January Edition 2011

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ISLAMABAD: Central leader of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Aitzaz Ahsan said the investigation into former premier Benazir Bhutto’s assassina-tion should have been started from former president Pervez Musharraf. Talking to a private television channel, he said the arrest of Saud Aziz was like getting to one of the pawns that will ultimately lead to the ele-ments who were behind the orchestration

of the crime. He said the blood of Benazir Bhutto will not go waste and the PPP-led government would certainly put a noose around the neck of her murderers. If the assination of Benazir is not resolved during PPP governament then there is no hope that it will ever be resolved and it will go astray as the assination of the first prime minister of Pakistan Liaqat Ali Khan.

Benazir murder probe should have started from Musharraf

EXCLUSIVENEW SOCIAL WEBSITE BUDDYFLICKS TO CHALLENGE FACEBOOK?Pakistani engineers of IT have successfully launched a social network website like Facebook.

QUITO: Ecuador formally recognised Palestine as an independent state on Fri-day, following the lead of its neighbours Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay earlier this month.President Rafael Correa signed “the Ec-uadoran government’s official recogni-tion of Palestine as a free and independ-ent state with 1967 borders,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.The border mention refers to the terri-torial limits of the Palestinian territory before the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Ecua-dor’s decision, the ministry statement said, “vindicates the valid and legitimate desire of the Palestinian people for a free

and independent state” and will be a key contribution to a negotiated peaceful co-existence in the Middle East.The Ecuadoran resolution was being provided to Palestinian president Mah-moud Abbas and the Palestinian representative to the United Na-tions, the minis-try said.Brazil, Argen-tina and Uruguay

earlier this month recognised Palestine as an independent state, drawing a harsh rebuke from Israel.

Ecuador Recognises Pales-tine as an Independent State

Will the leaked communiqués mark a shift in western foreign poli-cy, or is it to be business as usual in Kashmir? Almost every household in Kashmir has a story to tell of human rights violation by the local police or the Indian security forces. Generations have experienced vio-lence amid a culture of impunity span-ning six decades.Last Friday, leaked US embassy ca-bles disclosed the findings of the Inter-national Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on torture in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) between 2002-2004.

ICRC claimed out of 1,296 detainees it had interviewed, 681 had said that they had been tortured. Of those, 498 claimed to have been electrocuted, 381 said they were suspended from the ceiling, and 304 cases were described as sexual. Things haven't changed much since that period.Now, Kashmiris who have endured years of abductions, enforced disap-pearances, custodial killings, rape, torture and detentions want to know if the cables' release will make a dif-ference. Will there be a change in policy on torture internationally? Will these revelations fortify India's justice mechanism after civil society's inter-

vention? Or will it propel the Indian mainstream media to report Kashmir's human rights issues from the highest militarised zone in the world?

Kashmiris want answers.

Serious impediments to human rights can stall progress in any society. Kash-mir is no different. In the Valley, the state feels free to flout its own consti-tution. Therefore, the people expect intervention from the international community.Continued on page 4

WikiLeaks:Will the world now intervene over torture in Kashmir?

Yousaf Fayyaz, one of the engineers who developed the website named “BuddyFlick.com” told APP that they had introduced the website with a vision and aim to prove the world that Pakistani en-gineers were talented enough to run and maintain their own social network.He said running a social network was not an easy task as it required a lot of resources, adding the site would provide most of the features which were found on Facebook.He further mentioned that Buddyflick.com is still in its early stages of develop-ment, but at the moment it offers features like Photos, Videos Sharing, Chat Rooms, Wall Posts, Games, Quizzes, Fan Pages, Groups, Events, Photo Tagging, Custom

Profile Designs, Twitter integration and other services.BuddyFlick’s creator said the site had been designed to provide a place where Muslims could spend time without the fear of being humiliated. He commented that the site is focused on helping people stay in touch with friends, discovering new people, and things.Anyone could connect with friends, fam-ily, social groups, activities and interests from this website, he added.He said the BuddyFlick.com delivered an easy-to-use, friendly and interactive platform where users could easily connect with anyone around the world.


Former president of Pakistan is making a political comeback and has vowed to return to the coun-try before the midterm elections. In recent interviews since he of-ficially launched the new chapter in Pakistan politics, the All Party Muslim League (APML), Mr Musharraf has openly faced the media with a positive and con-fident attitude with the message that despite legal cases against him, he will return to the country. Dubbed an opportunist by many including the Pakistani press he goes on publicly voicing his opinions. Musharraf has said he himself will stand in a number of seats all over Pakistan but until then he is drumming up support from around the world until the right momentum has been cre-ated to suffice him a guaranteed support when he returns to the country. The former President dismissed talk of his party not having enough political heavy-weights. “I am looking at second tier politicians – tehsil nazims and

union council nazims – who will come on board and win elections for the party.” He added “these are good people. I call them the electables.”He is expecting a lot of backlash and hurdles when he does return.

This includes the threat of mili-tant groups but mostly the highly politicized legal issues pose a bigger threat to him on his return. Nevertheless he says he is pre-pared for the cases lodged against him and is taking it all in his

stride. Musharraf says he is hope-ful that justice will be done with him. Musharraf has in a number on interview recently said that his government was doing well until it was brought down by the judi-cial crisis. He is confident that his

future government will be just as bold and have a positive impact on the country. The former presi-dent said he regretted introducing the NRO (national Reconcilia-tion Ordinance) and sending the reference against the chief justice for the repercussions it caused. He says his actions against the Supreme Court Justice Iftikhar Chaudry were within the constitu-tion but caused a negative impact on the country and his regime. These decisions made him un-popular with a number of people. “These were my two mistakes if you can call them that,” he said, adding “but I did nothing illegal.” He also talks about the betrayel within his own ranks and the re-grets he has of taking advice from the Chaudry cousins of Gujrat.Musharraf confidently made a number of confident statements about former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. He said he agreed with the Wiki leaks report in which PML-N is termed danger-ous, and added that indeed Sharif

was dangerous to Pakistan and he and his party had political coop-eration with and from terrorists. He said it was unfortunate that the present government has become so tolerable to extremism. He said things have gone from bad to worse in present day Pakistan and the government was increasingly ignoring the situation. He however gives us scope in telling us that and agreement on Kashmir is coming sooner that we expect. In a time when the state of the country seems as it is in the hands of the extremist, with 2010 being a fatal year for Pakistan, with 395 bomb blasts, we can only hope for a savior to run the country whoever it may be. As Musharraf travels the globe drumming up support for his party we wish him well. You can check out the exclusive interview of General Pervez Musharraf with ILM news on Youtube.

