Friday, May 06, 2005

Note: That's RULING party.

From Karachi's daily paper The News:


"Three Pakistani expatriates win in British elections
(Updated at 1610 PST)

LONDON: The three Pakistani expatriates contesting British elections on the ruling party’s tickets also successfully got through the contests with flying colours registering a stamp of their own in the broad spectrum of British society that the Pakistani community is actively contributing.

Among the Labour Party candidates, Pakistani expatriates winning the elections included Khalid Mahmood romping home victoriously from Perry Bar constituency of Birmingham, Mohammad Sarwar triumphing from Glasgow Central, while a Pakistani British lawyer Sadiq Khan emerging victorious from the constituency of Toting in London.

Marsha Singh and Piara Singh Ghabra among the South Asian candidates winning the elections also belonged to the Labour Party contesting from Bradford and South Hall constituencies of London respectively."

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