{"id":125285,"date":"2026-09-21T22:44:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T17:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=125285"},"modified":"2026-09-21T22:44:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T17:44:29","slug":"pm-shehbaz-condoles-death-of-sheikh-ahmed-bin-rashid-al-maktoum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/pm-shehbaz-condoles-death-of-sheikh-ahmed-bin-rashid-al-maktoum\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Shehbaz condoles death of Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Monday expressed his deep grief and sorrow over the death of Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, brother of United Arab Emirates Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">\u201cSheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum devoted his life to the service of Dubai and the United Arab Emirates with honour and dignity. Pakistan deeply appreciates his valuable services and pays tribute to his memory with respect and admiration,\u201d the PM\u2019s Office, in a post on X handle, quoted the prime minister as saying.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The prime minister extended his heartfelt condolences and sympathies to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Al Maktoum family, and the people of the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n<p>He also prayed to Allah Almighty to bless the departed soul with the highest place in Jannat-ul-Firdous and grant the bereaved family strength and patience to bear this profound loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Monday expressed his deep grief and sorrow over the death of Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, brother of United Arab Emirates Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. \u201cSheikh [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":125296,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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