Mohammad Sarwar

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Muhammad Sarwar

Mohammad Sarwar (born 18 August 1952, Pirmahal Pakistan) is a politician in the United Kingdom, the Labour member of Parliament for Glasgow Central, Scotland. He was the UK's first Muslim MP, and swore the Oath of Allegiance on the Qur'an which was placed “in an envelope, to avoid it being touched by one not of the faith”. ^[1] Sarwar was an opponent of the 2003 Iraq war.

He was first elected as the MP for Glasgow Govan in the 1997 general election. Sarwar was suspended from holding office within the Labour Party in 1997 when he was charged with election offences, but he was acquitted in 1999 and the suspension was lifted.

He was re-elected in Glasgow Govan in the 2001 general election. The 2005 general election saw boundary changes in Scotland, so he fought and won the new constituency of Glasgow Central. He faced an opponent from the British National Party, with whom he refused to share a platform, and he persuaded other candidates to do the same. The returning officer announced the result from a platform with no candidates, and Sarwar later made a speech from the floor of the hall.

In August 2006 he was a signatory to an open letter to Tony Blair criticising the UK's foreign policy. [1]

He is chairman of the Scottish Affairs Select committee.He is very popular among Pakistani community in Great Britian. He frequently travels to Pakistan and participates generously in welfare activities there.His welfare projects like building of a hospital at Toba Take Singh which is successfully running for the last one year is widely lauded and admired in Pakistan. He reered valuable services to strenghthened Britian and Pakistani ties.

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^ "The Parliamentary Oath", 14 February 2000, p. 10.

Preceded by Ian Graham Davidson	MP for Glasgow Govan 1997–2005	Succeeded by (constituency abolished)
Preceded by (new constituency)	MP for Glasgow Central 2005 – present	Incumbent

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