Comments - Dozen British Pakistanis Elected to UK Parliament in Elections 2017 - PakAlumni Worldwide: The Global Social Network 2024-03-28T17:45:24Zhttp://nedians.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=1119293%3ABlogPost%3A114504&xn_auth=noHigher education as the pathw…tag:nedians.ning.com,2023-10-22:1119293:Comment:4277102023-10-22T03:52:35.321ZRiaz Haqhttp://nedians.ning.com/profile/riazul
<p><span>Higher education as the pathway to personal and community success for Pakistani and Bangladeshi people: A systematic review</span><br></br><br></br><span><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13613324.2021.1997976" target="_blank">https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13613324.2021.1997976</a></span><br></br><br></br><br></br><span>By Shames MaskeenORCID Icon,Jacob Matthews,Debbie M. Smith,Helen J. Stain &Lisa. A. D. Webster</span><br></br><br></br><br></br><span>Amalgamated, Pakistanis and…</span></p>
<p><span>Higher education as the pathway to personal and community success for Pakistani and Bangladeshi people: A systematic review</span><br/><br/><span><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13613324.2021.1997976" target="_blank">https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13613324.2021.1997976</a></span><br/><br/><br/><span>By Shames MaskeenORCID Icon,Jacob Matthews,Debbie M. Smith,Helen J. Stain &Lisa. A. D. Webster</span><br/><br/><br/><span>Amalgamated, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis have been found to have higher HE participation rates (53%) than the White British group (36%) but lower than the Black (amalgamated; 57%) and Indian (72%) groups (Allen, Parameshwaran, and Thomson Citation2016). However, when analysed separately, Pakistanis (56.5%) are less likely to progress to HE than Bangladeshis (64.9%) at all HE institutions by age 19 (Hubble, Bolton, and Lewis Citation2021). Reasons for combining ethnic groups for analysis include small sample sizes and preliminary identification of similar rates of HE applications (Boliver Citation2013). Thus, it is often difficult in the literature to differentiate the HE participation decision between Pakistanis and Bangladeshis.</span></p> The UK Government data on Bri…tag:nedians.ning.com,2023-10-21:1119293:Comment:4275172023-10-21T17:27:56.506ZRiaz Haqhttp://nedians.ning.com/profile/riazul
<p><span>The UK Government data on British household wealth (April 2016 to March 2018) by ethnicity shows that Pakistani household median wealth is £224,500, the second highest after British White and Indian household median wealth of just over £313,000…</span><br></br><br></br></p>
<p><span>The UK Government data on British household wealth (April 2016 to March 2018) by ethnicity shows that Pakistani household median wealth is £224,500, the second highest after British White and Indian household median wealth of just over £313,000</span><br/><br/><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/incomeandwealth/articles/householdwealthbyethnicitygreatbritain/april2016tomarch2018" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/incomeandwealth/articles/householdwealthbyethnicitygreatbritain/april2016tomarch2018</a><br/><br/><br/><span>White households median £313,900 mean £590,400</span><br/><span>Indian households median £313,200 mean £493,800</span><br/><span>Pakistani households median £224,500 mean £302,100</span><br/><span>Chinese households median £77,300 mean £348,400</span><br/><span>Bangladeshi households median £65,600 mean £141,100</span><br/><span>Other Asian households median £162,100 mean £367,800</span><br/><span>Black Caribbean households median £85,900 mean £379,200</span></p> Why Pakistani students benefi…tag:nedians.ning.com,2023-05-31:1119293:Comment:4245602023-05-31T04:53:14.853ZRiaz Haqhttp://nedians.ning.com/profile/riazul
<p><span>Why Pakistani students benefit the most from going to university</span><br></br><br></br><span><a href="https://theconversation.com/why-pakistani-students-benefit-the-most-from-going-to-university-158088" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/why-pakistani-students-benefit-the-most-from-going-to-university-158088</a></span><br></br><br></br><span>By Beth Daley</span><br></br><span>Editor and GM</span><br></br><br></br><span>The benefits are especially large for (British) Pakistani students, with an…</span></p>
