Lord Ahmed

AHMED (Life Baron), Nazir Ahmed; cr. 1998
Lord Ahmed
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Councils, public bodies

Councillor, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council 1990-2000;
JP, Rotherham 1992-2000;
Founder, British Muslim Councillors Forum 1992-98;
Magistrates Association 1992-2000;
Young Pakistani Doctors' Association 1999-;
Patron Kashmiri and Pakistani Professional Association 2000-08;
Yemeni Development Foundation, UK 2000-06;
Board Member Board of Trustees of the Jinnah Institute (London) 2003-06;
Board Member British Heart Foundation 2007-
  

Name, style and title

Raised to the peerage as Baron Ahmed, of Rotherham in the County of South Yorkshire 1998
  

All-party groups (office-holding)

Vice-chair Entrepreneurship Group 2004-;
Chair Financial Exploitation Group 2005-;
Treasurer:
UK Sikhs Group 2005-,
Bangladesh Group 2005-;
Chair National Self Determination Group 2006-;
Vice-chair:
Turkish Northern Cyprus Group 2006-,
Inter-Faith Group 2007-,
Kashmir Group 2007-,
Indonesia Group 2008-,
Saudi Arabia Group 2008-,
Kurdistan Region in Iraq Group 2008-;
Secretary Third World Solidarity Group 2008-;
Chair Limb Loss Group 2009-;
Vice-chair:
Kyrgyzstan Group 2009-,
Iran Group 2009-
  

Political interests

Human rights, Kashmiri right of self-determination, conflict resolution, race relations, relations with Muslim countries, dialogue of civilisation, education, immigration, minorities' rights, private deplomacy, release of british teacher Gillian Gibbons
  

Countries of interest

USA, Russia, China, Muslim World, Organisation of Islamic Conferences
  

Party posts

Chair, South Yorkshire Labour Party 1994-98;
Vice-chair, South Yorkshire Euro-constituency Party 1996-98
  

International bodies

Al-Hamd Trust-International Disabled Network 1994-98;
Member, Kashmir Policy Group 1995-2008;
Alma Hospital Trust 1998-;
Member:
Inter-Parliamentary Union 1998-,
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association 1998-;
Patron, Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Commission 1998,
Al-Shifa, Pakistan 1999-;
Patron:
Kashmiri Journalist Association Mirpur 1999,
Mirpur Friendship Association 2000-,
Khattak Medical College, Pakistan 2000-,
Layton Rehmatula Trust, Pakistan 2002-,
Chinese Muslim Charity, Kuwait 2002-,
SAHARA, Pakistan 2002-,
Al-Hijrah School;
Head of British Muslim Peace and Recognition Initiative in Darfur
  

House of Lords

The Lord Ahmed
House of Lords
London
SW1A 0PW

Tel: 020 7219 1396
Fax: 020 7219 1384
ahmedn@parliament.uk