Image by AP The Taliban last week banned women from attending universities in Afghanistan, leading to worldwide condemnation. The reasoning behind the step, which has left many women devastated, was that they were not following the proper Islamic dress code and concerns about interaction of students of the opposite gender. Female university students were locked […]
Image by Oceanic Consulting Some of the top professionals and businesses from the Scottish Asian community were awarded for their ingenuity and achievements. The event took place on Monday, December 19, at the Marriott Hotel in Glasgow where more than 350 of the most remarkable Scottish Asians were gathered together to celebrate their success. The
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Image by Preet Kaur Gill MP MP for Birmingham Edgbaston, Preet Kaur Gill this week wrote to the Secretary of State for Health, Steve Barclay MP, calling for an investigation into the allegations of bullying and a ‘culture of toxicity’ at University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) which has also had an impact on patient safety. UHB,
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Image by AFP via Getty Images Glasgow-based chef and restaurateur who is believed to have invented the popular chicken tikka masala, loved by many in Britain, has died aged 77. Ali Ahmed Aslam, owned the popular Shish Mahal restaurant in the city. He was born in Pakistan and moved with his family to Scotland at
Representational Image by Getty Shahzad Arshad, 43, and Alexander Stewart Cooper, 70, from Glasgow, have been disqualified as company directors following separate investigations which found they had both made false claims in order to receive Bounce Back Loans for their businesses. Arshad was the director of two companies – Town Discount Ltd and Naz Accessories
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Image courtesy: Hindu Matters in Britain On the occasion of the centennial birth anniversary of Pramukh Swami Maharaj, the Westminster City Council on Wednesday, 7 December paid a special tribute to the revered spiritual guru (master). A plaque was unveiled at Victoria Tower Gardens, in Westminster, Central London, with the message: “In blessed memory of
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Zafar Iqbal (Image by Metropolitan Police) A man who strangled his wife to death in front of their three children has been sentenced to life imprisonment, more than 21 years after the murder. At the Old Bailey on Thursday, 8 December, 62-year-old Zafar Iqbal pleaded guilty to murdering his wife Naziat Zafar in August 2001
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Image by Southampton Toy Appeal The Southampton Sikh Toy Appeal is going to make this year’s Christmas special for numerous children with hundreds of toys. Families, who cannot provide their children with gifts can get them from toy appeal volunteers at the Gurdwara Khalsa Darbar, Southampton’s Sikh Resource Centre in Burgess Road. In the last
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Image by Green Lane Masjid & Community Centre “The devastation left by the floods in Pakistan is still very much raw and the desperation is apparent. The latest estimates place around 2,000 people dead, thousands injured and more than 2 million homes damaged or destroyed. Millions of people remain displaced in make-shift tents, as flood
Image by Asian Image The ‘running man’ of Oldham provided help to school children in raising an amount of £3,500 towards Pakistan flood relief efforts recently. Afruz Miah, who ran from Oldham to London while on a fast during Ramadan, came to be popularly known as the ‘running man’. His daughter studies at St Thomas
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