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Business Recorder
28-07-2025
- Politics
- Business Recorder
CM pays tribute to Capt Sarwar Shaheed
LAHORE: 'Captain Sarwar Shaheed, the first recipient of Nishan-e-Haider, is a symbol of courage and bravery for Pakistan,' said Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif in her message on his martydom anniversary. She added, 'Martyrdom of Capt Muhammad Sarwar on July 27, 1948 is the life of nation.' She highlighted, 'Captain Sarwar Shaheed proved that love for homeland is part of faith, and defending the homeland is no less than worship.' Madam Chief Minister said, 'Nation will never forget its great martyrs, I salute the sacrifice of every martyr, including Captain Muhammad Sarwar.' Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
North Wales Chronicle
02-06-2025
- Politics
- North Wales Chronicle
Sarwar speaks of ‘guilt' of children having to experience attacks against him
Mr Sarwar grew up as the son of a politician – the UK's first Muslim MP Muhammad Sarwar – and told journalists on Monday he had grown to normalise the racist attacks levelled against his family. In the campaign for the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election, Mr Sarwar was the subject of an attack ad from Reform condemned as 'racist' by the party's opponents. The ad featured a 2020 speech where Mr Sarwar encouraged more people from a south Asian background to enter politics, but Reform accused him of 'prioritising' Pakistani people. Nigel Farage, speaking in Aberdeen on Monday, doubled down on the attack, saying the speech was 'sectarian in nature'. Asked how his family deals with racist attacks levelled at him throughout his career, the Scottish Labour leader told journalists in Hamilton: 'To be honest, it only motivates me and drives me, and makes me want to work even harder. 'I think what gives me a bit more perspective is there were similar kinds of attacks, not identical, but similar kinds of attacks when I was growing up and my father was trying to be a politician, when he was trying to get elected as the country's first Muslim MP, and there was threats, there was abuse, there was violence at that time. 'I think that probably has added resilience for me, and therefore it's water off a duck's back. 'I think the challenge is, where I feel a wee bit of guilt and where I feel a wee bit of trepidation, is the impact it has on my kids.' When his father sat as an MP between 1997 and 2010, Mr Sarwar said there were 'things that I accepted as normal that weren't normal' and his children will have to do the same. He added: 'I'm doing it for them, in the sense that I genuinely fear about what the future of Scotland is unless we get some fundamental change.'
Leader Live
02-06-2025
- Politics
- Leader Live
Sarwar speaks of ‘guilt' of children having to experience attacks against him
Mr Sarwar grew up as the son of a politician – the UK's first Muslim MP Muhammad Sarwar – and told journalists on Monday he had grown to normalise the racist attacks levelled against his family. In the campaign for the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election, Mr Sarwar was the subject of an attack ad from Reform condemned as 'racist' by the party's opponents. The ad featured a 2020 speech where Mr Sarwar encouraged more people from a south Asian background to enter politics, but Reform accused him of 'prioritising' Pakistani people. Nigel Farage, speaking in Aberdeen on Monday, doubled down on the attack, saying the speech was 'sectarian in nature'. Asked how his family deals with racist attacks levelled at him throughout his career, the Scottish Labour leader told journalists in Hamilton: 'To be honest, it only motivates me and drives me, and makes me want to work even harder. 'I think what gives me a bit more perspective is there were similar kinds of attacks, not identical, but similar kinds of attacks when I was growing up and my father was trying to be a politician, when he was trying to get elected as the country's first Muslim MP, and there was threats, there was abuse, there was violence at that time. 'I think that probably has added resilience for me, and therefore it's water off a duck's back. 'I think the challenge is, where I feel a wee bit of guilt and where I feel a wee bit of trepidation, is the impact it has on my kids.' When his father sat as an MP between 1997 and 2010, Mr Sarwar said there were 'things that I accepted as normal that weren't normal' and his children will have to do the same. He added: 'I'm doing it for them, in the sense that I genuinely fear about what the future of Scotland is unless we get some fundamental change.'
South Wales Argus
02-06-2025
- Politics
- South Wales Argus
Sarwar speaks of ‘guilt' of children having to experience attacks against him
Mr Sarwar grew up as the son of a politician – the UK's first Muslim MP Muhammad Sarwar – and told journalists on Monday he had grown to normalise the racist attacks levelled against his family. In the campaign for the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election, Mr Sarwar was the subject of an attack ad from Reform condemned as 'racist' by the party's opponents. The ad featured a 2020 speech where Mr Sarwar encouraged more people from a south Asian background to enter politics, but Reform accused him of 'prioritising' Pakistani people. Nigel Farage, speaking in Aberdeen on Monday, doubled down on the attack, saying the speech was 'sectarian in nature'. Asked how his family deals with racist attacks levelled at him throughout his career, the Scottish Labour leader told journalists in Hamilton: 'To be honest, it only motivates me and drives me, and makes me want to work even harder. 'I think what gives me a bit more perspective is there were similar kinds of attacks, not identical, but similar kinds of attacks when I was growing up and my father was trying to be a politician, when he was trying to get elected as the country's first Muslim MP, and there was threats, there was abuse, there was violence at that time. 'I think that probably has added resilience for me, and therefore it's water off a duck's back. 'I think the challenge is, where I feel a wee bit of guilt and where I feel a wee bit of trepidation, is the impact it has on my kids.' When his father sat as an MP between 1997 and 2010, Mr Sarwar said there were 'things that I accepted as normal that weren't normal' and his children will have to do the same. He added: 'I'm doing it for them, in the sense that I genuinely fear about what the future of Scotland is unless we get some fundamental change.'
The Independent
02-06-2025
- General
- The Independent
Sarwar speaks of ‘guilt' of children having to experience attacks against him
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has spoken of the 'guilt' he feels as his children have to experience attacks against him. Mr Sarwar grew up as the son of a politician – the UK's first Muslim MP Muhammad Sarwar – and told journalists on Monday he had grown to normalise the racist attacks levelled against his family. In the campaign for the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election, Mr Sarwar was the subject of an attack ad from Reform condemned as 'racist' by the party's opponents. The ad featured a 2020 speech where Mr Sarwar encouraged more people from a south Asian background to enter politics, but Reform accused him of 'prioritising' Pakistani people. Nigel Farage, speaking in Aberdeen on Monday, doubled down on the attack, saying the speech was 'sectarian in nature'. Asked how his family deals with racist attacks levelled at him throughout his career, the Scottish Labour leader told journalists in Hamilton: 'To be honest, it only motivates me and drives me, and makes me want to work even harder. 'I think what gives me a bit more perspective is there were similar kinds of attacks, not identical, but similar kinds of attacks when I was growing up and my father was trying to be a politician, when he was trying to get elected as the country's first Muslim MP, and there was threats, there was abuse, there was violence at that time. 'I think that probably has added resilience for me, and therefore it's water off a duck's back. 'I think the challenge is, where I feel a wee bit of guilt and where I feel a wee bit of trepidation, is the impact it has on my kids.' When his father sat as an MP between 1997 and 2010, Mr Sarwar said there were 'things that I accepted as normal that weren't normal' and his children will have to do the same. He added: 'I'm doing it for them, in the sense that I genuinely fear about what the future of Scotland is unless we get some fundamental change.'
