[Obituary] Ali Gohar of Hussaini – Gojal passed away

My heartfelt condolence with the berieved family. May God rest his soul in eternal peace.

Inallah- wa ina illai rajhoon, I pray to the Almighty Allah to give eternal peace to the departed soul and patience to the bereaved family members to bear the irreparable loss, Ameen. Late Uncle Ali Gohar was a legend figure of Hunza-Gojal. He was a well informed and responsible citizen. He contributed according to his physical and intellectual capacity to the people of Gilgit-Baltistan in general and to the village of Hussaini-Gojal in particular. His contribution will be remembered for ever and hope his family members will follow his foot steps and put their efforts for the betterment of the society.
My condolence goes to Ali Ahmad Khan, Ibrahim Shah, Riaz and his widow and daughters including all family Members.
Thanks and Regards,
Sharif Khan

Very sad news indeed. We send our message of condolence to Ali Ahmad and the entire family for the sad demise of uncle Ali Gohar and pray that may his soul rest in eternal peace. May Allah bewtow the family with the courage to withstand this great loss (Aamin). My mother also joins us to express her condolence to the breaved family members as well.

Sajjad and Samina
Riyadh-KSA

May Allmighty Bless the Soul of Late Ali Gohar in eternal peace, and give the family courage to withstand with this loss

INALILLAH WA INA ELAIHI RAJOON,
I pray to the Almighty Allah to give eternal peace to the departed soul and patience to the bereaved family members to bear the irreparable loss, Ameen.

Imtiaz Ali

SERENA Islamabad

May ALLAH rest the departed soul in eternal peace and give patience to bereaved family members to bear the irreparable loss..AMEEN

zahid ahmad
karachi

I am deeply saddened to hear the news of the death of Uncle Ali Gohar. I knew that he was seriously ill during the last few days but was somehow hoping that he would overcome his illness. We have lost an outstanding figure of the freedom fighters, who brought us our homeland. There is much in the life and work of Uncle Ali Gohar which we should learn from, so that we can fulfill the cherished goal of equal rights and standing for our people and region.
I share the grief of my khala, my sisters and my brothers and pray for the eternal peace of the late soul.

Parveen Roy
Karachi

My heartfelt condolence with the berieved family.specially to Ali Ahmed Khan and Ibrahim shah, May God rest his soul in eternal peace.

Meherban karim
Bagh AJK

It grieves me much and saddens to hear the sudden death of my very respectable and dear Uncle Ali Gohar.He was ill and hospitalised in Gilgit during the last few weeks. He traveled home back to Hussaini, met his family and breathed his last.
INNA LILLAHI WA INNA ILAYHI RAJI`OON
We the people of Husayni have lost a son and elder whom served his home-town in a very visionary way , his leadership role was very visible as a community leader for the region of Gojal, Hunza and the whole region of Gilgit &Baltistan. Leading from the front, as volunteer in the Community Institutions, at social forums and as an outstanding soldier of the freedom-war, in 1948, that gave us the region of Gilgit-Baltistan is historical. There is much in the life and work of the late Uncle which the youth of Gilgit-Baltistan, Hinza, Gojal and Husayni ,in particular, need to follow his foot-steps in the examples of services to society and the community.
I offer my heartiest condolences to Ali Ahmad Khan, Ibrahim Shah, Riaz, also to his widow and daughters including all family Members. My family, daughter,sons also are offering their condolences to the grieved family and we all pray for the eternal peace of the departed soul.

Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Rajioon

indeed it is a very sad news for all Gojal in general and to the people of Hussaini in particuler we extend our heartifelt condolance to my voch brothers Ali Ahmed Khan Ibrahim Shah Riaz to his daughters and to all his family members and we prays may Allah rest his soul in eternal peace and give courage to his family members to bear this unbearable loss.unle has served the community in different jurisdiction and his services will be remembered

ALI MASUD & FAMILY

CANADA

INNA LILLAHA WA INNA ILAIHI RAJI’UN
My heartfelt condolence with the berieved family. May God rest his soul in eternal peace. My heartiest condolences to Mr. Ali Ahmad , Mr. Ibrahim Shah, Riaz, also to his widow and daughters including Uncle Mohd. Nabi, M. Din & Yousham Liaquat and all family Members. On Behalf of my family are offfering condolences to the grieved family and we all pray for the eternal peace of the departed soul.

