‘Feels like a dream’: Remember Dubai’s Dh50-million Mahzooz winner? Pakistani driver is now a businessman, property owner

‘Feels like a dream’: Remember Dubai’s Dh50-million Mahzooz winner? Pakistani driver is now a businessman, property owner

He now lives in a villa, drives his dream car and even won a Mercedes Benz from an exchange house after sending a portion of his winnings to his home country

Junaid Rana. Photos: Supplied

Published: Wed 1 Feb 2023, 6:00 AM

'Dreams do come true'. And who could give a better testimonial of this than Pakistani national Junaid Rana? From being a driver to an entrepreneur, Junaid's life changed overnight when he hit the Mahzooz jackpot of Dh50 million in October 2021.

Lady luck smiled at him again when he won a Mercedes Benz from an exchange house after sending a portion of his winnings to Pakistan. "I got a call when I was back home that I had won (a car),” he said. “I thought it was one of those prank calls, but when I returned to Dubai, I realised it was true."

With his winnings, Junaid did everything he had dreamt of and then some more. “I bought a house in Pakistan and Dubai,” he said. “And it was my biggest dream to bring my family to Dubai and I flew down my mother, wife, children, brother and sister. The happiness on their face was worth more than all the money that