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Pamir: NZ's Leading Rug Importer

Wednesday 24 September 2014, 5:24PM

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Pamir Rugs has been New Zealand’s leading importer of fine quality tribal and nomadic rugs since 1997. Pamir celebrated its 17th birthday with the launch of Pamir Online in 2014, bringing to their loyal base of clients a tool to buy their favourite rugs from the comfort of their homes!

Pamir Rugs’ founder and CEO, Shaukat Zamani, and his wife, founded Pamir Rugs to primarily help Afghan refugees based in Pakistan survive the hardship of what was the biggest displacement of human history due to the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. More than 5 million Afghans were displaced, taking asylum mostly in Pakistan and Iran. Life in refugee camps was a daily race for survival for Afghan men, women and children. Having lived as a refugee at a young age in Peshawar, Pakistan, Shaukat knew of the ordeal of survival first hand. He felt it was his personal mission to help his people.

Shaukat quit his job as an Auckland-based community development coordinator, and founded Pamir Rugs in 1997, almost one year after graduating from Auckland University. Being a resilient people, many Afghan refugees took to making rugs in refugee camps in Peshawar. Even doctors, engineers and high ranking former civil servants resorted to making rugs as a means to survive and feed their families. Shaukat exclusively bought his rugs from individuals and families in Peshawar, to help them in their journey to survive. According to Shaukat, the New Zealand public had never seen such beautiful works of art. The Afghan refugees were able to create fine pieces of art, in the process narrating their stories of survival. Shaukat feels proud to have been able to help 1,000’s of Afghan families survive the plight of war.

Since 1997, Pamir Rugs has imported 10,000’s of Afghan rugs and Pamir Rugs is now New Zealand and Australia’s largest importer of fine tribal and nomadic rugs. Pamir are the proud purveyors of some of the finest and rarest tribal and nomadic rugs in the world, including some highly collectable items. Shaukat travels to Afghanistan regularly to source rugs for Pamir Rugs. His travels take him to all parts of Afghanistan, including Western, Northern and Central Afghanistan and he has also created an education program for Afghan people. The organisation is called Help Afghan Education.           

Pamir stocks the largest collection in New Zealand of Rugs, Runners, Kilims, Round Rugs, Tribal Cushions, Saddlbags, Handbags etc, in all sizes and colourways. These include leading rug brands as Persian Rugs, Turkish Rugs, Shaggy Rugs and Afghan Rugs such as Turkmen, Baluch, Khal Mohammadi, Chobi, Kargahi, Ghazni etc. All rugs sold on Pamir Online come with free shipping and a 30-day, no-questions-asked money back guarantee.

For further information please go to http://www.pamirrugs.co.nz .