Regards,

Sher Karim Kawish
Eni Pakistan Bhit Gas Field

Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Elaihe Raji’un

May Mowla bless his soul in eternal peace and give strength to the family to bear this great loss

In deed Sisooni has lost a very renowned personality and the vacuums will be felt for a long time.

Deep condolences to the family

Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Rajion,
it is really a very sad and shoking news for all of us who have relations with late Ali Gohar and it is a great loss not only to his family, friends and infect to the community in Gojal Hunza. the gape created by his death will not be filled for long time in the future and his services as a solder, mountaineer, social moblizer and leader will be remember for a long time to come. My heartfelt sympthy and grief are with his berevead family and I offer my Condolence to them all and I pray for the allieveation of his departed soul. Huq Mughfirat kare ajab aazad murd tha.
Al-Waez Mohammad Aslam
Gilgit

I am shock to hear that!

I only met him a day before I traveled to Islamabad. We joked about everything from politics to society and showed concern about the lake formation and hardships ahead.

He was such a great person full of life, humour, wisdom and grace with a vision and leadership qualities.

May his soul rest in peace. Ali Ahmed Khan really served him, I saw him sitting on the bench in the hospital throughout the nights and days.

My heartfelt condolence to the bereaved family

Amin Beg

INNA LILLAHI WA INNA ILAYHI RAJI`OON

This is such a sad and shocking news and I must say that the late Ali Gohar was an asset for the entire village and area. my heartfelf Condolence to Mr. ALi Ahmed, Ibrahim Shah, Riaz & Doughters, Uncle M. Nabi, M. Din, Liaquat Ali and all the family members.May God rest his soul in eternal peace..

Sher Karim
Hussaini

Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Rajihun!!!!!

May God Give eternal peace to the departed Soul. Ameen

Our Heartfelt Condolences to The Enitre Family

Sultan Dad & Family Members

Atlanta, Georgia- USA

INA LILLAHi WA INA ELAIHI RAJOON…. indeed very sad news, we want to extend our condolence to the entire family of the departed Soule, may Mawla rest his soul in eternal peace, Ameen

Javed & Mussarat
Tajikistan

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajioon, May Moula rest his soul in peace and give courage to all the family members of Late Ali Gohar.

Aafiyat Nazar & Safida Begum

I am extremely grieved to learn about the sad demise of pop Ali Gohar.
I would like to convey his family members my heartfelt grief and condolence
I pray to ALLAH to bestow eternal peace on the departed soul.

Ameen.

Aziz karim
karachi

“INA LILALLAHHI WA IN ILEHI RAJEOON”

Very sad news indeed. He was one of the freedom fighters of Gilgit – Baltistan from Dogra Raj in 1948. He was also the first mountaineer from Gojal tried to summit Rakaposhi in 1956.

Our deep condolence goes to the family members Ali ahmed Khan, Ibrahim Shah, Riaz and other family members.

Uncle Ali Gohar had served his whole life for the Hussaini community and we pray to Almighty Allah to give rest his soul in eternal peace and courage to the bereaved family to bear this loss( Aameen).

Ali Rehmat,
Islamabad

I extend my heartest condolence to* Sir Ali Ahmad Khan and all the family. May his soul rest in eternal peace. Ameen

Aaliya Khan
USA

Indeed great shock. The latest I had met him was in summer 2007. Spent few hoursat my home in the village- did share with us about his life, changes over the past decades and mostly about Kargil war and toursim adventures. My son Basharat had taken notes of what he said. He may share it was us some times later. However, he had an exceptional sense of humor, leadrship qualities and knowledge of war and high altitude challenges.

Condolences to the family members and paryers for his soul to rest in eternal peace.

Darjat and family

Profile of Ali Gohar
Ali Gohar was born in 1926, in the remote and harsh terrain of the Hussiani village up in the Karakorum Mountains- 150 km from Gilgit town. He joined the NA Scouts on first, January 1948. Being one of the few distinguished individuals in his area, he had joined the N-Scouts and also completed his studies still grade 3.He had fought the war of 1948 at Kargil against the forces of Dogra and was in the Rustum platuun in those crucial days.

