Chaudhry Sarwar

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Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar (Template:Langx) is a Pakistani and former British politician who served as the 38th and 40th Governor of Punjab,Template:Refn from 2013 to 2015 and from 2018 to 2022.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In his first term, he represented the Pakistan Muslim League (N). In his second term, he represented the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was a member of the Senate of Pakistan from March 2018 until September 2018.<ref name="Manan 01">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> From 1997 to 2010 Sarwar was a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom, representing the constituency of Glasgow Central in Glasgow, Scotland. He is the father of Anas Sarwar, the current leader of the Scottish Labour Party.

Born in Pirmahal, Punjab, Sarwar moved to Scotland in 1976 and built up a chain of cash and carry stores.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Sarwar served as the Scottish Labour Member of Parliament for Glasgow Central from 1997 to 2010 and retired from UK politics in 2010. During his tenure at Westminster, Sarwar served on the Scottish Affairs Select Committee, and his youngest son Anas Sarwar, who currently leads the Scottish Labour Party, served as MP for the same constituency from 2010 to 2015. He was the first Muslim Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom.<ref name=whowho>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

He relinquished UK citizenship in July 2013<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and became Governor of Punjab,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> representing the Pakistan Muslim League (N). He resigned from the position on 29 January 2015 after disagreeing with the government's foreign policy. He joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on 10 February 2015.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

He was a member of the Senate of Pakistan from March to September 2018.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He was appointed to a second term as Governor of Punjab in September 2018.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Early and family life

Mohammad Sarwar was born on 1 January 1950 to a Punjabi Arain family in Sain De Khuie, a village near Lyallpur (now Faisalabad), Pakistan. His family migrated from Jalandhar in 1947. In 1976 Sarwar moved to Scotland.<ref name=fatbuzz-sarwar>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> That year he married Perveen Sarwar, with whom he has three sons and one daughter.<ref name=whowho/>

In 1982 Sarwar and his brother founded United Wholesale Grocers, a wholesale cash and carry business. In 2002 the brothers split the business, with Sarwar renaming his part as United Wholesale (Scotland) while his brother retained the previous name.<ref name=bbc-2007-05-24>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

His eldest son was accused of an £850,000 missing trader fraud in United Wholesale (Scotland) while he was managing director in 2003. In 2011 the Court of Criminal Appeal overturned his 2007 conviction in the case.<ref name=bbc-2007-05-24 /><ref name=bbc-20110210>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Mohammad Sarwar was a remunerated director of the company.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

British political career

Sarwar first stood as a Labour councillor for Pollokshields East at the 1987 Glasgow City Council election, almost overturning a large Conservative majority. In the 1992 election he won the ward.<ref name=fatbuzz-sarwar/> Sarwar was elected as MP for Glasgow Govan at the 1997 general election, becoming the first Muslim MP in the United Kingdom and the first Asian MP elected to represent a Scottish constituency. He was the first MP to swear the Oath of Allegiance on the Qur'an, using the method laid out by the Oaths Act 1978.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Sarwar was suspended from holding office within the Labour Party in 1997 when he was charged with electoral offences,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> but he was acquitted in 1999 and the suspension was lifted.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

He was re-elected in Glasgow Govan at the 2001 general election. The 2005 general election saw boundary changes in Scotland, so he stood at and won the new constituency of Glasgow Central. He faced an opponent from the far-right 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.

Sarwar became a member of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee from 2004, and was chairman since 2005.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In August 2006, he was a signatory to an open letter to then-Prime Minister Tony Blair criticising UK foreign policy.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Sarwar played a crucial role in bringing to justice the killers of fifteen-year-old Glasgow schoolboy, Kriss Donald. The killers fled to Pakistan, which has no extradition treaty with the UK. Through his political connections, Sarwar was able to agree a one-off, no conditions attached, extradition treaty. They then faced trial and were convicted for the murder.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On 21 June 2007, Sarwar announced he would not stand for re-election at the 2010 general election.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> His son, Anas Sarwar, succeeded him as Labour MP for the Glasgow Central seat until the election of 2015 when it was taken by Alison Thewliss for the SNP.

In November 2008, Sarwar was one of 18 MPs who signed a Commons motion backing a Team GB football team at the 2012 Olympic Games, saying football "should not be any different from other competing sports and our young talent should be allowed to show their skills on the world stage".<ref>UK OLYMPIC FOOTBALL TEAM, EDM (Early Day Motion)2496: tabled on 12 November 2008</ref>

His nomination by outgoing Prime Minister, Gordon Brown for a life peerage in the 2010 Dissolution Honours was blocked by the House of Lords Appointments Commission on the advice of HM Revenue and Customs.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In May 2021, shortly before the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, Scottish Pakistani voters received campaign messages on WhatsApp, allegedly from Sarwar, urging them to vote for Scottish Labour, led by his son, Anas Sarwar.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Pakistani political career

Sarwar established the Sarwar Foundation in 2000, which focuses on provision of healthcare, clean water, education and women empowerment in Pakistan.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

He campaigned and fundraised in Britain for the centre-right conservative party Pakistan Muslim League (N) during the 2013 general election in Pakistan. Soon after Pakistan Muslim League (N) chief Nawaz Sharif was sworn in as prime minister, he showed his intentions to become governor of Pakistan's most populous province Punjab.

On 5 August 2013, he was sworn in as the 31st Governor of Punjab.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Citation needed span

He resigned as governor of Punjab on 29 January 2015.<ref name="Manan 01" /> On 8 February 2015, Sarwar joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On 3 March 2018, Sarwar was elected to the Senate of Pakistan on a general seat from Punjab after receiving 44 first priority and two second priority votes in the senate elections of that year.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On 5 September 2018 Sarwar took oath as 33rd Governor of Punjab in the PTI Punjab administration.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On 3 April 2022, amidst a constitutional crisis in Punjab, Sarwar was removed from the position of Governor of Punjab by the federal government and was replaced with Omar Sarfraz Cheema.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> His removal followed complaints from Parvez Elahi that he was not cooperative with PTI's allies.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Afterward, he criticized the PTI leadership and left the party.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He then joined the Pakistan Muslim League (Q), and left (PMLQ) in early 2024, and in January 2024, he joined the Pakistan People's Party (PPP).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal life

Sarwar is a supporter of Glasgow Celtic Football Club

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Mohammad Sarwar TheyWorkForYou.com
MP to quit over race case death threats The Guardian, 22 June 2007
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