<p><span>Why Pakistani students benefit the most from going to university</span><br/><br/><span><a href="https://theconversation.com/why-pakistani-students-benefit-the-most-from-going-to-university-158088" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/why-pakistani-students-benefit-the-most-from-going-to-university-158088</a></span><br/><br/><span>By Beth Daley</span><br/><span>Editor and GM</span><br/><br/><span>The benefits are especially large for (British) Pakistani students, with an estimated boost to average earnings of more than a third by age 30. Adding up predicted gains over the whole life cycle and taking into account taxes and student loans, we found that doing a degree is worth around £200,000 for Pakistani students – around twice the average return for all students we calculated in previous work.</span><br/><br/><span>This is not because Pakistani graduates have especially high earnings. In fact, the opposite is true: Pakistani graduates have the lowest graduate earnings of all ethnic groups, with typical earnings at age 30 of £23,000 for men and £19,000 for women.</span><br/><br/><span>How The Conversation is different: We explain without oversimplifying.</span><br/><span>Learn more</span><br/><span>Instead the reason is that – based on comparing similar people who did and didn’t go to university – Pakistani graduates would have earned much less had they not gone to university. Typical earnings at age 30 of Pakistani men and women who did not go to university are only £13,000 for men and £11,000 for women.</span><br/><br/><span>An important factor explaining the large earnings gains for Pakistani graduates (compared to not attending university) appears to be that Pakistani students are more likely than White British students to choose subjects with good job prospects at university, such as business, law, or pharmacology. They are also less likely to choose degrees with low or negative financial returns, such as creative arts.</span><br/><br/><br/><br/><span>These findings appear to contradict a claim in the government’s recent race commission report. According to the report, an explanation for the low graduate earnings of many ethnic minority groups is that “ethnic minority students, and especially Black students, from lower social status backgrounds are not being well advised on which courses to take at university”.</span><br/><br/><span>Our findings suggest that the opposite is true for South Asian students, as they tend to study more lucrative subjects than white students. We also find no evidence that black students choose lower-return subjects than white students. This does not mean that poor career advice is not a problem – but it doesn’t seem to affect ethnic minorities disproportionately.</span><br/><br/><span>The government’s report also suggests that ethnic minorities have low graduate earnings because they attend less selective universities. It is true that students from ethnic minorities – especially black students – are more likely to attend lower tariff universities, and that graduates of these institutions earn less than other graduates.</span><br/><br/><span>But importantly, this does not mean that these universities offer low returns. Many graduates of these institutions would have had much lower earnings still if they had not gone to university at all. Overall, we found no evidence that ethnic minorities’ institution choices lower their gains from attending university.</span></p> British Pakistani billionaire…tag:nedians.ning.com,2023-05-25:1119293:Comment:4243372023-05-25T14:51:54.053ZRiaz Haqhttp://nedians.ning.com/profile/riazul
<p>British Pakistani billionaire Anwar Pervez has a net worth of £3.1 billion.</p>
<p>Born in Rawalpindi, Pervez moved to the UK when he was 21 years old. He became a bus conductor in Bradford, working seven days a week and earning up to £18.</p>
<p>This eventually led to Pervez opening up his first convenience store, Kashmir, for the Muslim community in London.…</p>
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<p>British Pakistani billionaire Anwar Pervez has a net worth of £3.1 billion.</p>
<p>Born in Rawalpindi, Pervez moved to the UK when he was 21 years old. He became a bus conductor in Bradford, working seven days a week and earning up to £18.</p>
