It is going to be a festive occasion for his family back home in Pakistan, as 63-year old taxi driver Allah Nazar prepares to say good-bye to his life in UAE after 30 years on the road. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00A few decades back, when he came to UAE along with his brother to earn a living, he looked
00:10like this.
00:12And today, this is how he looks.
00:1463-year-old Allah Nazer has been on the roads of UAE for 30 long years and has now decided
00:21to return back to his family in Quetta in Pakistan.
00:25Known as Baba, by his fellow taxi drivers, they look up to him for personal and professional
00:30advice each time they come across him at the taxi stand.
00:55Nazer said that his body is tired and can no longer take the wear and tear that comes
01:08along with his job as a taxi driver.
01:11He longs to go back to his wife, of whom he speaks fondly.
01:14She loves me a lot, he says.
01:16Nazer informed us that it is going to be a festive occasion for his family when he returns
01:21back home for good.
01:22My father has been married four times, and I have 12 brothers and 16 sisters, 5 of them
01:29are my brothers.
01:30We have been living in a mosque for a year now, and we are all brothers and sisters here.
01:43Does he regret staying away from his loved ones and his country for decades?
01:47Yes, I regret it a lot.
01:52After spending a huge part of his life in UAE as a taxi driver, Nazer is eagerly looking
01:59forward to play the role of a loving husband, a father and a grandfather to his family.
02:05Sunita Menon, Gulf News.
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