Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 1396
Fax: 020 7219 1384
ahmedn@parliament.uk
Biography
Party groups
Chair, South Yorkshire Labour Party 1994-98;
Vice-chair, South Yorkshire Euro-constituency Party 1996-98;
Administrative suspension from Labour Party April-June 2012
Councils, public bodies
Councillor, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council 1990-2000;
JP, Rotherham 1992-2000;
Founder, British Muslim Councillors Forum 1992-98
International bodies
Member:
Inter-Parliamentary Union 1998-,
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association 1998-;
Patron, Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Commission 1998,
Al-Shifa, Pakistan 1999-;
Head of British Muslim Peace and Recognition Initiative in Darfur
Political interests
Human rights, Kashmiri right of self-determination, conflict resolution, race relations, relations with Muslim countries, dialogue of civilisation, education, immigration, minorities' rights, private diplomacy, release of british teacher Gillian Gibbons
Countries of interest
North Africa, China, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, USA
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Ahmed, of Rotherham in the County of South Yorkshire 1998
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Blackhorn Properties Limited (property development)
Redbrick Homes Limited (property development)
Director, Newbond Investments Limited (real estate; remuneration from Reliance UK Border Agency Escorting (see category 2) is received through this company)
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Adviser on Diversity, Reliance UKBA Escorting (provides escorting services both in-country and overseas on behalf of UK Border Agency) (until June 2013)
Business development manager, Kilnhurst Business Park, Rotherham
Chancellor, British Institute of Technology and E-Commerce (expenses and loss of earnings only, for attending meetings and conferences)
4: Shareholdings (a)
Newbond Investments Limited (real estate)
Kilnhurst Business Park, Rotherham
5: Land and property
Freehold interest in, and ground rent investment from, properties in Sheffield at Cammell Road, Firth Park, Sheffield and Granby Road, Firth Park, Sheffield
Guest House in Doncaster
Kilnhurst Business Park, Rotherham
7: Overseas visits
Visit to Dubai and Qatar, 4-9 January 2012; travel costs were met by Council for European Palestinian Relations (CEPR); two days' accommodation was paid by Government of Qatar
Visit to Strasbourg, 21 January 2012, to attend a COJEP International (Council for Justice, Equality and Peace) human rights award ceremony; COJEP International paid for travel to Strasbourg and one night's accommodation (Member paid for return flight)
Visit to Barcelona, 3-4 February 2012, as guest of Counsellor General of Pakistan; cost of two nights' accommodation (but not travel) met by Counsellor General of Pakistan
Visit to Sarajevo, Bosnia, 6-8 May 2012; travel costs met by Mr Aamer Sarfraz and two nights' accommodation provided by Pakistan Ambassador
Visit to Oslo, 25-26 May 2012; accommodation costs met by Islamic Cultural Centre in Oslo
Visit to Toronto, Canada, 1-4 June 2012; all travel and accommodation costs met by Friends of Kashmir in Toronto
Visit to Johannesburg and Pretoria, South Africa, 4-8 July 2012; all travel and accommodation met by Al-Gazali School/College, Pretoria
Visit to Beirut, 2-6 August 2012; all travel and accommodation costs paid by British Institute of Technology and E-commerce
Visit to Ancona, Italy, 6-9 September 2012, for conference/retreat with a group called The Concordia; all travel and accommodation costs met by them
Visit to Sri Lanka, 28 November - 1 December 2012; all travel and accommodation provided by Tauba Group
Visit to Gujranwala, Pakistan, 19-26 December 2012, to attend a meeting at the invitation of Awais Ceramics Industry; travel costs met by hosts
10: Non-financial interests (d)
Member of International Expert Team, Institute for Research of Genocide, Canada
Fazaldad Human Rights Organisation
10: Non-financial interests (e)
Chairman, Better Tomorrow Institute for Education (charitable school in Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan)
Joseph Interfaith Foundation