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- 2015 Elections: 11 new BME MP’s make history
- 70th Anniversary of the Partition of India
- Black Church Manifesto Questionnaire
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- Briefing Paper: Ethnic Minorities in Politics and Public Life
- Civil Rights Leader Ratna Lachman dies
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- George Osborne's budget increases racial disadvantage
- Goldsmiths Students' Union External Trustee
- International Commissioners condemn the appalling murder of Tyre Nichols
- Iqbal Wahhab OBE empowers Togo prisoners
- Job Vacancy: Head of Campaigns and Communications
- Media and Public Relations Officer for Jean Lambert MEP (full-time)
- Number 10 statement - race disparity unit
- Pathway to Success 2022
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- Rashan Charles had no Illegal Drugs
- Serena Williams: Black women should demand equal pay
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- The Colour of Power 2021
- The Power of Poetry
- The UK election voter registration countdown begins now
- Volunteering roles at Community Alliance Lewisham (CAL)
Mohammad Sarwar, ex-MP
Mohammad Sarwar was the Labour MP for Glasgow Govan from 1997-2005 and for Glasgow Central from 2005-2010. He was the first ever British Muslim MP.
Mohammad was born in 1952 in Pakistan and was educated at the University of Faisalabad, Pakistan, earning a BA in political science.
Before advancing to his position as a member of the House of Commons for Glasgow Govan, Mr Sarwar was a Trades Union Liaison Officer and a member of the Scottish Labour Executive.
He was a member of the Scottish Affairs Committee, with special interests in international development, economic policy, and pensioners' rights. Member Select Committee: Scottish Affairs.
In August 2013, Mohammad was appointed as the Governor of Punjab in the Pakistani Government of Nawaz Sharif and as a result renounced his British citizenship.
With his wife, Perveen, whom he married in 1976, he has three sons and one daughter.