Musharraf looking for Second Tier Politicians for his Party APML

We all want to protect the wealth we have accumulated through our hard work. For this reason, ILM News briefly talks to ShabeerYousuf LLB, Chartered Tax Ad-viser, about how we can go about protecting our assets and the pit-falls to avoid.Asset protection is essentially theprotection and preservation of wealth typically against bank-ruptcy, divorce, youthful im-providence of beneficiaries and/or spendthrift spouses. WhilstAsset protection is a fundamentalfactor in considering estate plan-ning, the principle of protection and preservation can be extended to afford protection in other cir-cumstances too. For the purposes of this article it would be imprac-tical to consider all the eventuali-ties given the complexityof the subject matter; however we

summarise two common areas.Protecting an Individual’s Assets

Property & SharesGenerally speaking, one of the most efficient ways you can pro-tect assets is by transferring them into a relevant and properly con-stituted trust. The asset should then be protected against the bankruptcy or divorce of the beneficiaries; clearly one will need to ensure that all the tax implications are considered before such a transfer is undertaken.

PitfallsFirstly, setting up a trust for assetprotection will in itself not affordany protection under insolvency or matrimonial laws for benefici-aries if the wrong type of trust is used. We have seen many trusts set up for this purpose that unfor-tunately do not afford the relevant protection. In such cases if one

tries to rely on an improperly con-stituted trust for asset protection the courts may look throughit and seek to set it aside.Secondly, as you can imagine, the transfer of assets into a trust involves many issues. One which regularly tends to be overlooked (particularly regarding property) is the mortgage against the prop-erty. If the mortgage is more than the original “base” cost of the property (perhaps due to remort-gaging) then Capital Gains Taxmay be an issue if the mortgage is transferred into the trust, further-more such transfer may potential-ly trigger aStamp Duty Land

Tax chargeA common misconception amongst many people is that an outright gift of assets directly to children, siblings, etc will auto-matically afford protection against

divorce or bankruptcy.This may not be the case and is apotentially dangerous presump-tion to rely on therefore special-istprofessional advice should be sought to achieve the desired

results. Also such transfers tend to trigger a Capital Gains Tax charge under the deemed disposal rules and again this is often over-looked with significant tax conse-quences.

Protecting a Company’s AssetsCompany Property If you are set-ting up a new business or running a commercially sensitive busi-ness, you may wish to protect your property against commer-cial and business risks. Broadly speaking, one way this may be achieved would be by creating a particular type of group of com-panies and transferring the prop-erty into one of these groupcompanies. The effect of this, if done properly, would be to “ring-fence” the asset against any claims of the individual trade in the group.

PitfallsIt is essential that the transfer ofproperty is affected correctly to avoid the property sitting in a sub-sidiary company which is owned by the trade as this will afford no protection. Equally important is that any debts between the com-panies would need to be dealt with correctly to provideany real protection; this would mean the need for a legitimate business, commercial or invest-ment driver for the transaction. Furthermore, it is crucial that any such restructuring does not fall foul of insolvency legislation, namely, the defrauding of credi-tors. Asset protection is an invalu-able planning tool which can be used to protect, preserve and de-volve family wealth in the right circumstances. However, this is a complicated area and specialist advice will need to be sought to ensure that the desired objectives are reached without falling foul of the com-mon pitfallsmentioned above.

Assets & PreservationThe views expressed above are those of Shabeer Yousuf from Shipleys Tax Consulting Limited and not that of ILM NEWS.

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LEGAL CORNERQ & A

Mohammed Nazir Solicitor Head of Property/Immigration, Wosskow Brown

Q 1 Can I apply for my moth-er’s visa as she is 65 years old and can she come to this country per-manently?A You can apply for your mother’s visa as she is 65 years old and if she has no other close relative to look after her. If she is financially dependent on you and you can afford to maintain your mother without the recourse to public funds and you have enough accommodation then you can apply for the permanent visa for your mother.Q 2 If I am applying for my mother’s permanent visa in this country what documentation do I have to provide for this applica-tion?A- Please note that you will need to provide the following for the permanent visa application for your mother’s visa in this coun-try:-

1. Proof of your employ-ment2. Your accountant’s let-ter if you are self employed3. Proof of your income/wages slips for last six months4. Bank statements for the last six months5. Documentation that proves you are providing finan-cial and assistance to your mother back home6. Accommodation sur-vey letter7. Office copy entries or tenancy agreement for the house8. Confirmation from your mother that she is totally re-lying on you financially 9. Savings-bank account statements10. Any other documenta-tion which your solicitors consid-er that may be important for this type of application.

Q3- I am applying for my broth-er’s visit visa whether he needs to demonstrate that he can speak and understand English?A- Your brother does not need to pass the English language test. Please note that only non-European migrant who wants to enter or remain in the UK as the partner of a British citizen or a person settled here will need to show that they can speak and un-derstand English, which allows them to cope with everyday life in the UK, by taking an English language test. Q4- What is the time scale for the visa applications from Pakistan? A- Please note it could take from 2 working days to 120 working days, and this informa-tion has been taken from the UK Border Agency ‘s website.

Immigration

The record breaking snowy weather we have experienced al-ready in December makes it very obvious which houses have ade-quate roof insulation. Snow melts much faster on roofs which are uninsulated, and as well as keep-ing your home warmer, installing loft insulation can reduce your en-ergy bills by £145 a year!Councillor Andrew Sangar, Cabi-net Member for Climate Change, said: “This is the perfect time of year to check out your roof insu-

lation, especially when you go up into the attic to get the Christmas decorations. If the snow on your roof is melt-ing faster than your neighbours’ then it’s time to make sure you have the right amount of loft in-sulation. Many families across the city are eligible for free loft and cavity wall insulation under the Coun-cil’s groundbreaking scheme, so get in touch and get your insula-tion sorted.”

Households are also eligible if they already have less than 20cm of insulation, to bring it up to the recommended 30cm depth. The scheme also fast tracks those who need it most. Households which include someone who is aged 70 or over, or on an income or disability related benefit, can be registered you straight away, no matter where they live in Shef-field. 22,000 families across Shef-field have already benefited from the scheme.

