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  • VIDEO: Pakistani-origin British MP Afzal Khan takes oath in Urdu

    VIDEO: Pakistani-origin British MP Afzal Khan takes oath in Urdu

    Pakistan-origin British MP Afzal Khan who recently won in the general elections honoured his Pakistani roots by taking his oath in Urdu.

    Taking to Twitter, Afzal expressed his feelings on his win and shared the video of his oath-taking.

    “Thrilled to be back in Parliament as an MP for Manchester. I am proud to represent a city where over 200 languages are spoken,” Afzal wrote.

    At least 15 British citizens of Pakistani origin won seats in the United Kingdom’s (UK) General Elections.

    According to the results, most British-Pakistanis won their electoral contests from the Labour Party followed by the Conservative Party. UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson belongs to the Conservative Party.

    More than 70 candidates of Pakistani origin had been given tickets by Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrats parties for the first time, whereas, many contested the UK general election as independent candidates.

  • 23 Pakistani Origin women running for office in England

    23 Pakistani Origin women running for office in England

    More than 1,000 women will be running for elections in the United Kingdom in the general elections on December 12. Out of the 1,000, 23 women have Pakistani or Kashmiri roots.

    Naz Shah is a Labour Party MP. She was appointed to a junior Shadow Ministerial role as  Shadow Minister of State for Women and Equalities.

    Nine of the Pakistani origin women are running for a parliamentary seat for the Labour Party. Three out of the nine women – Yasmin Qureshi, Naz Shah and Shabana Mahmood – were members of the previous two Parliaments.

    Yasmin Qureshi is with the Labour Party. She headed the criminal legal section of the UN Mission in Kosovo
    Shabana Mahmood is a British Labour Party politician and barrister, who has been the Member of Parliament since 2010

    Five Pakistani origin women are running for a parliamentary seat on a Conservative Party ticket. One of them – Nusrat Ghani – has been elected twice before and was also a minister in the previous two cabinets.

    Nusrat Ghani, also known as Nus Ghani is with the Conservative Party.  She currently serves as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Transport and Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

    Two candidates – Irum Altaf Kiyani and Humera Kamran are contesting as independents.