<p>This eventually led to Pervez opening up his first convenience store, Kashmir, for the Muslim community in London.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.desiblitz.com/content/pakistani-billionaires-living-in-the-uk#:~:text=The%20most%20popular%20and%20successful,earning%20up%20to%20%C2%A318" target="_blank">https://www.desiblitz.com/content/pakistani-billionaires-living-in-the-uk#:~:text=The%20most%20popular%20and%20successful,earning%20up%20to%20%C2%A318</a>.</p> #British #Pakistani elected M…tag:nedians.ning.com,2023-05-23:1119293:Comment:4245252023-05-23T19:49:59.683ZRiaz Haqhttp://nedians.ning.com/profile/riazul
<p>#British #Pakistani elected Mayor of #Bolton, #UK. Ayub was born in the small village of Ghora, Kotli, Azad #Kashmir. He came from #Pakistan to Bolton in 1972 at age 15. He worked #textile mills, #manufacturing & transport sector & local gov't…<br></br></p>
<p>#British #Pakistani elected Mayor of #Bolton, #UK. Ayub was born in the small village of Ghora, Kotli, Azad #Kashmir. He came from #Pakistan to Bolton in 1972 at age 15. He worked #textile mills, #manufacturing & transport sector & local gov't<br/><a href="https://www.bolton.gov.uk/councillors-mayor/mayor#:~:text=The%20Mayor%20of%20Bolton%20for,1972%20at%20the%20age%2015" target="_blank">https://www.bolton.gov.uk/councillors-mayor/mayor#:~:text=The%20Mayor%20of%20Bolton%20for,1972%20at%20the%20age%2015</a>.</p>
<p>Ayub was born in the small village of Ghora, Kotli, Azad Kashmir. He came to live in Bolton in 1972 at the age 15.</p>
<p>Ayub has worked in various sectors including Textile mills, manufacturing, commercial and later in the transport sector and local government for last 40 years.</p>
<p>Ayub was elected to Bolton Council in 2006 and has represented Great Lever Ward for the last 17 years. He has served as Vice Chairman of the Planning Committee, Cabinet member for Highways & Transport, Audit, Corporate and Place scrutiny Committee. He has also served as a Governor of Bolton Islamic Girls School.</p>
<p>Mohammed Ayub will be the first Bolton Mayor of Kashmiri origin and is exceptionally proud to be Bolton’s First Citizen. Ayub has chosen his wife Zaibun Nisa to be his Mayoress, they have been married for 45 years. Originally born in Pakistan, Zaibun has lived in the UK for many years. They have 6 beautiful children and 14 grandchildren.</p> As of 2016, there were 12,454…tag:nedians.ning.com,2023-04-13:1119293:Comment:4226492023-04-13T18:26:11.422ZRiaz Haqhttp://nedians.ning.com/profile/riazul
<p><span>As of 2016, there were 12,454 Pakistani doctors and 45,830 Indian doctors out of 215,630 total in the United States.</span><br></br><br></br><br></br><span><a href="https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?QueryId=68336" target="_blank">https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?QueryId=68336</a></span><br></br><br></br><span>India 45,830</span><br></br><br></br><span>Pakistan 12,454</span><br></br><br></br><span>Grenada 10,789</span><br></br><br></br><span>Philipines 10,217</span><br></br><br></br><span>Dominica 9,974</span><br></br><br></br><span>Mexico…</span></p>
<p><span>As of 2016, there were 12,454 Pakistani doctors and 45,830 Indian doctors out of 215,630 total in the United States.</span><br/><br/><br/><span><a href="https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?QueryId=68336" target="_blank">https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?QueryId=68336</a></span><br/><br/><span>India 45,830</span><br/><br/><span>Pakistan 12,454</span><br/><br/><span>Grenada 10,789</span><br/><br/><span>Philipines 10,217</span><br/><br/><span>Dominica 9,974</span><br/><br/><span>Mexico 9,923</span><br/><br/><span>Canada 7,765</span><br/><br/><span>Dominican Republic 6,269</span><br/><br/><span>China 5,772</span><br/><br/><span>UAE 4,635</span><br/><br/><span>Egypt 4,379</span><br/><br/><span>------------</span><br/><br/><span>Total Foreign Doctors in UK 66,211</span><br/><br/><span>India 18,953</span><br/><br/><span>Pakistan 8,026</span><br/><br/><span>Nigeria 4,880</span><br/><br/><span>Egypt 4,471</span><br/><br/><span>Foreign Doctors in Canada 25,400:</span><br/><br/><span>South Africa 2,604</span><br/><br/><span>India 2,127</span><br/><br/><span>Ireland 1,942</span><br/><br/><span>UK 1,923</span><br/><br/><br/><span>US 1,263</span><br/><br/><br/><span>Pakistan 1,087</span></p> Watch: Braverman dubbed a ‘Tr…tag:nedians.ning.com,2023-04-11:1119293:Comment:4227322023-04-11T21:28:58.784ZRiaz Haqhttp://nedians.ning.com/profile/riazul
