnic and linguistic line. The youth of Northern Areas should grapple these questions head-on and in the process we should seek to reclaim our authentic heritage and essential values of brotherhood, dignity and egalitarianism.
Should Pamir Times commit itself towards addressing these disturbing questions and face them boldly, then I can safely assert that you are beaming the rays of light into the darkness of caves in which our people have been kept for so long.
Best regards
ali al-Hakim
Dear Editors of Pamir News Blog
I would submit from my core, the best appreciations for your utmost brilliant efforts you put in to configurate this website. Indeed, our young generation is now competitive in relation with the national and international capacities. It’s main manddate I realized is acting as a” Bridge of Adherence and Channel of Sharing Information”
and I will do my best to share about the new openings and sources of vacancies here.
Regards
Farman Karim
Sr. Planning Engineer / Team Leader Planning
The Morganti Group Inc. International Div.
The Project Management Consultants
UAE.
Email: karimfarman@yahoo.co.uk
its indeed great work from our young generations to pool their knowledge, experience,camittment and suggestions through Pamir Times’ to the all walks of life to keep them up to date the current news of Northern areas.
Best regards
Ali Madad
Anwar Ali Merchant
Founder Chairman – President
Muslim Democracy League
Before I was not sure about,,, but you guys proved that
fantaaaaaaaatic job!!!!!!!!
Malang jon
Darbar sayien baba
great work carry on!!!!!!!!!
It is a pool of knowledge where every one can share his or her knowledge and can learn a lot by interacting with this site regarding to the history , culture values and currents news of Pamir regions
My heartiest felicitation to the Founder who had such a commendable idea and rest of the team.
Keep up the good work.
Aziz at Mansehra
My sincere and heartfelt congratulations for making a region dwellers aware of their rights and positioning them rightly, the efforts are beyond expression.it has proven that resource doesn’t make one run,nor the influencials make a pause, its mind and efforts that makes one realiz to focus on chief issues of the people.
PT has laid a wonderful foundation of progress and awarness for all categories,now need move on and on ,to go hand to hand and make it more lauder that echo in the sky tower mountains!!!!!!!!!!!…you people find peopel beside you,in every precarious and hostile situation………..Best of Luck……!
First of all let us to appreciate your remarkable initiative for serving the people of montain areas using the internet/media. Accept our deepest congratulations.
As we are breathing in the post-modern period and one of its disctinct characteristics is fast communication . if we want to harness the benefit of the Globalization then we have to use the media effectively in order to turn the challages into opportunities. Hopefully it will be a mile stone for the young generation to follow
i watched this site for the first time. i am very glad that u people are working for GOJAL. there are different comments wrote here about the article and i would only say that WRITE THE TRUTH
what ever people say but the truth cant change
i m proud of u all.
with prayers bye
I am looking for a contact on how to get Cds of Meher Angez
Appreciate any help
Salaam
Zahir
Thanks for becoming the first high tech and modern, speaking mechanism to the people of Gojal Hunza.
I think it is a place where everyone should fell that they are all moving to solution and development. We have many potential and can get more than any nation around the world. Dear editors I have few suggestions, which are according to me, need to be addressed, due to time.
Introduce different topic for discussion, but with suggestion, current situation, history, and most of all remedy for different matters, about the area, next take all the literature forwarded to you and then make one final presentation. This will give more charm to PT.
History of different part of Gojal from Chipurson to Shishkat. Should be bring forward, we have few history books available but are either written or are speaking the mind of an alien. Most of our oral lituratuire is lost due to the death of many intellectuals . So PT can take the inisiative and bring forward all the lost history of the area. PT can find or give the topic to all the readers to give the history of their village family for example, How many families are living there in one village , where did they come form do they have any idea about the past family names , origin? What is the present educational rate of the village?
What you will get , social, political, history . who were the key player, what is the differences between the past and the present . what is the massage from the past.
I hope Im clear in my point.
The best from Nazeer Ali Khan
I am glad to see your great efforts of initiating gojal.net and Pamir Times. Please accept my heartiest congratulations on these brilliant achievements. Definitely it will bring awareness among the mass in general and assist students and professionals in particular. As the time and space did not allow us to go visit frequently to our homes, towns/villages to interact with our family members, friends, villagers and co-villagers to share joys or distribute sorrows but your website made it possible to meet our nears and dears. I really appreciate your great effort and voluntary work. Keep it up
Sharif Khan
Faculty AKU-IED-PDCN
Professional Development Centre, North
University Road, Konodass, Gilgit
Northern Areas, Pakistan
Accept my heat felt gratitude and congratulations for the successful launch of Pamir Times and sustaining its publication and quality reporting. Indeed, your endeavors to start publication of online news paper and magazine are unique in the Area which you are representing and it was an urgent requirement of the time.
