France24 (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
At the Kampany market on the outskirts of the Afghan capital Kabul, the rain is turning to snow as the livestock traders decide to call it a day and heave their animals back into their trucks. Business is not too good, said Mohammad Sarwar, 25, a nomad who has just finished haggling over the price of a brown, woolly, fat-bottomed ram -- coming down 500 afghanis (10 dollars) to seal the deal. "The...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Three Taliban militants were killed Saturday night as Afghan National Police (ANP) repelled their attack in Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan, an official said on Sunday. "A group of militants attack police checkpoint in Taj Gozar area and police encountered, killing three rebels on the spot, including Taliban outfits' local commanders Mohammad Sarwar and Bay,"...
The Lockerbie Case (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
[This is the headline over a report in today's edition of The Herald . It reads in part:] MPs will investigate the release of the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing as part of a wider probe into relations between Westminster and Holyrood, it has been announced. The inquiry by the Commons Scottish Affairs select committee will also study how a prisoner transfer agreement was negotiated between Libya...
THE TENSION (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
October 13, 2009: President Barack Obama was called up to show off his dance moves with Mexican pop singer Thalia at Tuesday's Fiesta Latina event at the White House. (Whitehouse.gov Video on YouTube.) The White House has said a decision on Afghan strategy will be made in "the coming weeks." O ff the Wire: WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2009 -- Newswire services this morning reported that four more...
Military Times - News (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
KABUL — Four more American troops died in a bombing in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Friday, as a U.N.-backed panel completed most of its investigation into whether the level of fraud in the August presidential election would require a runoff.Afghanistan’s ambassador to the United States says he expects a second round vote will be required.Rising death tolls and the political...
Old Holborn (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Angry MPs today complained that half the seats reserved for them in one of the Palace of Westminster's cafes were now being made available to the general public. A cross-party group of 15 MPs, led by Tory David Tredinnick (Bosworth), have tabled a Commons motion calling for the decision to be reversed. They protested that the measure meant there was "often insufficient capacity" for MPs and...
baithak (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
Thanks BS for this piece of history ~t In celebrating the life of Dr Mohammad Sarwar, many of his friends and student and political activists have recorded their memories and experiences from the period of the early 1950s. As far as I can tell this is the first time that so many people from the Left have come together (physically or in their thoughts) to pool together their memories from that period...
Malc in the Burgh (Free subscription) | 18/09/2009
The following is a list of Scottish MP websites. List of MSP websites here . (51) MPs with websites: Danny Alexander LD ~ Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey ( Twitter ) Douglas Alexander Lab ~ Paisley Renfrewshire South Gordon Banks Lab ~ Ochil & Souh Perthshire John Barrett LD ~ Edinburgh West Anne Begg Lab ~ Aberdeen South Russell Brown Lab ~ Dumfries & Galloway Des Browne Lab ~...
The Lockerbie Case (Free subscription) | 27/08/2009
A split has emerged among senior Labour figures after John Prescott, the party's former Deputy Prime Minister, backed Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill's releasing of the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing. (...) Mr Prescott said: "If the man is dying, if compassion is part, as it is, of the Scottish administration and the medical authorities then get proof to that effect, then it's a decision...
It Is What It Is (Free subscription) | 22/07/2009
Glasgow the home of Chicken Tikka Masala ? Who cares? T he MP Mohammad Sarwar wants Glasgow to be officially recognised as such, s ays a news . He thinks it's important that it's recognised, officially. Well, to be f air he doesn' t use th e word 'important' - it's just an early day Image via Wikipedia motion, like the one that bigged up Arthur Lee Out Of Love. He wants it to have EU Protected Designation...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 21/07/2009
Glasgow MP Mohammad Sarwar calls for the city to be recognised as the home of the nation's favourite curry dish.
KERRY MCCARTHY (Free subscription) | 21/07/2009
The following EDM has been tabled by my colleague, Mohammad Sarwar. I think it falls into the category of things that you know perfectly well you're not going to achieve, but you're going to have some fun in the meantime. GLASGOW CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA That this House records its appreciation of the culinary masterpiece that is chicken tikka masala; notes that it is Britain's most popular curry; recognises...
The Croydonian (Free subscription) | 18/06/2009
Adam Price, a Plaid MP, attempts to make a splash : " Adam Price: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will seek the addition of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to the UN's list of territories in the process of decolonisation". Bryant did not really enter the spirit of things with his response: " Chris Bryant: The arrangements of Chapter XI of...
The Lone Voice (Free subscription) | 04/06/2009
Mo robs the taxpayers..... Mohammad Sarwar, the MP for Glasgow Central, who has an estimated fortune of £16 million, has claimed close to the maximum under his second homes allowance since 2004. He claimed almost £2,000 every month for the interest on his mortgage on a £600,000 apartment in an exclusive block in Vauxhall, south London, just over the river from the Houses of Parliament....
Not a sheep (Free subscription) | 01/06/2009
So many "snouts in the trough" stories this weekend but one that struck me was that : "Mohammed Sarwar claimed interest on mortgage paid from Swiss bank account A multi-millionaire Labour backbencher claimed almost £100,000 to cover mortgage interest that he paid from an account with a Swiss bank. Mohammad Sarwar, the MP for Glasgow Central, who has an estimated fortune of £16...
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