Roof Insulation can Save You upto £145 a Year

Sheffield City Council and South Yorkshire Police are working with Shisha bars or lounges in Shef-field to make sure they are safe places for local people to spend their leisure time. The Council and the Police want people to be able to enjoy Shisha in safe envi-ronments. From the 1st July 2007 it became illegal to smoke any lit material, including Shisha in any enclosed or substantially enclosed public space and workplace. This includes all permanent buildings and temporary structures such as marquees erected outdoors. Lead-ing authorities in Sheffield have listened to local residents and businesses concerns about Shi-sha bars and together they have promised to tackle the problems

associated with these premises such as unsafe buildings, illegal smoking activity and anti social behaviour. Paul Scriven, Leader or Shef-field City Council said; “We want Sheffielders to have a good time in our City and enjoy them-selves. It’s our job to keep people safe in the bars and lounges they frequent. For Shisha Bars this means protecting people who go to them from the harm associ-ated with smoking. We are visit-ing these bars to ensure that this premises are being run safely and in comply with legislation to en-sure that members of the public can enjoy themselves in a safe environment.

Police Check Up on Shisha Bars in Sheffield

The summer of 2010 brought on a significant change in the Kashmiri struggle for independ-ence from India. From being a pan-Islamic militant movement sponsored by Pakistan in 1989, it has now transformed into a non-violent indigenous people's movement. But the response of the state has not altered since the 1990s.Kashmiris expressed themselves against what they view as an ille-gal military occupation by India through peaceful protests, civil strikes, sit-ins, internet and graf-fiti campaigns, rallies and dem-onstrations.Despite the fear of arrest, young people have used the internet to post blogs, photographs of hu-man rights violations and videos of killings, while the government gagged the press for weeks.Since June, over 100 men, wom-

en and children have been killed at demonstrations for protesting against widespread human rights violations. All of this happened as the world watched silently.The leaked US cables stated that, in 2005, ICRC's findings were also communicated to the UK, France and Holland. They chose to stay silent. And why shouldn't they, when there are defence deals to be signed and investments to be made in the soaring Indian markets? Diplomacy, coupled with the prospects of a burgeon-ing economy, have shielded In-dia from criticism by the global community. Even the UN only issued a statement, urging India to tone down its response to the protesters.Responding to ICRC's allega-tions, an official spokesperson from the Indian ministry of external affairs said: "India is

an open and democratic nation which adheres to the rule of law. If and when an aberration oc-curs, it is promptly and firmly dealt with under existing legal mechanisms, in an effective and transparent manner."Meanwhile, J&K's chief minister Omar Abdullah said the govern-ment doesn't condone torture. Passing the buck, he added, "I am not getting into it... it pertains to 2005, and you know who was in power that time." Omar was referring to the coalition of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Congress that ruled the state from November 2002-Au-gust 2008.It is doubtful that India will make changes after these leaks, but hope never dies in places where violence is a way of life. Kash-miris are still hoping, against all odds, for a change.

Cont page 1 Kashmiris Want Answers

We are in Amigos Mexican kitchen on London Road, the place painted green at the corner with Sharrow Lane, a memory of what it used to be, Bohan's Irish Kitchen.The place has swapped taters for tacos and champ for chilli but I'm a bit dubious before our meal as to how things will turn out.It's not hard to find Mexican food in Sheffield these days but it is very hard to find anything that even resembles the real deal, that is if your inter-est runs a little more than wearing a funny hat and knocking back the Tequilla.Mexican food is not wrapping chilli con carne with a damp tortilla. Now I've never been to Mexico but I once got pretty close in Texas and have enjoyed the food in Mexican restaurants there, accompanied by a mari-achi band.One notable breakfast of huevos racheros, scrambled egg with chilli, stayed with me on a trip to see the Alamo. And the Mexi-cans are still surrounding the fa-mous fort. They run the food stalls outside."Mexican places in the

United States are like Indian res-taurants in Britain," says Ammigos owner-chef Khalid Wani. "They're everywhere."Now his name may not strike you as Mexican but 33-year-old Kha-lid from Kashmir has travelled and cooked all over the world in-cluding Mexico and the Southern United States, so that gives him a head start.For the last two years or so he's been in Sheffield as head chef at the Kenwood Hall Hotel, formerly the Marriott, and when the time came to strike out on his own Khalid looked for a gap in the market."There are one or two similarities between Indian and Mexican food - the chillies are quite similar - but the food looks entirely different," he says.Amigos is open all through the day and into the evening and runs a simple but tasty menu - burritos, quesadillas, gordita’s, tacos, enchilado’s and nachos, all with a choice of three fillings, plus wraps, salads, and, if you know how to ask, a little cactus, senor?It comes pickled al-

though I missed the tins and bot-tles of it on display. "It's a little like gherkin," says Khalid.We had chicken mole burrito (£3.95), meat beans and rice with pico de galio (an onion, tomato and coriander salsa) with jalapenos and dips in a flour tortilla. The other dish was a piquin beef mince gordita (£4,25), which means the heat was powered by a piquin pepper.The first thing to note was that neither dish blew your head off but as you ate you did become aware of a complexity of flavours, rather more than you expect for less than a fiver.The re-sult was highly satisfying. Amigos also offers a range of non-Mexican desserts for office workers and shoppers who like to drop by for coffee.We ordered cheesecake (£1.80) and lemon drizzle cake (£1.50). "This must be the best I have ever had, very light, fluffy and lemony with little bits of zest run through. And that cheesecake is impressive, nice and firm,". With a couple of decent coffees our bill for lunch came to £17.

Halal . FOOD REVIEW: Make Amigos your New Mexican Friend

M.A workshop has been com-pleted in Govt Islamia College Chiniot. On last day all student of M.A education had arranged a ceremony. Chief Guest was Dr Shafqat Hussain G.C University Faisalbad. Dr Shafqat told the

students about education and describe the character of good teachers. Moreover Mr Riaz Hussain (Principal Government Elemen-tary College Chiniot), Dr Qaiser Abbas Janjua addressed the stu-

dents and also the workshop. Special contribution of Prof. Tar-iq Majeed, Ch Saeed Ahmed and assistant co-ordinator Mr. Sarwar Khan made the event successful.

AIOU M.A Education Workshop Completed

More than £20,000 was handed over to the Chairman of Al-Mustafa Trust International (ATI) for the flood victims in Pakistan. The funds were raise as a joint campaign by Sheffield City Council, Radio Ramadhan, ILM NEWS, PMC and Pakistan Advice Centre. ATI were specifically advised to work on Education and clean water and Mobile Medical Units.

