Asma Ali Zain

DUBAI - “I have graduated 15,000 students in 15 years and they are all over the world. I have never planned to become an inspiration; a good teacher yes, but I never thought I would become a central source of inspiration to so many people,” said Anees Hussain, a highly qualified and animated professor credited with revolutionising the concept of tuitions in Pakistan.

DUBAI - Information technology knowledge can break barriers and make the economies of AGCC countries rely on services and intangible products other than oil, said Jamil Ezzo, Director General of International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL) GCC Foundation.

DUBAI - Nineteen Pakistani children, aged between two to eight years, who were brought into the country illegally by unscrupulous agents and ‘imposter’ parents were flown back to Pakistan yesterday.

Pakistanis living in the UAE have urged their government to allow maids from Pakistan to work abroad so as to facilitate the community, besides earning the much-needed foreign exchange for the country.

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DUBAI - Child trafficking is the worst of the crimes the Third World countries are facing at present, said Pakistani Human Rights Activist and Advocate Ansar Burney.

DUBAI - In response to a report published in Khaleej Times on August 15, several volunteers have come forward to lend a helping hand to those affected by the Al Quoz fire in which five poor labourers lost their money and personal belongings.

DUBAI - The Pakistan Association Dubai (PAD) yesterday denied that the association had asked the Pakistan Professionals Forum (PPF) to suspend its activities.

DUBAI - The shortage of passport booklets will soon be over with the arrival of a shipment of the same, Amanullah Larik, Consul-General of Pakistan in Dubai, said.

DUBAI - The annual prize distribution ceremony for felicitating students of the Memon community, who made academic achievements in their final examinations this year, will be held at the Pakistan Sports and Social Centre in October.

DUBAI - Acquiring a driving licence in Dubai has become easier as a number of private driving schools and instructors have mushroomed all over the emirate over the past few years.