I have been reading your publication for quite some time and it gives immense pleasure to look at the progress that has been made over the past two to three centuries in our area. The progress ranges in the areas of a modest economic stability, social sector that includes education, health, and collective communal efforts. However, the areas where people of NAs (Karakorum) lack a significant progress are intellectual contribution in knowledge construction, Political knowledge and activities; and Business development among other.
Although, all important segments of society are very much interlinked and dependent on each other, but to create a clear understanding of the functional elements of society it is important to highlight each component individually and measure its progress. Keeping this in view, the publication of Pamir Times is a valuable contribution towards knowledge construction and intellectual development of the people of Karakorum which will foster the pace of development in politics, business, social and economic spheres.
Finally I would like to suggest a gradual expansion of the scope of the publication towards a broader geographical and communal inclusiveness.
With best wishes,
Abbas Ali
While we have nothing to do with Talibanizaion and relegious fanaticism, terrorism
I agree with Manzoor Parwana
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The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.
–Ethel Percy Andrus
Submitted on 21 April by Lindsey Garner
In order to motivate others, you must first become a source of motivation by yourself. It simply means that if you want to get anything done through others, you must first do it yourself.
– Hazrat Ilyas Attar Qadri
Submitted on 15 March 2008 by Muhammad Umer Attari
If just one person believes in you
Deep enough and strong enough
Believes in you hard enough and long enough
Before you knew it, someone else would think “If he can do it, I can do it”
Making it two.
Two whole people who believe in you.
And maybe even you can believe in you too.
–Robin and the Muppet Gang, from “It’s Not Easy Being Green and Other Things to Consider”
Submitted on February 15, 2008 by April
When you volunteer it means you give yourself without any regression, without condition, but with full devotion…
Submitted on February 15, 2008 by Faith Tomaquin
What the mind of a Man can conceive and believe, he can achieve.
Submitted on February 15, 2008 by Albert Kwansa-Adjei
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and help them become what they are capable of being.
–Goethe
Submitted on February 15, 2008 by Elizabeth Ellis
Volunteers are seldom paid; not because they are worthless, but because they are PRICELESS!
–author unknown
Submitted on February 20, 2008 by Jana Baker
I feel really pleasure to see all your efforts for providing timely information and updates on the events taking place on daily basis, specially the Chut Ghost and Sighez Kore, Ghulkin news were given enough coverage.
I have read all the comments from my colleagues and friends but none of them highlighted the issue of your funding and financial management, I mean what is the source of your income?
Because all of you are working in a professional manner and in the capacity of voluntary, we all know that every thing has a cost in the shape of time, communication, report writing, downloading informative materials, scanning & editing the pictures etc. So who pay all the above expenses?
Every one appreciates your efforts and role but we also need to share the Cost of providing Services, let us know what we can do as reader.
Zafar Iqbal, Ghulkin
Islamabad
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I am very much inspired with the efforts made by our young generation who ever initiated this informative website, especially from gojal community. It is more important when you are thousand mile away from your village and community, particularlly from family and if you are totally depends on local TV. Here in Afghanistan the only source of information is Jeo TV, and my special thanks to Jeo TV team. I was not aware of this website, and very recently one of colleague briefed me and shared the web address. I am extremly happy with the quality and source of information representing small communnity of Wakhi living in remotre valley of Gojal. My special appreciation to the frounders and key initiative takers.
BR
Raja Safdar
Senior Technical Advisor/NSP Country Manager
Swedish Committee for Afghanistan
The first and ever outstanding work that is really appreciable.I have strong believe in the team of PT and am well aware of the strengths they possess.
Mr Noor has been very active in such kind of works and I know him and his potentials as have remained good friends and dwelled in the same hostel for many years.He dreams seem to be coming true as his marvellous works are giving him more space and more appreciations.
Zulfiqar bhai is a genius who was the first to take the initiative.I must say that he deserves a big hand and lots of appreciations.
I am there for any kind of task you would assign me.
We are proud suchalrastic and enthusiastic embassadors and real representatives who are really doing alot for the enhancement of the society and promoting the sense of harmony.This plateform has bridged many gaps uptill now and would go on taking more and more initiatives with strong determination and will.
Keep movig ahead and we are with you.
Geo Zulfi and Noor
ASLAM GHALIB
LAHORE
a) “for becoming voice to the silent (voicless) and suppressed peoples;
b) for trying to become a hub of collective/representative voice of the deprived and suppressed commuuniites;
c) for becoming white papers and white boards for the writers and for people fond of writing on different issues;
d) for becoming key informant in providing true information of different issues;
e) for creating awareness on different issues of the region; and
e) for endevoring towards genuine goals.
The question related to funding source (s) of Gojal Net, Pamir Times, Pamir News Blog, is very important, indeed.