More than £20,000 handed to ATI for Pakistan Flood Victims


Happy New Year



PROPERTY CORNER PROPERTY REVIEW

OF THE YEARby Mohammed Mahroof

Consultant Mark Jenkinson & Son

This has been an interesting year for me and the property market.Personally, having moved from the public sector to the private sector has been a major change and has brought me into contact with numerous people who have developed very successful prop-erty related businesses, for whom I have the utmost admiration, and look forward to working with next year. In terms of the prop-erty market, it is now a time to reflect and look forward to what next year may hold for us. I be-lieve people are becoming more positive, having heard endless commentary about the difficul-ties we face through economic crises, funding problems and many more. Clearly the prop-erty market has not been immune from this but people are bouncing back and becoming more active.Over the year, I have talked about many sectors of the market. For the end of the year I would like to summarise where I feel the market is. This is only my opin-ion and many people may have differing views which is what makes the marketplace what it is - exciting!ResidentialThis is a sector most people are familiar with, and almost eve-ryone is affected by it. I believe

there has been active interest in the right properties with a real-istic price. The auction room is witness to this with success rates hitting 90%. If you price it right, property will sell. I believe inves-tors will start to return because demand for rental property is in-creasing. This could potentially have a positive effect on prices.CommercialAs one can bear witness as you walk or drive in the city, there are many to let boards on offices and retail premises. The office mar-ket in particular has been very economy sensitive and there is a great deal of space available with some city centre rents being as low as £5 psf. I believe there is a long and difficult road ahead for the office sector.Retail has, I think, fared a lot better. Demand has been good for properties along many popular locations such as Ecclesall Road, Shar-rowvale Road,London Road, and the fringes around the city. The latter part of the year has seen in-vestors returning to this sector of the market.Industrial.This sector of the market has re-mained rather quiet with demand for freeholds with a rental pass-ing being quite strong.Also small industrial units have been rela-

tively popular, as people venture into self-employment. Demand will, I believe, increase in the next year.Overall one can-not say that this year has been easy for anyone in the property market but there are signs of growing confidence and, as I have said in previous articles, this is a time for entrepreneurial property investors to benefit, and people are, and will.Another change is seeing some frustrated investors looking further afield and investing in the Middle East, Morocco,North Africa and other locations. The passion for property invest-ment is infectious and people will always find a way to stay involved. The local property investor is certainly becoming international.I have seen a few recessions. This may be deeper than most but the ability of people to adapt and rise has never ceased to amaze me. We have to look for-ward to next year in property as well as generally, and I believe it will be a year of consolidation and slow improvement.May I take this opportunity to wish all readers a happy new year, and as ever, please feel free to contact me on 0114 276 0151 or 0787 901 5095.

UK, US tried to influence madrassa curriculum: WikiLeaks Governments of the UK and the US attempted to influence Islamic education in Bangladesh as part of their counter-terrorism strategies, a WikiLeaks release of US embassy cables said. British newspaper The Guardian reported that James F Moriarty, US ambassador to Dhaka, mentioned in one cable how the British asked Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to develop and implement a 'standardised' curriculum for un-regulated madrassas.The move followed a proposal for a madrasa 'curriculum development programme' to the Bangladeshi government by the US government development agency, USAID.Bangladesh government last week ordered an investigation into fund-ing for madrassas after claims that banned Islamic militant group Hizb-ut-Tahrir had been establish-ing bases here.

News in Brief

A Labour-run Community Assem-bly has hired five young appren-tices to spruce up local parks and open spaces. The local lads will be trained by successful Manor-based social enterprise Green Estate, who specialise in environmental mainte-nance and horticulture. Sheffield’s East Community As-sembly, which covers the wards of Arbourthorne, Darnall, Manor and Castle and Richmond, has invested £112,000 in the scheme to increase opportunities for the area’s young people and improve the environ-ment. Labour Community Assem-bly Chair Councillor Martin Law-ton said: “This is the first project of its kind to be sponsored by a Com-munity Assembly and we are proud to be investing in our young people. Local residents will reap the bene-fits too when they see the difference it can make to their local area.”

LABOUR’S GREEN APPRENTICES

More WikiLeaks Cables

Sheffield Labour have criticised the Lib Dem Council for failing to bring empty homes back into use. A recent report to a scrutiny commit-tee outlined that to date only 8 empty homes have been brought back in to use this year and none have been com-pleted in the last three months. The Lib Dem Council have failed to use pow-ers available such as Enforced Sales or Empty Dwelling Management Orders, which would allow the council to take control of private sector properties that have been empty for long periods of time or force private sector sales. Re-search from charity, Empty Homes, indicates that in 2009 the number of empty properties in Sheffield stood at 5773. New Sheffield Labour Leader, Julie dore, said; “the Lib Dem Council is failing to deliver on empty homes, they should be using the powers that are available to bring empty homes in Sheffield back into use.”

EMPTY HOMES FAILURE

BRISBANE: The Australian government on Wednesday blamed the United States, not the WikiLeaks founder, for the unau-thorised release of about 250,000 secret US diplomatic cables and said those who originally leaked the documents were legally li-able. Foreign Minister Kevin

Rudd also said the leaks raised questions over the “adequacy” of US security over the cables.“Mr (Julian) Assange is not him-self responsible for the unauthor-ised release of 250,000 docu-ments from the US diplomatic communications network,” Rudd told Reuters in an interview.

“The Americans are responsible for that,” said Rudd, who had been described in one leaked US cable as a “control freak”.WikiLeaks founder Assange de-fended his Internet publishing site on Wednesday, saying it was crucial to spreading democracy and likening himself to global

media baron Rupert Murdoch in the quest to publish the truth.Assange has angered the United States and governments across the globe by publishing de-tails of secret US docu-ments.The original source of the leak is unknown, though a US Army pri-vate who worked as an intelligence analyst in

Iraq, Bradley Manning, has been charged by military authorities with unauthorized download-ing of more than 150,000 State Department cables. US officials have declined to say whether those cables are the same ones now being released by WikiLe-aks.

