Birmingham: Exclusive Interview Newly Elected Lord Mayor of Birmingham Councillor Muhammad Afzal at Council House Victoria Square. Councillor Muhammad Afzal has elected Newly Lord Mayor of Birmingham.He has spent 37 years of service as an elected Councillor since 1982. He was elected as England’s first Councillor of Muslim and Pakistani origin by Birmingham City Council. Report By S M IRFAN TAHIR Photojournalist / Member National Union of Journalist UK, Director World News TV UK, Khushi Qureshi Special Correspondence WNTV West Midlands and Rabia from Paris, France.