Introduction, History & Activities:

Founded in 2009, the Petarian Association of UAE or PAUAE is the central body of the nearly 150 Petarians living in the UAE.

PAUAE came into being at a grand gathering of Petarians held at Cassell's Ghantoot Resort (located midway between Dubai and Abu Dhabi) on 13 February 2009. Over 130 people participated (60 Petarians and their families) on this well planned event.

Visitors from outside UAE included Salim Mastan (336) from USA, Kazi Zulkader Siddiqui (671) from Pakistan, Syed Abdul Aziz (6922) from Saudi Arabia, Ghulam Mujtaba Mahar (9423) from Saudi Arabia.

Senior Petarians from within the UAE who graced the occasion included Afzal Iqbal (383), Shafiq Ansari (478), Kamal Shahid Husain (785), Shahab Ayub (846) and many others.

Khalid Hussain Ranjhani, 82125/J was elected the first President of PAUAE during this meeting.

The first Managing Committee of PAUAE chosen was as follows:

President:                  Khalid Hussain Ranjhani, 82125/J

General Secretary:     Wajihuddin Ahmed, 89160/LF

Treasurer:                 Muhammad Junaid Khan, 9022/LF

Members:                  Ayaz Hussain Buriro, 7915/A

                                Syed Atif Musarrat, 8885/J

                                Rana Towseef Ahmed, 8942/Q

                                Shahzad Khurram, 91155/LF

                                Mohammed Ali Channa, 93111/A

Advisory Committee: Shafique Ansari, 478/I

                               Cdr. Zafar Abbas, 644/A

                               Dr. Shehzad Thaheem, 7599/Q

                               Nasir Mehmood, 79113/I

1st Row: Khalid Ranjhani, Kamal Shahid, Afzal Iqbal, Shafiq Ansari, Kazi Zulkader, Salim Mastan, Zafar Abbas, Masood Parvez, Wajeeh

Family members of Petarians