Australia says US responsible for leaks, not the Wikileaks founder

Rotherham Council tax payers are being asked to keep an eye out for any scams regarding tax that might come their way. The scams, which are being carried out across the country, have been reported in Rotherham, with lo-cal residents of all ages being tar-geted. Fraudsters are telephoning tax payers and claiming that they are entitled to a refund then ask-ing for bank details to be given over the telephone for the money to be paid into. Rotherham Bor-ough Council are advising all tax payers to beat the scammers by asking for the full name of the person calling, along with the department that they work in and telephone extension number. To verify if the caller is genuine, hang up, ring the Rotherham

Council Switchboard on 01709 382121 and request the extension number you have been given.Rotherham Borough Council say: “These fraudsters are very clever, they’ll tell you anything to get your details out of you, and when they do, they are mer-ciless. But, by having your wits about you, you can beat them at their own game. “Try ques-tion them as much as you can, a genuine Rotherham Council employee will do all they can to help you, but remember, do not give any details out over the phone until you are sure your call was authentic. The smallest bit of information you give could lead to them getting hold of your details.”

RESIDENTS URGED TO BE WARY OF TAX SCAMS

A Rotherham woman who ac-cumulated five van-loads of rub-bish in her garden was fined by the town’s magistrates for fail-ing to remove it. She was ordered to pay costs of £472.20 after the court heard that she ignored all requests and warnings from Rotherham Bor-ough Enforcement Officers to remove the rubbish, which took four people working for four hours to remove it in five van-loads. Rotherham Borough Council solicitors told the court that of-ficers visited the property in June after receiving complaints from neighbours about the state of the property. The experienced

enforcement officers found a large accumulation of house-hold waste in ripped-open black bags.Speaking after the case, Coun. Jahangir Akhtar, Cabinet Mem-ber for Housing and Neighbour-hoods for Rotherham Borough Council, said that all household-ers had a responsibility to keep their gardens clear of rubbish. He added: “This amount of rub-bish caused neighbours in the area a great amount of stress and despite several warnings the authority had no choice but to serve an order and then ulti-mately take this tenant to court. This rubbish was a health hazard and could not be ignored.”

Waste at Kimberworth Park


E d u c a t i o n M a i n t e n a n c e Allowances help to support young people to stay on in education and training, evi-

dence has proven that they have a positive impact on recruitment retention and achievement. The Government’s decision to scrap them will lead to fewer young people staying on in school and college post 16. It will particularly impact on the chances of children from the most disadvantaged backgrounds to continue in full time education and training. Giving young people the best possible opportunities and supporting them in education and training should be a top priority and I hope that the Government will listen to the young people who have protested against the cut. I urge everyone in Sheffield to support the Save EMA Campaign. http://saveema.co.uk Cllr Ibrar Hussain.

News in Brief

Sheffield’s gritters have covered the equivalent of a trip around the world in their efforts to keep the city’s road clear. Since the start of the recent extreme winter weather in November 2010, the Council has treated the road network so many times it has now salted over 43,000 kilometres of highways, a distance equivalent to more than the circumference of the earth.

Around The World ToGet Sheffield Moving

Education Allowances

WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US has urged the United States and its allies not to make his country a scapegoat for their collective failure in Afghanistan. Talking to White House correspondents at his residence in Washington, Ambas-sador Husain Haqqani said that the US and its Nato allies should not indulge in playing the blame game on this important and cru-cial issue. “Rather than blaming Pakistan, they should concentrate and focus on how to end increas-ing radicalisation in their socie-ties,” he said.Mr Haqqani said that Pakistan was doing its best to fight against terrorism, and that no other coun-try had sacrificed as much as the Pakistan Army and people there had done so far to make the world

a terror-free place.“It is not the time for US or Nato countries to blame Pakistan for their failures in Afghanistan, but to focus on united efforts to defeat the terrorists,” he added.Mr Haqqani’s assertions are

backed by two recent articles in The Washington Post and The New York Times, both urging the Obama administration not to push Pakistan for more military actions against the militants at this stage.David Ignatius, a Washington

Post associate editor, quoted a senior US military official in Is-lamabad as telling him that the US debate about Pakistan was becoming “hyper-focused” on a demand that the Pakistani army attack North Waziristan.The official told Mr Ignatius he believed that Pakistan was inca-pable of meeting this demand be-cause their forces were “stretched too thin”.“The harder Washington pushes for a crackdown, the more Islam-abad seems to resist. And the ex-planation is simple. The two coun-tries’ interests differ on this one: America, with its forces exposed in Afghanistan, wants action now. Pakistan, facing a nationwide campaign of terrorism, wants to concentrate on its internal threat,” Mr Ignatius observed.

US urged NOT to make Pakistan a Scapegoat

Rotherham Borough Council continued its fight against Blue Badge parking fraud with a fur-ther three prosecutions. Martin Beard, Rotherham Council’s Park-ing Services Manager, said “These are further significant results in our fight against this crime. “We have now successfully prosecuted 10 such cases during 2010 and we have a further 7 cases to be heard in court in January 2011. “We will continue with our investigations and action. My message to those people who believe they can flout the law is ‘We will catch you and we will prosecute.’”

Blue Badge Prosecution

Sheffield City Council has ap-proved its transport vision for the next 15 years.The ambitious strategy puts lo-cal people at the heart of change, giving people more choice about the way they travel and, more importantly, giving the local community more say on how money is spent.The vision empowers people to make informed travel choices and sets the Council up as an ‘enabler’ rather than ‘doing things to people’. One example of this is the City Car Club.The pay-as-you-go car club gives Sheffield people even more trav-el options through hourly car and van rental. The car club gives

its members access to locally parked, self-service cars that can be booked online or over the phone at a moments notice for less than £4 an-hour. It’s a cost effective and greener alternative to owning a car and the club has experienced un-precedented growth during the recession as motorists and busi-nesses have looked to tighten their belts. The Car Club now includes vans to complement the fleet. Each low emission vehicle is available to hire out for as little as half an hour from a cost of only £3.96 per hour. Rates for longer book-ings can be as low as £2.06 an hour.

Travel Choices for Sheffield

Appeal after five-figure cash theft at Sheffield supermarketPolice are appealing for informa-tion after a five-figure cash theft from a supermarket in Sheffield. The high value theft happened at the Morrisons Store in Half-way, Sheffield, around 4.45pm on Saturday, 23 October 2010. A security officer arrived to find the money had been stolen from a vault inside the store. Police believe a blue Vauxhall Vivaro SWB van wearing false plates was involved in the theft of the cash. The van was fitted with a tow bar and both grey and black electrics.