Internet is said to be the cheapest medium of communication because the costs of doing it are really low. Pamir News Blog, has been established using the free site option offered by an internet company called “wordpress”. Anyone can make a blog for free and enjoy the basic facilties offered. However, to get a more customized version of the blog, we need to pay. So far we are just using the basci free options and, thus, need no financing, at all.
The reporters use their own resources, purely on voluntary basis. The pictures, almost always, are taken on digital cameras so there’s no need of scanning. They just have to be emailed to us. The cost of using internet is also paid by the volunteer reporters.
Gojal Net, being a full fledged website, needs around ten thousand rupees per year. This money, for the past three years, has been paid by Zulfiqar Ali Khan, from his own pocket, purely on volutanry basis.
Thus, we are managing an effective and vibrant entreprise of information that doesn’t need a lot of financing.
We salute the volunteers who use their own means to keep the community updated. It is this spirit of participation and civic engagement that keeps us moving forward.
We have not asked for any financial assistance from anyone because we don’t need it, for the time being – the costs being very low. In future, however, when the need arises, and we decide to expand there are different options that can be exploited.
The biggest capital needed to run this entreprise is time, knowledge and an aspiration to make a difference. Of course these have their own costs but our volutneers are bearing the costs, very generously, in an untiring manner that has stunned many.
I hope that I have answered your queries about the source(s) of funds of Gojal Net, Pamir Times and Pamir News Blog.
Once again thank you for showing your willingness to assist us, in covering the costs. But, as explained above, the costs are minimal, so far.
Regards
Noor Muhammad
Chief Editor
Thanks for the reply, once again I appreciate and applaud the role of your team members and all the volunteers for their tremendous role being played for the readers of Hunza and Gojal.
I feel very proud because we receive update news on daily basis; this helps me to have a part of the society irrespective of our presence over there.
I pray to Sarcar MHI for the material and spiritual success of all your team members and volunteers.
Zafar Iqbal, Ghulkin
Islamabad
The world is becoming smaller – love your work and will promote it to my global readers so they can meet their fellow brothers and sisters.
If anyone wants to see what’s happening in Canada pls visit :
http://www.morningchai.blogspot.com
zee
Could you please adjust the server machine timeing, as we have switched to daylight saving.
This part of world (Hunza etc) is really beautiful……….!
Regards from Germany
Very recently, I was invited to participate in National Policy Dialogue focussed on Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents and Youth. To my astonishment, I came to know that YAN(Youth Advocacy Network) has established its district chapters in Ghizer and Skardu.
I would request this spirited forum to get the membership of YAN and get maximum benefit for the youth empowerment in terms of their capacity building, skills based education any many more..
I would be more than happy to assist you in this regard.
Dr Zeib
Plz keep it up..
Be yourself and do not fallow the crowd…. go for new ways…. creation of new means to live …..
i was introduced to pamirtime by mr mohd nawaz.i wana thank the people behind this effort for bringing the people of this remote
area at a distence of finger click.the content, news,are extra ordinanory esp the historic photogrphs of hunza gojal, i would suggest the editors to online plege to collect the historic photographs and make a bigger collection,i think each reader might have some thing new to contribute,
one thing more kindly try to get news from all the corners of north,this way u mauy be able to bring people even more closer.
thankx
Good work keep it up.
Dear and Brave
Zulfiqar, Noor and gojal.net team
The gojal hunza readers and my self-proud of you and your team gojal.net you are doing
Unforgettable voluntarily services and my self-appreciating for your hardworking
Social and educational voluntarily services.
Maulah help you great people, (Ameen). Keep it up the sky is yours limits.
If you need my services then you, people will order me.
With thanks for your great initiatives.
Ali aman gojali
Ishkashim
of Gojal net, hopefully soon it will be able top cover up the whole northern areas.
Best of luck
ThankS
Its been a long time i am closely in touch with Pamirtimes.As a Administrartor and Moderator of Hunzatimes i Really Appreciate for your efforts for making Pamirtimes a Excellent News Bog for the Youth of Gojal and Hunza .My kind wishes and prayers are with you and your team.
Thank you very much for all your warm wishes.
Aziza Sultana
Well motivated w.site I had never seen before like this the team desrves rightly felicitation of its readers keep it up.
Faizul Hussain
Chitral
well indeed its a step taken by some of our young and energetic youth, who had really opned a plateform, where we can interact and share our identity and ofcourse discover our obscure history. I hope each will contribute for creating awarenes about our mountain history, sense of unity and a vision for a golorious future.
with regards and wishes
Ahmad Sabbah
Islamabad
I was visiting number of sites. But Deair Ayed Durust Ayed, I heard about this site a bit late and found it very informative, interesting and full of knowledge.
Thanks for giving us an opportunity to get closer to each other.
