JKSDMI UK Chairperson Cllr Yasmine Dar has been elected 1st Kashmiri Muslim Female Lord Mayor of Manchester

Manchester: Jammu Kashmir Self Determination Movement International UK Chairperson Councillor Yasmine Dar has been elected 1st Kashmiri Muslim Female Lord Mayor of Manchester.

6 more Lord Mayors and Mayors also been elected in North of England in the different Councils Councillor Mohammad Ayub has been elected Lord Mayor of Bolton, Councillor Majid Khan has been elected Lord Mayor of Stoke on Trent second time. Councillor Dr Zahid Chohan has been elected Mayor of Oldham. Councillor Tafheen Shareef has been elected First Kashmiri Muslim female Mayor of Tameside. Councillor Arif Khan been elected Mayor of Burnley and Councillor Parvaiz Akhtar has been elected Mayor of Blackburn.

Raja Najabat Hussain Chairman JKSDMI, Sardar Abdur Rahman Khan Patron JKSDMI, Amjid Hussain Mughal Vice Chairman JKSDMI UK, Sallar Mumtaz Ahmed Chishty Vice Chairman JKSDMI, Councillor Sabiya Khan Chairperson British Muslim Women’s Forum UK, Cllr Naila Shareef Chairperson JKSDMI North of England, Asia Hussain Chairperson JKSDMI West Midlands, Abdul Wahab Qadri Chairman JKSDMI South of England and Zeshan Arif Chairman Youth Wing congratulated all the newly elected Lord Mayors and Mayors as well as Councillors throughout the UK and requested them to work closely with the local Parliamentarians and their political Parties including colleagues in Councils and raise the voice of suffering people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir by the Security forces. Raja Najabat Hussain Sitara I Pakistan said that British Kashmiris and Pakistanis have played very important role in the past and we hope that newly elected Councillors will also join the peaceful campaign of JKSDMI in UK and Europe.