Detective Constable Tony Al-len said: "Initial enquiries have brought minimal results so I'm now appealing for the public's help in tracking down those re-sponsible for the theft of this sub-stantial sum of money. "I want to hear from anyone with informa-tion about this theft but I'm also keen to hear from people who may have seen suspicious activ-ity involving a blue Vauxhall Vi-varo van near to ATM machines in the Sheffield area over the last few months." Anyone with information should contact DC Tony Allen on 0114 2202020, extension 722539.

Police Appeal

Over 38,000 callers have used the “Golden Number” since April in 2010 By calling the local rate number 0300 100 2010, callers were able to speak to a specially trained member of 2010 Rother-ham ’s First Contact Team and gain expert housing advice. Since the number’s launch, staff have dealt with queries ranging from rents, to new property allocations, to nuisance neighbours – and even a question about how many chick-ens a Council tenant can keep.The team deal with all housing enquir-ies except for repairs – both general and emergency - for which Coun-cil tenants should continue to ring 01709 336009.

Golden Number

One cigarette proved to be very expensive for a Barnsley man re-cently after he was seen throw-ing his cigarette end into the car park on McDonalds in Rother-ham. He has been ordered to pay a total of £465 within 21 days. Seven smokers who threw their cigarette ends on the ground have also been prosecuted for littering by Rotherham Borough Council. Commenting after the case, Rotherham Borough Coun-cil’s Cabinet Member for Hous-ing and Neighbourhoods, Coun. Jahangir Akhtar, said: “We hope that cases like this will act as a warning to anyone who drops litter in Rotherham, whether it be fly tipping or one cigarette

end. Most people hate seeing lit-ter because it blights local neigh-bourhoods and we hope that this case sends a clear message to anyone who drops any kind of litter to think again!” “Indi-vidually, cigarette butts are only small, but smokers must realised that 122 tonnes of cigarette ends and other cigarette-related litter is dropped everyday in the UK - making it a huge problem for local authorities, such as Rother-ham. In addition, every cigarette end contains up to 4,000 differ-ent chemicals including hydro-gen, cyanide and arsenic, and the filters, which are made up of cellulose acetate, which can take up to 12 years to degrade.”

A Man Fined £465 for Littering

Over 60 students aged 5-16 from Rotherham had their achieve-ments officially recognised last week at a special event held by the Arabic Language School at the Unity Centre on St Le-onards Road in Rotherham , which is run by the Rotherham Yemeni Community Association (RYCA). The pupils were pre-sented with certificates by Coun-cillor Mahroof Hussain, Cabinet Member for Community Devel-opment Equality and Young Peo-ple and Joyce Thacker, Strategic Director of Children and Young

People’s Services. Mr Abdul-lah Mohamed explained how the Arabic Language School has been running in Rotherham since 1993 and is now recognised as one of the highest achieving schools of its kind in the area. The school, which runs along-side mainstream education with students studying over every weekend, gives the young peo-ple the chance to pass a GCSE in Arabic. The school has a very high achievement with 95 per cent of students recently achiev-ing Grades A*-C.

Students Celebrate their Achievements

PARIS: According to a report by a French newspaper, Once-secret US diplomatic cables have re-vealed concerns by US officials that extremist militants might get access to Pakistani nuclear mate-rial.The revelation was published Tuesday night on the website of the newspaper Le Monde, one of the dailies that document-dis-closer WikiLeaks provided some of its more than 250,000 leaked American diplomatic files to.The newspaper says in the cable traffic through Islamabad that President Barack Obama report-edly confided Pakistan was his ‘‘private nightmare.’’A February 2009 memo from then-US Ambassador Anne Pat-terson in Islamabad said ‘‘our main worry’’ wasn’t that an entire bomb might be stolen, but that a worker at a Pakistani nuclear site ‘‘might bring out enough fissile material to build a bomb.’’Le Monde also reported that in 2007 Pakistan had agreed ‘‘in princi-ple’’ to an operation to remove highly enriched uranium from a

Pakistani nuclear reactor, but it was never carried out. Pakistan said Monday it refused the op-eration because its own nuclear security would prevent the mate-rial from getting into the wrong hands.

If the Pakistani press were to find out about such a withdrawal of highly enriched uranium it would cast the operation as a US seizure of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, one Pakistani official told US embas-sy staff. The newspaper published the comments in a French translation. The Associated Press requested

the original in English but it was not immediately available.US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has said that WikiLeaks acted illegally in posting the leaked documents. Officials around the world have

said the disclosure jeopardizes national security, diplomats, in-telligence assets and relationships between foreign governments. Five international media organi-zations received the documents in advance. WikiLeaks is also slowly posting all the material on its own web-site.

Wikileaks: US worried over Pakistani Nuke Material

Thankyou to sister Sabha Kanwal Hussain who was honoured to have witnessed a beautiful miracle

of Allah. She tells us “It was on Sunday 14th November 2010, the day before Hajj around 4.00pm in Sheffield, when I saw Allah’s name in Arabic clearly spelt in the clouds. I was lucky enough to capture a few Photographs on my mobile phone as me and my hus-band Mosan Razzaq drove down the Parkway in Sheffield”. Than-kyou sister for sharing this good fortune with all our readers.

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Bollywood diva Katrina Kaif has Aamir Khan’s name on her wish list. She said that she wants to pair with the Mr. Per-fectionist for her dream role.

Speaking about her dream role, Kat quips, “It’s not one, I have three roles which I wish to do. First on the list is a pe-riod film, which are not made enough now. Second on my list is a romantic-tragedy – just like ‘Devdas’. And thirdly, I want to do an action film like Salt or Charlie’s Angels”.When asked with whom she would like to pair up, she said: “I want to team up with Aamir. In the last few films he way he has romanced on screen I loved it, especially in Ghajini. Kaif was born in Hong Kong to an Indian Kashmiri father, Mo-hammed Kaif, and an English mother, Suzanne Turquotte both of whom are British citizens. Her parents divorced when she was very young. Kaif has seven siblings. She was raised in Hawaii and later moved to her mother’s home country, England

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Katrina Kaif reveals her Wish List

ISLAMABAD: Photo editing software developed by a Paki-stan technology firm Five Rivers became the best selling paid-for application for the Blackberry, the firm said. Lahore-based Five Rivers said its Photo Editor Suite had hit

the top spot across all sectors on Blackberry’s AppWorld store.“This is extremely good news for us and especially for the Pakistani IT industry,” Mahe Zehra Husain, the head of opera-tions and product management at Five Rivers Technology, told AFP. “We feel we are on top of the world. This is incredible.”The application “has been in the top five paid applications for quite a while now and on Sunday made

its way to the number one spot,” she said.Photo Editor Suite allows users to crop, rotate, adjust brightness and contrast, recolour and resize photos, Husain added.The website of Five Rivers, which opened a year and a half

ago, says it has developed and run out more than 100 mobile applications for the Blackberry and iPhone as well as other smartphones.Pakistan, a nuclear-armed con-servative Muslim country of 167 million people, is in deep recession, exacerbated by years of Al-Qaeda-linked bombings, an energy crisis, poor foreign in-vestment and this year by cata-strophic flooding.

