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

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

Dubai Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...

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

Sharjah Sharjah (; ', Gulf Arabic: ''aš-Šārja'') is the List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi. It is the capital of the Emirate of Sharjah and forms part of the D ...

Ajman Ajman ( '; Gulf Arabic: عيمان ''ʿYmān'') is the capital of the emirate of Ajman in the United Arab Emirates. It is the List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, fifth-largest city in UAE after Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Al Ain. Loca ...

Umm al-Quwain Umm Al Quwain (UAQ; Arabic: أم القيوين, pronounced: Arabic phonology, /ʔumː alqejˈwejn/, Gulf Arabic: Gulf Arabic, �ʊm͜ː 'æl ge̞ˈwe̞n) is the capital and largest city of the Emirate of Umm Al Quwain in the United Arab Emir ...

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

and

Ras al-Khaimah Ras Al Khaimah (; ), often referred to its initials RAK, is the largest city and capital of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah in the U.A.E. The city had a population of 191,753 in 2025, and is the sixth-most populous city in UAE after Dubai, Abu ...

. 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. Hussain Muhammad.

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

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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

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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

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(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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Pakistan–United Arab Emirates relations

Consular services

Education

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