Posts by: Shazia Ashraf
Pakistan beat India to win the ICC Champions Trophy
Pakistan thrashed arch-rivals India by 180 runs to win the ICC Champions Trophy title at the Oval. Despite suffering an embarrassing 124-run loss to India in their first match, a fortnight ago, Sarfraz Ahmed’s side were … Read More »
Queen’s Birthday Honours list – most diverse yet!
The Queen’s Birthday Honours list has been released, recognising more than 1,000 people for commitment to public service. The list has been described by the honours committee as the most diverse yet, with half of this year’s … Read More »
Community organisations are getting together to host Great Get Together with a Big Iftar in memory of the late MP Jo Cox
The event, which takes place on Sunday 18 June at City Park in Bradford is being hosted by Muslim Women’s Council in partnership with Bradford Council, MyLahore, Martin House Hospice, Bradford Council for Mosques, Bradford Reform … Read More »
Seventy years on: Peace after Partition
August 2017 will mark the 70th anniversary of the Indian partition, the birth of two separate countries: India and Pakistan, before a further split after the independence of Bangladesh in 1971. The 1947 partition is one … Read More »
Just two weeks left to see Splendours of the Subcontinent
There are just two weeks left to see Splendours of the Subcontinent: A Prince’s Tour of India 1875-6 exhibition in the north of England before it moves on to Leicester. The free exhibition, which contains Indian … Read More »
David Laws appointed new Chief Executive of Leeds Bradford Airport
Leeds Bradford Airport has appointed David Laws as its new Chief Executive in succession to John Parkin who is retiring, having substantially developed the airport during the last 10 years. The airport now operates to over … Read More »
Muslim Women’s Council: ‘Naz Shah employs cheap publicity stunt that will divide communities’
At ‘An Audience with Naz Shah and Salma Yaqoob’ last night, Naz Shah left shortly after arriving on the grounds that the Conservative candidate for Bradford West, George Grant, was discriminated against by the Muslim Women’s … Read More »
Children’s Heart Surgery Fund is asking for your donations over Ramadan
Children’s Heart Surgery Fund is asking for your donations over Ramadan to help support children and adults living with congenital heart disease across Yorkshire. The charity supports the Leeds Congenital Heart Unit at Leeds General Infirmary. … Read More »
Former top cop on a new mission to unite communities
An award winning former West Yorkshire Police inspector, whose mission is to unite communities, today announced a day of celebration to mark the values that we all share in common to put the ‘United’ back into the … Read More »
Bradford man jailed for raping and sexually assaulting a woman he held captive
Rizwan Khan, 31, of Bowling Hall Road, Bowling, was jailed for a total of 11 years three months. He was convicted by a jury at Bradford Crown Court in March of three charges of rape, single … Read More »