Speaking on the occasion, the governor Punjab Sardar Saleem Haider Khan said that he had come to express his condolences to the Ismaili community on the instructions of President Asif Ali Zardari. He said that the Pakistan People’s Party equally shares the grief and sorrow of the Ismaili community on the death of Prince Karim Aga Khan.

Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV and 49th Imam of Nizari Ismaili Muslims, died February 4. He was 88. The Aga Khan’s eldest son, Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini, has been designated the Aga Khan V.

The accession ceremony of  Prince Rahim al-Hussaini Aga Khan V as the 50th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims was held on Tuesday, February 11, in Lisbon, Portugal. The private religious ceremony at the Diwan of the Ismaili Imamat,

Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, the 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, passed away peacefully at the age of 88, in Lisbon, Portugal, surrounded by his family.

Last week, Prince Rahim al-Hussaini ’95 was named the spiritual leader of millions of Ismaili Muslims after his father, the former leader, passed away on Feb. 4. Al-Hussaini is now Aga Khan V, a title given to the 50th imam of the Nizari Ismaili branch of Shia Islam.