Pak missions in UAE gear up for elections

Pak missions in UAE gear up for elections

Pakistani expatriates in the UAE and around the world will, most probably, be able to use their right to franchise for the first time in the May 11 general elections in their country.

Pak missions in UAE gear up for elections

Pak missions in UAE gear up for elections

ABU DHABI — Pakistani expatriates in the UAE and around the world will, most probably, be able to use their right to franchise for the first time in the May 11 general elections in their country.

Faster delivery of Pak passports promised

Faster delivery of Pak passports promised

After a public outcry over the up to one year delay in issuing new machine-readable Pakistani passports as a result of a legal wrangle in the country, the UAE’s Pakistan Embassy has received an assurance from the Ministry of Interior in Islamabad that the delay has been slashed.

Huge blaze in Capital leaves 40 homeless

Huge blaze in Capital leaves 40 homeless

A huge fire in a residential building at Al Falah Street blazed for two hours in the middle of the day, leaving around 40 people homeless in an apartment block which had suffered a more dangerous fire several years ago.

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Six of Emirati family die in Oman road accident

Six Emiratis from one family were reportedly killed in another horrific traffic accident in Oman. According to reports reaching from the Sultanate, a seven-member family of Emiratis from the Al Minhali tribe were travelling to Salalah on Thursday when their vehicle was involved in an accident, killing six — including women and children — on the spot.

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