<p><span>Watch: Braverman dubbed a ‘Trump tribute act’ following grooming comments</span><br></br><span>'I am calling her rhetoric racist, I am', Tory peer Baroness Sayeeda Warsi said.…</span><br></br><br></br><br></br></p>
<p><span>Watch: Braverman dubbed a ‘Trump tribute act’ following grooming comments</span><br/><span>'I am calling her rhetoric racist, I am', Tory peer Baroness Sayeeda Warsi said.</span><br/><br/><br/><span><a href="https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/watch-braverman-dubbed-a-trump-tribute-act-following-grooming-comments-346597/" target="_blank">https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/watch-braverman-dubbed-a-trump-tribute-act-following-grooming-comments-346597/</a></span><br/><br/><span>Suella Braverman has been labelled a “Trump tribute act” following her divisive rhetoric on child sexual exploitation.</span><br/><br/><span>The home secretary pointed to a “predominance of certain ethnic groups – and I say British Pakistani males – who hold cultural values totally at odds with British values, who see women in a demeaned and illegitimate way and pursue an outdated and frankly heinous approach in terms of the way they behave” in a speech.</span><br/><br/><span>She also claimed that victims and whistle-blowers were ignored “due to cultural sensitivity and political correctness’’, a claim challenged in many reports including the Operation Linden Report, published in June 2022.</span><br/><br/><span>Writing in response to the comments, a number of health organisations have criticised the home secretary’s rhetoric in the strongest possible terms.</span><br/><br/><span>An open letter reads:</span><br/><br/><span>“It is unacceptable for the Home Secretary to use inflammatory and divisive rhetoric that is sensationalist and contradicts her own department’s evidence.</span><br/><br/><br/><span>-----</span><br/><br/><br/><span>LBC</span><br/><span>@LBC</span><br/><span>'I am calling her rhetoric racist, I am.'</span><br/><br/><span>Tory peer Baroness</span><br/><span>@SayeedaWarsi</span><br/><span>condemns Suella Braverman's language and tells</span><br/><span>@mrjamesob</span><br/><span>we need a grown-up as Home Secretary, not a 'Trump tribute act'.</span></p> Braverman words on British Pa…tag:nedians.ning.com,2023-04-05:1119293:Comment:4226042023-04-05T14:48:04.246ZRiaz Haqhttp://nedians.ning.com/profile/riazul
<p>Braverman words on British Pakistani men discriminatory: Pakistan<br></br>Pakistani official says UK home secretary’s remarks signal ‘intent to target and treat British Pakistanis differently’.<br></br><br></br><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/5/braverman-words-on-british-pakistani-men-discriminatory-pakistan" target="_blank">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/5/braverman-words-on-british-pakistani-men-discriminatory-pakistan</a><br></br><br></br>Pakistan’s foreign office has criticised British…</p>
<p>Braverman words on British Pakistani men discriminatory: Pakistan<br/>Pakistani official says UK home secretary’s remarks signal ‘intent to target and treat British Pakistanis differently’.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/5/braverman-words-on-british-pakistani-men-discriminatory-pakistan" target="_blank">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/5/braverman-words-on-british-pakistani-men-discriminatory-pakistan</a><br/><br/>Pakistan’s foreign office has criticised British Home Secretary Suella Braverman for “discriminatory and xenophobic” comments after she said that British Pakistani men “hold cultural values at odds with British values”.<br/><br/>In an interview with Sky News on Monday, Braverman also alleged British Pakistani men worked in child abuse rings or networks that targeted “vulnerable white English girls”.<br/><br/><br/>Pakistan’s foreign office spokesperson Mehnaz Baloch on Wednesday condemned Braverman’s remarks which, he said, painted a “highly misleading picture signalling the intent to target and treat British Pakistanis differently”.