Regards
Momin Chipursani
sinserely from
sultan kareem ali
AKU..
You are providing a wonderful service to sharing with us events in Hunza in particular and to the moutain people of Pakistan in general. We Wish you success in your endeavors.
The Daily Pamir News keeps us updated of day to day developments in the region. Perhaps you make consider sharing with us success stories such as history, heroes,pioneers,professionals,chalenges, ,shining stars and our youth.
I look forward to hearing from you
Ally Ladak
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Regards,
Fatima Ali
Lahore
S.ALi karachi
very appreciable for all the members of gojal.net and pamirtimes news who are working honestly to promoting our culture in developing way. we hope our wakhi language will come forward.
I know you might have been thinking about me and my views on your initiatives. Frankly, I have been hearing lots of good things about the Pamir Times and your own roles in running it on a voluntary basis – true to our traditions, but it was only last week when I took some time to glance through the website and noted it as a matter of fact.
Believe me, I was pleasantly surprised to find out about the quantity and quality of the ideas, information and knowledge that the PT and its other segments have been generating on a regular basis and for so long. I really felt ashamed of my ignorance about the great services that you people have been rendering to the educated youth of the NAs in general, and of the Gojal valley in particular. For all that I can only say THANK YOU and Congratulations on a job being done very well.
I really appreciate that as a team, you are inspiring so many local youth through your ideas, skills and deeds. I sincerely wish you success, leap and bound, in your endeavors. I believe success mainly depends on; clarity in objectives, capability in situation analysis, capacity to receive, retain and deliver, credibility in ideas and deeds, consistency in approach and belief and continuity in mission, vision and action.
Resilience is what I see in your action and deeds. Journalism by its character demands; sound judgment, steadfastness, patience and sacrifices, which you have amply demonstrated over the period of time since you have been in this venture.
This much for now, hope to be in touch on a regular basis.
Regards
Mutabiat Shah
PS: this piece was actually written in June, 2008
What a marvelous services rendering you people and really this is hallmark of the youth of Hunza. Media and communication provides the common factors for human being to be united and cohesive and this is what you people are doing. Pamir News blog has deeply impressed and has an enormous influence on every single one of us who are living in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Nisar ud din Hunzai
Peshawar
I am working on a report to enlist and compile achievements made by the Gojalies (Individual or as a Team). In the nearest future I will definatly request a portion in the Pamir Times.
I am realy impressed of the dedication and work of the team members under your leadership for Gojal.
You have really made Gojal part of the Global village through this site.
With best regards
Aziz Khan
Coordinator
NEAC, Gilgit, FANA
The comment was written at http://www.gojal.net
Thanks for the complimnets. You are always welcome for any assistance or support from PT team
Zulfiqar
First of all u would like to congrate all the members of the gojal.net & pamir times who are doing such a wonderful job for interaction of our new generation & youth.the way u people r working is realy very apreciateable. it is a great effort to bring importance of our beloved Northren Areas.
i hope this plateform will retain the trust of our educational segment ,culture & continue spreading the light of real education leading to towards a knowledge society.
My prayers for the success of all your team and youth.
best regard
Qurban karim
thanks to update us about the updates in Gojal.
with best wishes
The Pamir Time is a good webside. i have appreciate it i have thankful to all member of pamirtime. you are updated different information and news.we pray for more progress of pamirTime.
Regards
Aziz karim
karachi pk
thanx for such a great offer you ppl are doing a great and termendous job……
it helps ppl around world to know about the great jannat nazeer valley gojal…..
GOD BLESS YOU ALL
Kind Regards,
Inayat Ullah Shimshal Rugby UK
Dear All
First of all i would like to congratulate all the members who are putting there precious efforts in such a noble and great job where they provide a plateform for the gojaliees to become aware of all the toumoils around us…..i m first time visiting the site and amazed to see all these Chronicle and the comments of the honerable people of Gojal….. Well done guys keep it up you have the support of all the gojalees…
GOD BLESS ALL OF U…
Warmth Regards,
Shahid Ali
The FMF Bank Rawalpindi
hi from tikyo
first of all i would like to give u congertulationall the members who are givinghis precioustime puttingthese efforts such a great jobfor intrection of our new generation and youth the way u peopleare workingis realyappreciateable.
it is goodto bring importance in our beloved area.
with thanksfor ur intiatives.
SAEED MUHAMMAD KHAN QADMI.
YOU HAVE REMIND US OUR EARLYHOOD CELEBRATIONS OF NOVROZ MUBARAK
dear team members of PT,
it is a wounderful web site for keeping updated about our beloved area gojal.congrats guys, you are doing a wounderful job.keep it up, i ,m parying for your bright future and success.
Amjad karim shimshali
KIU gilgit.
GOOD EFFORTS BY THE TEAM OF PT WHO ARE UPDATING US