Pakistani IT firm ‘on Top of the world’ in apps

First ever exact mention of “Creck-ett as it used to be called” was in 1598 at a school named Royal Grammar School, in Guilford. Another recorded example of the sport was back in 1624 when a play-er called Jasper Vinall died while playing the sport during the local Parish matches in Sussex. Jasper was hit in the head by the Batsman Edward Tye as Edward tried to hit the ball for a second time to prevent him from being caught out. In 1774 a law was introduced to stop the batsman from being able to hit the ball twice.Further into the 18th century there were more laws brought in like the LBW – Leg before wicket and 3 stumped wickets. The 19th century brought in over arm bowling, to-wards the end of the 19th Century cricket was well known throughout

North America, South Africa, Aus-tralia, New Zealand and India.Cricket really took off in 1963 when counties in England Introduced the Limited Over’s Rule, This then led on to stage the First Limited over’s cricket world cup in 1975.Cricket bats have really transformed over time as well, the original shape re-sembled a hockey stick which was very thin and have a slight curve at the end. The modern day cricket

bat is made out of Kashmir or Eng-lish White Willow, the best quality would be the English Willow. In the manufacturing process, the bat gets treated with unboiled raw Lin-seed oil this helps protect the bat from weathering. White Willow is used in the making of cricket bats because it is very tough and shock resistant; the wood will not splinter either when struck at high speed for example by a cricket ball. White willow is also very lightweight. This new bat design which comes with a spring design where the cane handle meets the blade was invent-ed by Charles Richardson back in the 1880′s.The blade itself, is flat at the front with the back of the blade being pointed, this helps make the bat lighter, making it easier to maneu-ver but, still giving strength at the

middle of the bat, where the ball will be striked.When you first pur-chase a bat you must remember to knock it in, this is to help maximise the life span of the bat, to do this you must first apply linseed oil and then strike the surface of the bat with a cricket ball or a bat mallet, this will help compact all the loose soft fibres and prevent the bat from splitting when in use.

History of the Beautiful GameC R I C K E T

OSCAR DE LA HOYA believes Amir Khan is ready to star in some blockbusting bouts in 2011 after proclaiming the Bolton fighter’s WBA light-welterweight title de-fence against Marcos Maidana as the “fight of the decade”.Khan was awarded a unanimous decision at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Casino, but was forced to overcome some harrowing moments after tasting the full force of the Argentinian challenger’s concussive power. The 24-year-old champion dished out plenty of punishment of his own, flooring Maidana with a devastating left to the body in the opening round and regularly leaving his opponent with no answer to some precisely executed combinations delivered at dazzling speed. The brutal nature of the bout was confirmed afterwards when reports suggested Khan volun-tarily took himself to hospital for a CAT scan despite no recommenda-tion from the ringside doctor.Asked for his reaction to the show-stopping action,

Amir Khan Win over Marcos Maidana ‘Fight of the Decade’ says De La Hoya

MILAN: Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani plans to tap the Chinese market with a new on-line store that opened Friday for Emporio Armani in one of the first such initiatives in China by a major fashion brand.“In view of the increasing enthu-siasm for online shopping and the growing importance of the Chinese market, I have decided to open an Emporio Armani on-line store in China,” Armani was quoted as saying in a statement.“We have identified a significant group of fashion consumers who will certainly appreciate this new approach to shopping, one that becomes more popular every day,” Armani said, referring to the Chinese market.Online retail sales in China, which has the world’s largest web population of at least 420 million,

soared 117 per cent last year to 39 billion dollars (29 billion euros), according to iResearch, a Beijing-based research firm. US fashion giant Gap launched an online store in China earlier this month and Wal-Mart — the world’s biggest retailer — has said it too plans an Internet presence in China soon. Apple opened an online store in October.Armani said it was “the first fashion brand to offer a ‘flag-ship store’ online experience in China.” The website is backed by Yoox, an Italian online fash-ion retailer that has grown rap-idly during the global economic crisis.The Armani Group has more than 5,000 employees and 13 factories, producing clothes, as well as accessories, eyewear, watches, jewellery and perfume. The group has 609 stores in 46 countries around the world.

Armani plans to tap Chinese market with online stores

Sheffield needs to prepare for more school places as the city sees a rise in births. Councillors are keen to see places provided in the areas where the population is increasing – the city reached a low point of 5,530 births in 2002 but it rose to 6,654 in 2008. Further places need to be sought after Abbeydale Grange School will finally close for business in

the summer of 2011. Education chiefs say finding alternative places at other schools will cost £10m – still saving more than £3m from the costs of running the Millhouses secondary. Proposals are being made as a steady rise in impending births is expected and following another closure at Wisewood school.

SCHOOL PLACES

Ramadan and ten days of Muhar-ram have always been times for soul searching for me. They di-vert my attention to higher things. Things which I usually overlook otherwise. Things which stir a yearning to find my place in this universe. A universe which grows staggeringly bigger and complex as our knowledge grows. It gives us no slack as we are able to peer deeper and deeper into the heart of the universe or keener and keener into the heart of the matter itself. For me the mystery grows at an exponential rate as we get better at science. Our existence grows smaller as the universe becomes bigger. But does it really? The question is what is it to be re-ally human? Are we really spe-cial and unique as we would like to believe? For me the answer is yes and no. Mainly we are like any other life forms which live or die around us. Fixated to their physical existence. But once in a while we come up with such an exceptional human being that his existence even though short lived against the celestial time is like a supernova in our mundane exist-ence. Some of us shine so bright that they lighten our dark and pa-thetic lives and give us a ray of hope which tells us what is meant to be truly human. These indi-viduals in our history have always been people who went through ordeals due to causes higher than their basic human needs. They actually shunned these needs to move toward higher grounds. Through their selfless acts and ul-timate sacrifices they have given

