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2. M. Usman Tahir
A.S. No. 29
Group # 4
DMG

3.  About the Author
 About the Book
 UAE – An introduction
 Biography of Sheikh Zayed
 UAE – a welfare estate
 Foreign policy of UAE
 Political setup of UAE
 Posterity on the march
 Critical Analysis
 Positives
 Negatives
 Recommendation
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4.  Syed Shaukat Ali Shah
 Former Bureaucrat
 Joined Provincial Civil Service in 1967
 Important Assignments:
 Deputy Commissioner Multan
 Deputy Commissioner Gujranwala
 Deputy Commissioner Bahawalpur
 Deputy Commissioner Rahim Yar Khan
 Deputy commissioner Dera Ghazi Khan
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5.  Syed Shaukat Ali Shah
 A famous travelogue writer
 Column Writer – Now a days
 Authored Four Books:
 Sulagte Sahil
 Jazire-Jamal-Ke
 Ajnabi Apne Des Mein
 Urdu Zaban-Masail Aur Imkanat
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6. “Human history is the biography of heroes”
Carlyle
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7.  Born in 1918
 Siblings : Four Brothers
 Named after his grandfather
 Father: Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed
 Became governor of Al-Ain in 1946
 Became Ruler of Abu-Dhabi in 1966
 Life time President of UAE (1971-2004)
 Died on 6 November, 2004; age 86 years
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8. “I consider Pakistan as my second home and Rahim Yar
Khan as my home”
(Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan)
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9. Glimpse of
Health Services
Sheikh Zayed
Hospital, Lahore
• Built: 1986
•Cost: Rs.300 Million
•Area: 58 Acres
•Capacity: 500 Beds
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10. Glimpse of
Health Services
Sheikh Zayed
Hospital, Rahim Yar
Khan
• Built: 1990
•Cost: Rs.300 Million
•Capacity: 200 Beds
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11. Glimpse of
Health Services
Sheikh Khalifa Bin
Zayed Medical
Complex, Quetta
• Built: 1994
•Cost: Rs.300 Million
•Capacity: 210 Beds
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12. Islamic Centers
 Sheikh Zayed Islamic Centre
 Karachi
 Lahore
 Peshawar
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13. Towns & Housing Schemes
 Madina-e-Zayed No. 1
 Built in 1976
 300 Houses
 2 Schools
 1 Mosque
 Madina-e-Zayed No. 2
 200 Houses
 1 School
 1 Mosque
 1 Clinic
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14. Towns & Housing Schemes
 Madina-e-Zayed No. 3
 Built in 1990
 90 Houses
 1 Schools
 1 Mosque
 1 Clinic
 Other Houses at:
 Khanwala Desert
 Larkana
 Kot Diji
 Cholistan
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15. Mosques
 Mirpur Sakro Mosque
 Capacity: 800 People
 A school for teaching of Holy Qura
 Mosque on RCD Highway near Dalbandin
 Masjid-Shimshi
 Rehmani Mosque at Rahim Yar Khan
 Mosque in Habib Government College
 Mosques at Ghadir-al-Butt, Washuk, Gangian, Singar
Cross, Khuzdar, Khurmaji etc
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16.  Kirthar National Park
 Area: 12 Sq. km
 A wild life sanctuary
 60 km away from Karachi
 Houbara Research & Rehabilitation Centre, Cholistan
 Houbara Research & Breeding Centre, Kharan
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17.  Comprises of 7 Emirates
1. Dubai
2. Ajman
3. Sharjah
4. Fujairah
5. Abu-Dhabi
6. Ras al Khaima
7. Umm al Qaiwain
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18. 1. Dubai
• Capital: City of Dubai
• Area : 4000 Sq. km
• Sea Port : Jabel Ali
• Beach : Jumeirah
• Multi national Business Centre
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19. Glimpses
of
Dubai
Burj-Al-Arab
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20. Glimpses
of
Dubai
Dubai
Islands
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21. 2. Ajman
• Capital: City of Ajman
• Area : 259 Sq. km
• Sea Port : Jabel Ali
• 16 km long Sea Beach
• 0.3 % of total area of U.A.E.
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22. 3. Sharjah
• Capital: City of Sharjah
• Area : 2590 Sq. km
• 3.3 % of total area of U.A.E.
• Sea Port : Port Khalid
• Air Port: Sharjah International Air Port
• Famous resorts: International Parks of Al-Jazirah and Al-
Buhaira
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23. 4. Fujairah
• Capital: City of Fujairah
• Area : 1150 Sq. km
• 1.1 % of total area of U.A.E.
• Sea Port : Fujairah
• Famous resort:
• Hajar Mountains
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24. 5. Abu-Dhabi
• Largest Emirate comprising 3 regions
 City of Abu Dhabi
 Capital: Abu-Dhabi
 The Eastern Region
 Capital: Al Ain
 The Western Region
 Capital: Zayed City
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25. 6. Ras al Khaimah
• Capital: City of Ras al Khaimah
• Area : 168 Sq. km
• 0.2 % of total area of U.A.E.
• Comprising of two parts
 National Museum
 Al Nakheel
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26. 7. Umma Al Qaiwain
• Capital: City of Umma al Qaiwain
• Area : 777 Sq. km
• 1 % of total area of U.A.E.
• Famous Resorts
 Sinaya Island
 Falaj al-Maulla Island
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27.  Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed
Al-Nahyan
 The (then) Crown Prince
of Abu-Dhabi
 Philanthropist of highest
order
 An environmentalist by
instinct
 Firm believer in the unity
of Muslim Ummah
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29. Positives
 Quotations
 Good Page quality
 Medium sized book
 Use of photographs
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30. Negatives
1. Lack of logical sequence CONTENTS
1. PREFACE 13
2. A RECKONER OF HIS HIGHNESS 15
3. INTRODUCTION 28
4. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT 31
5. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-AN INTRO 61
6. BIOGRAPHY OF SHEIKH ZAYED 69
7. WELFARE ESTATE 79
8. FOREIGN POLICY 97
9. POLITICAL SETUP 119
10. REMINISCENCES 133
11. POSTERITY ON THE MARCH 151
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31. Negatives
2.Lack of substance CONTENTS
1. PREFACE 13
2. A RECKONER OF HIS HIGHNESS 15
3. INTRODUCTION 28
4. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT 31
5. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-AN INTRO 61
6. BIOGRAPHY OF SHEIKH ZAYED 69
7. WELFARE ESTATE 79
8. FOREIGN POLICY 97
9. POLITICAL SETUP 119
10. REMINISCENCES 133
11. POSTERITY ON THE MARCH 151
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32. Negatives
3. Lack of proof reading
 “Harmaceutical”
instead of
“Pharmaceutical”
(Page 87)
 “Mill” instead of
“Mills” (Page 92)
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33. Negatives
4. Wrong statistics
 “World is left with 150
years oil” (Page 84)
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34. Negatives (Contd…)
5. “Zaeef” Hadith
 “Seek knowledge if you have to go to China” (Page 41)
6. Lack of statistics
7. No Bibliography at all
8. Only one side of the picture
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35. Negatives
9. Title itself
 The SUN of the Desert
OR
 The SON of the Desert
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