The Consulate-General of Pakistan, Dubai is a diplomatic mission of

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia ( The Middle East). It is located at t ...

. The consulate serves the emirate of Dubai and the five surrounding Northern Emirates of

Sharjah Sharjah (; ar, ٱلشَّارقَة ', Gulf Arabic: ''aš-Šārja'') is the third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi, forming part of the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area. Sharjah is the capital ...

Ajman Ajman ( ar, عجمان, '; Gulf Arabic: عيمان ʿymān) is the capital of the emirate of Ajman in the United Arab Emirates. It is the fifth-largest city in UAE after Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Al Ain. Located along the Persian Gulf, i ...

Umm al-Quwain Umm Al Quwain is the capital and largest city of the Emirate of Umm Al Quwain in the United Arab Emirates. The city is located on the peninsula of Khor Al Bidiyah, with the nearest major cities being Sharjah to the southwest and Ras Al Khaimah ...

Fujairah Fujairah City ( ar, الفجيرة) is the capital of the emirate of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. It is the seventh-largest city in UAE, located on the Gulf of Oman (part of the Indian Ocean). It is the only Emirati capital city on the ...

and

Ras al-Khaimah Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) ( ar, رَأْس ٱلْخَيْمَة, historically Julfar) is the largest city and capital of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. It is the sixth-largest city in UAE after Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al A ...

. It is one of two Pakistani diplomatic missions in the UAE, the other being the Pakistani embassy in Abu Dhabi, to which it reports. The current Consul-General is Mr. Hassan Afzal Khan.

Consular services

The Pakistani community in Dubai numbers over 400,000, forming around 13% of the local population and constituting the third largest ethnicity in the city. The Consulate-General oversees Pakistani interests in Dubai and provides various services to Pakistani citizens in the emirate. It is the largest Pakistani consulate in the Middle East. It is located at Khalid bin Waleed Road in the

Bur Dubai Bur Dubai (in Arabic: بر دبي) is a historic district in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, located on the western side of the Dubai Creek. The name literally translates to ''Mainland Dubai'', a reference to the traditional separation of the Bur ...

district. Consular services provided include the receiving, processing and delivery of documentation, including machine readable passports, manual passports,

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identity documents, attestation and visas. The consulate operates from Sunday to Thursday, with the operational hours ranging from early morning to afternoon. It remains closed on public holidays. The consulate-general provides liaison with the various Pakistani associations in Dubai and the northern Emirates, including the Pakistan Association Dubai, Pakistan Association Ladies Wing (Dubai), Pakistan Professionals Wing, Pakistan Business Council (Dubai), and various Pakistani community centres. It also promotes trade, commerce and investment between Pakistan and Dubai. A Community Welfare Wing is attached with the consulate-general, which provides welfare services to Pakistanis residing in Dubai and the northern Emirates. These include general community welfare services, facilitating remittances, dispatching bodies of deceased persons, and settlement of issues relating to the Pakistani labour workforce working in Dubai and the northern Emirates. Cultural events such as Pakistan's Independence Day are celebrated each year, during which the Consul-General of Pakistan in Dubai unfurls the national flag at the consulate in a ceremony.

Education

The consulate-general oversees the provision of all Pakistani-curriculum education in Dubai and the northern Emirates. There are currently 12 Pakistani international schools throughout Dubai and its adjacent emirates, four of which were established by the consulate-general and the remainder eight privately. The schools predominately provide education to the children of Pakistani expatriates, teaching from junior grades up to the higher secondary level. The curriculum is affiliated with the

Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education The Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education ( ur, ) commonly known as FBISE) is a Government of Pakistan board for examining the intermediate and secondary education in Pakistan and abroad for Pakistan International School. It is aut ...

(FBISE) and the syllabus is English-medium. The schools are listed below: * His Highness Shaikh Rashid Al Maktoum Pakistan School, Dubai * Pakistan Islamiah Higher Secondary School, Sharjah * Pakistan Higher Secondary School, Ras al-Khaimah * Pakistan Islamiah Higher Secondary School, Fujairah * Pakistan Education Academy, Dubai * Al Farooq Pakistan School, Dubai * Pakistan English School, Dubai * Al Amaal Pakistan English, School, Sharjah * Pakistan Islamiah Higher Secondary School, Ajman * Omer Bin Khatab Pakistan School, Ajman

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{{Diplomatic missions in the United Arab Emirates

Pakistan–United Arab Emirates relations

Consular services

Education

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