us hope that our lives are not a mere accident of nature as some like to believe. There is a meaning to our existence which goes be-yond our changing surroundings. Good and bad exist. We are not just animals who go about their way. We have been granted free will and we can act above and be-yond what appears to be the norm if we can put our minds to it. It is in the honour of these ultimate hu-mans I dedicate this article. They have made our race seem better than we are. In their light our dull faces shine as well. Even though we roil in the gore of our exist-ence we can stand proud that we belong to the same human race as them. Through their brilliance we too can find our way. Even if we are ruthless, cruel, destructive, and unjust, their existence creates for us a pathway in the darkness of our pathetic lives. If nothing else we can recognize our wrongs in the background of their right and that leads to possibilities that we too may be able to overcome our weaknesses and rise to higher grounds. To these few belongs the salvation of the human kind and to them we stand in debt for they give meaning and direction to our lives. They exalt us from being mere animals and make humanity very special indeed and give us our rightful niche in this universe. That's saying a lot if you look at the size of it.May Allah bless Muhammad (saw) and his AAL and their com-panions for they make us look bet-ter than we are.


Rotherham MP Rt Hon Denis MacShane, who is very passion-ate about the plight of Muslims in Kashmir has again proved active ove the cause. Last month the MP addressed a letter to the Foreign Secretary William Hague clearly stating statistics and observations by the international Red Cross who are present in Kashmir. The letter reads as follows;I was very concerned to read of reports sent by US diplomats in India outlining the systematic torture of Muslims in Kashmir. For some time I have been urg-ing you both as Shadow Foreign Secretary in opposition and now as Foreign Secretary to discuss openly the abuse of human rights in Kashmir which is a cause of very great tension and concern in Britain’s Muslim community. Ac-cording to the new information the International Committee of the Red Cross believes that that India “condones torture” and that Indian officials tortured civilians and killed militants campaigning for Kashmiri rights.We now learn that he ICRC made 177 visits to detention centres in Jammu and Kashmir and else-where in India between 2002 and 2004, and had met 1,491 detain-ees. The Red Cross officials in-terviewed 1,296 people held by India under private conditions. In 852 cases, the detainees reported

ill-treatment. 171 described be-ing beaten and 681 said they had been subjected to one or more of six forms of torture. The Kash-

miri Muslims suffered the follow-ing tortures at the hand of Indian security forces. 498 had suffered torture from electricity - 381 who had been suspended from the ceiling - 294 who had muscles crushed in their legs by prison personnel sitting on a bar placed across their thighs - 181 whose legs had been stretched by being “split 180 degrees” - -234 were tortured with water - 302 “sexu-al” cases were reported involving rape or sexual assault. The ICRC said the Indian security forces in different units used these forms of ill-treatment and torture. Sen-ior Indian officials were involved. “The abuse always takes place in

the presence of officers and ... detainees were rarely militants (they are routinely killed), but persons connected to or believed to have information about the in-surgency”.It was very distressing to read these details of torture on Mus-lims carried out by India, a charter member of the Commonwealth and a close friend and ally of Brit-ain. India is a democracy but one must question what kind of de-mocracy exists that allows such systematic torture to take place. I hope you can take up thje ICRC report with the Indian authorities. For too long the issue of Kashmir has been turned into a non-issue by the British government – in-cluding the last one. The silence of British ministers is deeply dis-turbing to British citizens with links to Kashmir. No-one seeks to excuse the provocation or use of armed militants by some Pa-kistani politicians to stir up trou-ble in Kashmir. But the Kashmir problem can only be solved in people tell the truth about the ap-palling crimes committed by In-dian security forces in Kashmir. The time has surely come for the international community to speak out clearly to India that a new ap-proach is needed. I hope in 2011, we can see a new approach from HMG on the Kashmir problem that puts the rights of the Kash-

miri people, not the demands of politicians at Islamabad or New Delhi, at the forefront of our pol-icy.These facts are clearly shout-ing out not to be overlooked, but a world dominated by politics of interest, we are still far from a resolution for Kashmir. We only hope the British Government will not overlook the cruelty inflicted on these people by the Indian Forces. Lets hope justice is served to the abusers of power.

A letter to Foreign Secretary William Hague on Indian Torture of innocent KASHMIRI’s

Zesh Rehman, 27, was the first British Asian to play in the Pre-mier League, the FA Cup and the Carling Cup. The former Bradford City defend-er has launched a foundation in the hope that the next generation can build on his achievements. “When I was nine or 10, a scout told me I’d never make it because my diet was wrong, I’d wouldn’t grow tall enough, I was scared of the weather, and

I would like cricket more. “But those negative mindsets made me stronger, and nowI feel it’s almost my duty to pass what I’ve learned on to these kids.” He hopes that more British Asians get involved in all aspects of the game, after many high pro-file campaigns have gone a long way to kick racism out of foot-ball.

AIMING TO CHANGE THE FACE OF FOOTBALL

By: Syed Z.Ali ShahTo Be Human

Local Liberal Democrat Coun-cillors have welcomed a major investment of £5.5m in 2011/12 for Sheffield ’s schools through the coalition government’s pupil premium. The pupil premium is targeted at investing money in helping disadvantaged children. Headteachers will have freedom to decide how to use the invest-ment to help children from poorer families. In its first year the pro-gramme will target £625m extra funding to the poorest children in schools. In year one, every school will be guaranteed an extra £430 from the Government for every deprived child. By 2015 the pre-mium will be worth £2.5bn na-tionally each year. In South York-shire this will see around £15m in extra cash in 2011/12, with £5.5 million going direct to Sheffield ’s schools.

£5.5m for Children


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Dr Masood Raza, who is affiliated with Al-Khair Foundation, recently visited Pakistan to hand over newly built houses by Al-Khair as a lets rebuid Pakistan Project. He handed over 75 houses to the flood affectees in the worst affected area. 200 more house will be given in January 2011. Dr Raza also visited Muzaffargarh, Faislabad, Lahore, Mansehra, Sawat and also Kashmir. Al-Khair Foundation also wants to build similar types of


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A dinner party ws given to the Assistant Tehsildar Nasir Aurangzeb, Admin Oficer Tariq Mehmood and Gulzar Hussain of Chaksawari by Cabinet Member of Rotherham Council Cllr Maroof Hussain who is the parliamentry candidate of up comming election.




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