<br/><br/>Baloch said Braverman had “erroneously branded criminal behaviour of some individuals as a representation of the entire community”.<br/><br/>“She fails to take note of the systemic racism and ghettoisation of communities and omits to recognise the tremendous cultural, economic and political contributions that British Pakistanis continue to make in British society,” Baloch said in her weekly briefing in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.<br/><br/>A British Home Office report on group-based child sexual abuse published in 2020 pointed out that research on offender ethnicity is limited, and tends to rely on poor-quality data.<br/><br/>However, it did highlight studies that show white men as being the majority of offenders, in comparison with Asian or Black men.<br/><br/>The report’s findings were pointed out to Braverman during the interview, but she went on to say that British Pakistani men “see women in a demeaned and illegitimate way and who pursue an outdated and frankly heinous approach in terms of the way they behave”.<br/><br/>Braverman’s comments have received a backlash on social media, with users saying the remarks will mislead the public and “incite violence against those with particular racial characteristics”.<br/><br/><br/></p>
<p class="comment-timestamp"></p> Craig Murray -@CraigMurrayOrg…tag:nedians.ning.com,2023-04-03:1119293:Comment:4223502023-04-03T02:45:59.091ZRiaz Haqhttp://nedians.ning.com/profile/riazul
<p>Craig Murray -<br></br>@CraigMurrayOrg<br></br>This is incredible. The Home Office's own extensive study found that there is no ethnic group particularly involved in paedophile grooming, and that most organised paedophile groups are white.<br></br>Braverman is truly disgusting.</p>
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<p>Craig Murray -<br/>@CraigMurrayOrg<br/>This is incredible. The Home Office's own extensive study found that there is no ethnic group particularly involved in paedophile grooming, and that most organised paedophile groups are white.<br/>Braverman is truly disgusting.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2020/dec/analysis-new-home-office-report-admits-grooming-gangs-are-not-muslim-problem" target="_blank">https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2020/dec/analysis-new-home-office-report-admits-grooming-gangs-are-not-muslim-problem</a></p>
<p>The study finds no credible evidence for a far-right stereotype that has spread widely in the media, writes Dr Ella Cockbain (UCL Security & Crime Science) in an article co-authored with Dr Waqas Tufail for The Guardian.</p> Mohammad Ramzan falsely accus…tag:nedians.ning.com,2023-04-02:1119293:Comment:4224442023-04-02T23:38:20.299ZRiaz Haqhttp://nedians.ning.com/profile/riazul
<p><span>Mohammad Ramzan falsely accused in grooming case</span><br></br><br></br><span><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-64950862" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-64950862</a></span><br></br><br></br><span>A woman who falsely claimed she was raped by multiple men and trafficked by an Asian grooming gang has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years.</span><br></br><br></br><span>Eleanor Williams sparked protests in her Cumbrian home town of Barrow after posting photos on…</span></p>
<p><span>Mohammad Ramzan falsely accused in grooming case</span><br/><br/><span><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-64950862" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-64950862</a></span><br/><br/><span>A woman who falsely claimed she was raped by multiple men and trafficked by an Asian grooming gang has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years.</span><br/><br/><span>Eleanor Williams sparked protests in her Cumbrian home town of Barrow after posting photos on social media of injuries she said were from beatings.</span><br/><br/><span>But Preston Crown Court heard she inflicted the wounds herself using a hammer.</span><br/><br/><span>Williams, 22, was found guilty of perverting the course of justice.</span><br/><br/><span>A two-day sentencing hearing was told three men Williams falsely accused over a three-year period tried to take their own lives after being targeted and suffering "hell on earth".</span></p>