Pakistan Association Dubai was founded in late sixties. Following is a brief history of the Pakistani individuals who have been leading this organization since its inception:

1. Dr. Abdul Majid , an East Pakistani Muslim of Maktoum Hospital, was elected by the Association Committee as its first President. Mr. Azmat Khan Bangash, was chosen to be the General Secretary. A small, humble office space was rented in Murshid Bazaar for this purpose and the association was shifted there. The same office was later on used as fledgling Pakistani School. Having passed through many stages of improvement, this institution is known today as the Pakistan Education Academy.

2. The second President was Haji Abdul Ghafoor with Rana Muhammad Shafi as the General secretary.

3. The Third President was Mir. Imtiazuddin of Shirkat al Fulaij Dubai with Syed Umar Shah of Royal Cargo as General Secretary.(1982-1988)

4. The Fourth President was Mr. Shafqat of Dubai Water Supply with Mr. Kohati as the General Secretary. It was in Mr. Shafqat’s tenure that the office of the Association was shifted from Murshid Bazaar (Diera) to the Astoria Hotel in Bur Dubai.

5. The fifth President was Malik Mohammad Yaqub with Aaqil Khan Bangash as General Secreatry. It is worth mentioning that the present center was constructed during Malik Yaqub’s tenure under the supervision of a committee comprising of Syed Umar Shah, Muhamamd Karim Khan, Ghulam Nabi and Aaqil Khan Bangash with Malik Sahib as chairman. Special Credit goes to Mr. Shamim A. Syed the consultant who designed the building.

6. The sixth president was Malik Muhammad Aslam of Malik News agency with Syed Umer Shah as General secretary

7. The seventh President was Choudhry Mohammad Siddique with Muahammad Karim Khan as first Vice President and Ghulam Nabi as General Secretary.

8. The eighth President was Mr. Ehsan Ilahi with Mr. Ijaz Ahmed of SB. And company as General Secretary.

9. The ninth President was Muhammad Shafi Samana with Suhail Anjum as General Secretary who (after a few months in office) was succeeded by Saleem Farooq as General Secretary.

10. Mr. Muhammad Shafi Samana was elected as PAD President again for second tenure, (2005 to 2006) with Shahid ul Islam Khan as General Secretary.

11. The Eleventh and the present President is Mr. Muhamamd Riaz Farooq Sahi, with Mr. Ashraf Dawood as the Vice President and Syed Sabir Hussain as General Secretary.

The Pakistan Association Dubai under the present set up has entered into the electronic age and is bringing Pakistani community together through a monthly electronic newsletter and is embarking upon an ambitious program to launch its website covering all the topics of relevance and interest to Pakistani community.

Education Support.
The Education Committee was formed in Sept 2007. The aim of this committee is to support students who can not afford to continue their education. The support program was announced in local newspapers. This year AED 300,000.- was spent for more payment of full year’s school fees of more than 100 students

Amnesty
Around 26,000 outgoing Pakistanis were served with out passes and many with tickets to their destinations.