User:Qassim afzal

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Name 				Qassim Afzal. MA

Marital Status			Wife Zahra Afzal, Masters in political science, currently reading 				MA in Education, specials needs and assistant teacher.

Children 			Hamza (16), Zaynab (14), Hassan (9), Yusuf (2ish)

Education			Graduated Maths Stats & Computing, Certificate in 						Languages, Master Degree in International Business, Part 					Units MA/BA Islam Middle-Eastern Studies, Transferred for 					MPhil to Writing up PhD in Foreign Policy UN Resolutions 					(subcontinent) Special interests

Media Broadcast Journalist, International Trading, Globalisation, (textile industry), Business Strategy, Foreign Affairs (specialist Pakistan, Kashmir Middle East and Islamic interfaith issues), Working with Youth

Professional experience

Expertises: consultant: business enterprise, economic development, strategic marketing, networking, globalisation, fdi, diversity faith & race, mentoring, trade portfolio: China, India, Pakistan, USA, 15 years media, alongside BBC, Moor TV, Action Time, producer, director, media trainer & lecturer, current affairs presenter, broadcast & Journalist

30 years of entrepreneurial experience reflected in the RDAs sub-board as member of 50:50 Vision and Chair/Vice of the Ethnic Minority Business forum for NW Region, strategically advising the NWDA to narrow the £13 billion GVA gap. Stakeholder: Business Link, Learning & Skills Council and UK Trade & Investment, Qassim has provided strategic consultant expertise to government ministers, Department of Business Enterprise Regularity Reform (DBERR) and the Regional Development Agency 2008, the ODA and 2012 games.

Party Political Experience:

Elections Campaigner,

1998 	Qassim hit the ground running, a 4-week campaign, destroying Labour’s strongest UK seat, a 	32% swing, becoming first Manchester Born Asian LibDems Councillor

2001 	Parliamentary spokesperson for Small Heath & Sparkbrook 5% swing, 2004/2009 Euro 	Candidate, 2005 and 2010 Gorton’s Parliamentary spokesperson a historic 33% share & 12% 	swing, best recorded result in 55 years, in total fighting 15 election for LibDems

Qassim has served at nearly every level of the party, directly elected to Parliamentary Candidates Association, Media & Communication spokesperson 1999, PCA Rep Diversity Engagement Group, from 2000, Federal Executive, Federal Conference Committee, International Relations Committee, Interim Peers Panel, Liberal International, ELDR, Local Government Association, English Council. 2008 Vice Chair NW Regional Executive, Chaired NW Regional Conference, (NWR Policy, Standards & Practice Committees).

Also Chaired: LibDems Manchester City Party, Cheetham Wards, Blackly & Gorton Constituency, Manchester Gorton Constituency and LibDems Friends Pakistan & Kashmir a (AO). He is one of three on the approval panel for the FE for Special Affiliated Organisations (SAO).

2010 one of the key executive voters for the Lib/Con Coalition. 2011, re-elected to FE/FC, sitting alongside the party president, deputy leader and Deputy Prime Minister.

Party History

Qassim’s researched, constructed, moved chaired and spoken on policy at federal conferences on central government funding, civil liberties, equality, racial terminology, religious discrimination, India Pakistan UN resolution, anti-Iraq war and Guantanamo-bay.

Qassim is recognised nationally and internationally as a committed Liberal Democrat, especially amongst the BME and British Muslim community, spreading the word as an accomplished speaker, in the USA at the Palestinian Israel dialog inauguration 2000.

Qassim Represented Baroness Saira Ludford MEP as key not speaker & panellist challenging Labour/Conservative parliamentarians at Amnesty International AGM, on human rights, justice, a guest speaker at Lib Dem Youth & Students' AGM, and public speaker at a 15000 strong anti-war demonstrations, Guest Speaker at the LibDems disability dinner, business networks, enterprise seminars, along hundreds of public engagements.

Qassim in 2010 Coalition, Liberal Democrats & Conservative, played an intricate part in the engagements and informational flow as a member of the parties National Federal Executive and one of the 15 FE voters amongst the complete Parliamentary team, Commons, Lords and European Parliament

2011 Recently represented parliamentary member on tuition fees cross party panel at Manchester University Question Time:

Kate Green MP Edwina Currie Qassim Afzal Lib Dem PPC, Gorton and member of Federal Executive Dan Silver, One North West John Goodman, Head of Policy Co-operatives UK Simon Richards, Director of the Freedom Association Representative from Manchester TUC (TBC) Chair: Annabel Tiffin, BBC North West

Delegations & International Relations (peace)

1999: 	Leading cross party group of councillor speaker at Pakistan Parliament 1999	Meets with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. 1999	Dissection of economic development with Rafiq President Tarrah 2003	Represented the party in leading several high level presidential parliamentary delegations to 2003	Pakistan and Kashmir (line of control) 2000 	Guest speaker in California on Jewish Muslim peace dialog, 2005	Delegate to NATO briefing on Afghanistan, Iraq & Kashmir 2005 	Meet heads of state, President Musharraf, visiting refuge camps. Later meeting with former 2007	cricket play Imran Khan the future on democracy in his country.

2009	Now Deputy Prime Minister arranged, briefed and accompanied DPM Nick Clegg to meet 	Pakistan President Zardari. 2011 	DPM for a UN meeting for aid and business infrastructure development due to the devastating flood, moved question for aid and economic infrastructural development,£10,000,000

Other interests

Qassim has in-depth knowledge of British Muslims and their organizations. In 1996 lead a team to established the first Eid Festival as a public event, working with many communities and the local police to building bridges between faiths. He chaired the first national policy debate of minorities in Church of England school, with Yusuf Islam (cat Steven), and chaired the blue print for the Standing Agreed Commission for Religious Education, bring in a wealth of knowledge & contacts.

Awards, Nominations Prince Turkey of Saudi Ambassador to the UK nominated Qassim as one of the top one hundred Muslim leaders for the WEF. Lord Charles Taylor (Leader for the House Lords) presented shield for Political Contributions in the commons, Baroness Diana Medock, Presidents presented an award for the historical political gain in 1998 with the biggest swing in the country and a by-election Win. Rt. Hon Charles Kennedy MP (Leader) presented a Photography awarded for a picture that says a thousand words.

Recreations		gym/martial arts/working out with the kids, travailing with my young 				family, chilling at home, watching star trek and news night

Publications		News Manchester, designed book covers, contributed to many reports, former 			bureau chief for Q news international

Address	Office		ABI House 339 Cheetham Hill Road Manchester UK M8 0SN

Telephone		0161 25 2885 07956 87 3 46

Email			Qassim.afzal@ntlworld.com Website			www.qassim-afzal.com You Table		www.youtube.com/qassimafzal Facebook 		qassimafzal4mp@hotmail.co.uk