President of the United Arab Emirates, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in recognition of the services rendered by Pakistan’s former ambassador to UAE, Ahsan Ullah, has awarded him with Medal of Independence,

In his message the President of UAE has said:

“We, Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, in recognition of the excellent personal qualitites of H.E. Ahsan Ullah Khan, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and in consideration of the sincere efforts exerted by him in strengthening and developing the relationship and cooperation between the United Arab Emirate and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan have, awarded him Medal of Independence of the first grade and have ordered to issue this certificate”.

This is the highest award ever given to a foreign diplomat by the UAE. It is recognition of the hard work of the officers/staff of the Pakistan Embassy.