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KORT Housing for Widows Project gives 30 homes to widows and their families

Image by KORT Kashmir Orphan Relief Trust (KORT), known for its significant charitable work in Pakistan over the past 18 years, has recently made a profound difference in the lives of 30 widows and their children. They have handed over the keys to new homes, providing these families with a secure and stable living environment.  […]

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Charities team up to donate treatment chair to cancer unit

Image by Rosemere Cancer Foundation Charities across England have united to donate over four thousand pounds to provide a new treatment chair for the Chemotherapy Unit at the Royal Preston Hospital.  The Rhodi Charitable Trust and The HVM Foundation have joined forces to pay the total cost of the Digiterm C4 Battery Therapy Chair to

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Award-winning South Asian production to be released next month

Image by Andrew Chin Peccadillo Pictures has announced that it will release Fawzia Mirza\’s (pictured above) award-winning feature directorial debut, The Queen Of My Dreams, in UK cinemas on 13th September. The Queen Of My Dreams is a semi-autobiographical film by writer/director Fawzia Mirza about her experiences as a queer Canadian woman of South Asian

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Syed Muhammad Faisal Sami wins British Citizen Award at Palace of Westminster

Image by Sameer Hussain Syed Muhammad Faisal Sami is a British Pakistani Muslim originally from Karachi. He currently resides in Birmingham, UK.  Syed Muhamad Faisal Sami has been awarded the prestigious British Citizen Award (BCA) at the Palace of Westminster. This honour recognises his outstanding voluntary contributions to the community through Dawat-e-Islami over the past

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Keir Starmer speaks out against “far-right thuggery”

Image by WPA Pool Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told rioters they would “regret” participating in “far-right thuggery” after a week of escalating violence throughout England as the Government also announced emergency security for mosques amid the threat of further disorder.  In a televised address to the nation on Sunday, 4th August, Prime Minister Keir

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Anas Sarwar urges Glasgow to “reject far right” as demo planned after Southport riot

Image by Jeff J Micheal  Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has pleaded with Glasgow to resist any attempt by the far right to “slow division” after the killings of three young girls in Southport.    Sarwar spoke out against the efforts being made to organise a demo in George Square next month after numerous disturbances in

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Fake taxi driver jailed for over two decades for series of sexual assault

Image by  Lancashire Police  TW: This story has mentions of rape and sexual assault. Reader discretion is advised.  A man posing as a taxi driver has received a sentence of over 20 years after admitting to targeting and raping lone women leaving nightclubs.  Nazim Asmal, 35, lured victims into his vehicle while they were on

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