Asma Ali Zain

DUBAI - The UAE Naval College cadets, who graduated in a grand ceremony in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, have been awarded BSc (Honours) degrees in Naval Sciences from Bahria University of Pakistan, said Rector, Bahria University, Vice-Admiral (retd) Fayyaz-ur-Rehman.

DUBAI - Pakistan has, for the first time, appointed a travel agent to promote country's tourism industry in the UAE, said the Pakistani Minister of State (In charge) for Tourism, Rais Muneer Ahmed, in an exclusive interview with Khaleej Times on Thursday.

DUBAI - The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world, was the theme of the workshop titled 'Mother - The best teacher for a child' organised at the Pakistan Association Centre recently.

DUBAI - The Pakistan Association Dubai is organising a function today at the Pakistan Sports and Recreation Club to mark the death anniversary of Allama Muhammed Iqbal, a philosopher and the national poet of Pakistan.

DUBAI - Therapy can cure palpitations permanently, said Dr Azam Shafquat, Consultant Cardiologist and Assistant Professor at Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), Karachi, during a presentation on ‘Palpitations' at a health awareness programme titled ‘Signs, Symptoms and Care', which was arranged by AKUH at the Sheraton Deira hotel on Sunday.

DUBAI - With only three days for the amnesty deadline to expire, the Pakistan Consulate in Dubai has issued 9,500 outpasses to Pakistanis residing illegally in the UAE.

DUBAI - More than 4,500 applications for National Identity Cards for Overseas Pakistanis (Nicop) have been received and almost 50 per cent of the processed cards have already been distributed by the Pakistan Consulate in Dubai.

DUBAI - The Pakistan Association, Dubai, in cooperation with the Pakistan Consulate in Dubai, distributed free air tickets to 100 Pakistani amnesty seekers at the Pakistan Sports and Recreation Centre here on Monday.

Pakistanis applying for outpasses to leave the country under the government amnesty for people residing in the country illegally will not be required to produce an original document as proof of their nationality, a reliable source at the Pakistani Consulate in Dubai said yesterday.

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DUBAI - Today is the last day for Pakistanis living illegally in the UAE to apply for outpasses at the Pakistan Embassy and consulate and benefit from the general pardon granted by the government of the UAE which ends on April 30.