Muhammad Sarwar

Mohammad Sarwar (born 18 August 1952, Pirmahal Pakistan) is a politician in the United Kingdom, the Labour member of Parliament for Glasgow Central, Scotland. He was the UK's first Muslim MP, and swore the Oath of Allegiance on the Qur'an which was placed “in an envelope, to avoid it being touched by one not of the faith”. ^[1] Sarwar was an opponent of the 2003 Iraq war. Image File history File links CMSarwar. ... Image File history File links CMSarwar. ... August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... An oldest School of Pirmahal On reaching Pir Mahal by train Pir Mahal (Urdu: پیر محل) is a town located in Toba Tek Singh. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Glasgow Central is a constituency of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. ... Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity(English) Wha daur meddle wi me? (Scots)[1] Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots[2] Government  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Turkish: Müslüman, Persian and Urdu: مسلمان, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of Islam. ... Members of both UK Houses of Parliament are required to take an oath of allegiance to the Crown on taking their seat in Parliament. ... Combatants Coalition Forces: United States United Kingdom South Korea Australia Poland Romania others. ...

He was first elected as the MP for Glasgow Govan in the 1997 general election. Sarwar was suspended from holding office within the Labour Party in 1997 when he was charged with election offences, but he was acquitted in 1999 and the suspension was lifted. Glasgow Govan was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 2005. ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

He was re-elected in Glasgow Govan in the 2001 general election. The 2005 general election saw boundary changes in Scotland, so he fought and won the new constituency of Glasgow Central. He faced an opponent from the British National Party, with whom he refused to share a platform, and he persuaded other candidates to do the same. The returning officer announced the result from a platform with no candidates, and Sarwar later made a speech from the floor of the hall. Tony Blair William Hague Charles Kennedy The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005. ... This article is about the modern party. ... In United Kingdom, a Returning Officer is responsible for overseeing elections in one or more constituencies. ...

In August 2006 he was a signatory to an open letter to Tony Blair criticising the UK's foreign policy. [1] For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency...

He is chairman of the Scottish Affairs Select committee.He is very popular among the Pakistani community in Great Britian. He frequently travels to Pakistan and participates generously in welfare activities there.His charity projects include the building of a hospital at Toba Take Singh which has been successfully running for the past one year. It is widely lauded and admired in Pakistan. He has worked extensively to strenghthen ties between Britian and Pakistan. A Select Committee is a committee made up of a small number of parliamentary members appointed to deal with particular areas or issues originating in the Westminster System of parliamentary democracy. ...

External links

• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Mohammad Sarwar
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Mohammad Sarwar

Sources

1. ^ "The Parliamentary Oath", 14 February 2000, p. 10.