{"id":42942,"date":"2026-03-08T06:04:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T06:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=42942"},"modified":"2026-03-08T06:04:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T06:04:27","slug":"second-pakistani-killed-in-uae-as-falling-debris-from-aerial-interception-hits-vehicle-in-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=42942","title":{"rendered":"Second Pakistani killed in UAE as falling debris from aerial interception hits vehicle in Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>A Pakistani driver was killed when \u201cdebris from an aerial interception\u201d fell onto a vehicle in Dubai\u2019s Al Barsha area late on Saturday night, according to the Dubai Media Office.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second instance of a Pakistani national losing his life in an attack in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during the ongoing war between Iran and the United States and Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The war has expanded across the region, with Iran targeting US assets and bases in Gulf countries while Israel carries out attacks in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>The statement by the Dubai Media Office did not specify which projectile was intercepted during Saturday\u2019s incident or where it had been fired from.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities confirm that debris from an aerial interception fell onto a vehicle in the Al Barsha area, resulting in the death of a Pakistani driver.<br \/>\n\u2014 Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) March 7, 2026<\/p>\n<p>The war began on February 28, when the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran. On the same day, the UAE defence ministry reported the death of a person after debris fell following the interception of missiles targeting sites in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, the defence ministry said an Asian national had been killed after debris fell on a residential area in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n<p>Later, UAE authorities confirmed that the victim was a Pakistani national identified as Mureed Zaman, a resident of Bannu district in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.<\/p>\n<p>Also read:\u00a0Trump &#8216;kills&#8217; Iran&#8217;s Gulf de-escalation gesture, says FM<\/p>\n<p>Zaman had been working in Abu Dhabi for nearly eight years, earning a livelihood through labour work and driving. He had been supporting his family back home.<\/p>\n<p>The UAE conveyed its \u201csincere condolences and deepest sympathies to the family of the Pakistani national who lost his life as a result of these attacks, expressing its full solidarity with them\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe UAE stressed that the targeting of civilians and civilian objects is unequivocally condemned and strictly prohibited under international law and humanitarian principles,\u201d a statement issued by the foreign ministry said.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Pakistani driver was killed when \u201cdebris from an aerial interception\u201d fell onto a vehicle in Dubai\u2019s Al Barsha area late on Saturday night, according to the Dubai Media Office. This is the second instance of a Pakistani national losing his life in an attack in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during the ongoing war [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}