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The Embassy of Pakistan, Abu Dhabi is the diplomatic mission representing Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates. The embassy is located in the Diplomatic Area in Abu Dhabi. [1] Faisal Niaz Tirmizi is the incumbent Ambassador of Pakistan to the United Arab Emirates. [3] [2] Pakistan also has a Consulate-General in Dubai, which works under the ...
The Pakistani community in Dubai numbers over 400,000, [3] forming around 13% of the local population and constituting the third largest ethnicity in the city. [4] The Consulate-General oversees Pakistani interests in Dubai and provides various services to Pakistani citizens in the emirate.
It is not clear whether it was the Egyptian composer Saad Abdel Wahab or his uncle, Egyptian composer Alhan Ahammed, who created the melody for the anthem in 1971. [2] The anthem did not have lyrics until 1986, which were written by Arif Al Sheikh.
The music of the United Arab Emirates stems from the Eastern Arabia music traditions.Distinctive dance songs from the area's fishermen are also well-known. Liwa (or leiwah / leywah) is a type of music and dance performed mainly in communities which contain descendants of Bantu peoples from the African Great Lakes region, and hybrid Afro-Arab rhythms such as the Sha'abi al-Emirati and Bandari ...
All travellers in transit are exempt from entry fees for the first 48 hours; this short time may be extended for up to 96 hours for a fee of 50 AED. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] Substitute visa
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Defence relations between Pakistan and the UAE began shortly before the UAE's formation in 1971. Pakistani troops imparted training to members of the Abu Dhabi defence forces as far back as 1968, upon the request of the founder of the UAE Sheikh Zayed, as the British were about to hand over command of the Gulf Trucial States. [22]
The Regulation and Supervision Bureau was founded in 1999 following the passing of an Emirate law reference Law No (2) of 1998. During 1997 and 1998 a privatisation committee was formed by the Abu Dhabi Government to study the UK model of un-bundling and privatisation of the then Water and Electricity Department (WED) which was a government owned vertically integrated organisation.