Sheikh Mansoor leads star-studded DXB 24 Hour Walkathon

DUBAI: His Highness Sheikh Mansoor Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai International Marine Club, led a starstudded line-up at the Dubai Sports Coun ci l’ sdxb24hrw al kat hon, with hundreds of enthusiastic hoi polloi mingling with top Dubai Government oficials and Emirati celebrities at the second edition of this unique community-focused event.

Sheikh Mansoor was joined at the starting line by Saeed Hareb, Secretary General of Dubai Sports Council (DSC); Major-general Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, Commander-inchief of Dubai Police; Major General Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri, Director General of the Department of Naturalisation and Residency Dubai (DNRD); and Major General Obaid Muhair Bin Suroor, Deputy Director General of the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) Dubai and Chairman of the Standing Committee for Labour Affairs.

Dr Abdulla Al Karam, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Director General of the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), was also there at the starting line-up along with a number of other chiefs of Dubai Government entities, namely Abdulrahman Al Saleh (Director General of the Department Of Finance and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dubai Financial Support Fund), HE Khalifa Bin Dray (Executive Director of Dubai Ambulance Services Corporation), HE Helal Saeed Khalfan Al Marri (Director General Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing), HE Ahmed Mahboob Musabih (Director of Dubai Customs), Dherar Belhoul (General Director of Watani Al Emarat Foundation), HE Sami Al Qamzi (Director General of the Department of Finance), Ahmed Julfar (Director General of the Dubai Community Development Authority), and Major General Rashid Thani Al Matroushi (Director General of Dubai Civil Defence).

Major General Mohammed Saeed Al Marri, Director of Community Happiness at Dubai Police, Marwan bin Ghalita, President of the UAE Football Association, and Emirati CEO and celebrities like Mr Khalaf Al Habtoor, Sultan Bin Mejren, Fayez Al Saeed and Faisal Al Jassim also took part in the Walkathon.