Soldiers during those days lacked machinery and automated guns and other artillery equipment. The NA scouts showed up a tough resistance during the wars and made their enemies accept the defeat. He achieved this triumph along with many of his other fellow soldiers in the independence of Gilgit from the invading Dogra forces. The war ended in 7 months on 7th of November, 1948.At one instance according to Mr.Ali Gohar: “I did eat 2 chapattis(bread) in 4 days”. This makes one imagine and realize the hardships which our elders have faced during those difficult days when food was scarce and the land routes made it even worse. He did mention names of the following people his colleagues at the war front: Sana Khan, Mohammad Abass and Aziz Muhammad from Passu. Others from Gojal were Bobosh, Ghoyib Shoh, Yor Ali, Tayghun Shah and Rizwon .

Serving under the command of Shah Khan he along with his group of soldiers had destroyed a Polo ground by a mortar attack, where people had gathered for a match. This move proved to be decisive one and resulted in heavy death casualty for the enemy. Before this offensive strike Ghulam Murtaza’s platuun was already sent to invade the area. Later during the war they had captured an army Chawni (cantonment) by infiltrating through the walls of the enemies garrison. One could not imagine the emotions and feeling of the family members of Mr.Ali Gohar because he was the only son of his father and the only heir to his father. His father’s death became the cause of his resignation at a age of 27 from the N-Scouts in 1953, and returned to support his family.

Now being the only senior adult male in his family he took the responsibility of practicing mountain farming for his family. Ali Gohar was young, enthusiast and was exposed beyond his village and had basic training in N-Scouts. Besides farming he wanted to earn additional off-farm income to have improved living. He did go with western tourists climbing mountains. He started his career as one of the first mountain guides of northern areas.

In 1955 Ali Gohar took part in a German expedition to Nanga Parbat as a guide. Ayub from Gulmit also participated in that expedition. Ali Gohar climbed up to the 4th camp of Nanga Parbat without any past experiences of climbing dangerous and snow capped peaks like the Nanga Parbat which is notorious for its death tolls up to date.

He went as a guide with the Italian team in 1956, to K-2 which resulted in a summit. He gave his time in 1958 to his joint expedition of the Pakistan and the British army to Rakaposhi peak in central Hunza. Shah Khan and Aslam also participated in this expedition, which was a complete success. In 1959 a joint German-British expedition went to Batura to climb a difficult and snow capped peak. Some members of the team died and the peak was not scaled. In 1960 Ali Gohar went along with the British-American team to Talawa Nagar to capture Tolo peak. In this expedition Ali Gohar went till the 4th camp and the expedition of the team turned out to be a summit. I973 was the year when he went to Patundas (pasture of the village Ghulkin), his team could not summit Mumhael peak and turned out to be a sad return.

With a Japanese expedition in 1974 he went to an unnamed peak which was not a summit. The year of 1978 marked the summit of Tirich Mir which is the highest peak in the Hindukush Mountain Range in Chitral. This time it was a Japanese expedition and was a successful ascent to the top of the peak .Ali Gohar went till the 4th camp of this peak. In 1978 he left serving as a mountain guide from the tourism industry. He was also a hunter, his hunt included duck, patrages and snow cock pheasants. He had joined the border security force Levee in 1959 and retired after serving for 30 years. His duty stations included Cilick, Khunjerab and Shimshal living in one of the most physically challenged terrains in the world.

He was a volunteer/ social worker and a village leader. He led his village in two key court cases: 1) cattle grazing rights of Hussani village in Batura and 2) land dispute with Gulkin. He used to be at the forefront in resolving disputes in and around the village.

He died at the age of 85 at his village.

I feel grieved over his death.

Note: this profile is an outcome of an interview of Mr. Ali Gohar in July 2007.

Inallah- wa ina illai rajhoon

My heartfelt condolence with the all family and Maulah Karim rest his soul in eternal peace.

Ali Aman Gojali
AKDN Afghanistan

This is indeed very sad news. We extend our heartfelt condolences to Sir ALI AHMED KHAN and to all the entire family. We pray that Moula rest marhoom’s soul in eternal peace and give strength to the family to bear this loss.

Sajida Khan and my dad Shahgul khan
USA Florida

Through this site, i want to express my deep sorrow and convey my the humble condolence to the family of Mr. Ali Khan for the sad occasion to their family. May God help them to bear this great loss and rest the soul in eternal peace. Ameen.
Sultan Alam (Hussain Abad)

Our heartfelt condolence to Ali Ahmed Khan and family.

Ghulam Ahmed & family
Australia

I extend my heartfelt condolence with bereaved family and pray that the departed soul may rest in eternal peace.