Bashir Maan
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Bashir Mann CBE (born 1925/1926) is an Asian-Scottish politician, businessman and writer.
He arrived in Glasgow from his native Pakistan in 1953 at the age of 27.
In 1970 he was the first person born in Pakistan to be elected to a public office in the United Kingdom, to serve as a Labour councillor for the Kingston ward of Glasgow Corporation. He has since resigned from the Scottish Labour Party after homophobic comments.
He is currently Scotland's representative on the Muslim Council of Great Britain.
In 2006 he became involved in the Misbah Rana alleged abduction case.
[edit] Bibliography
- The New Scots: The Story of Asians in Scotland, John Donald Publishers, 1992
[edit] External links
- Archive - BBC Scotland
- Profile on One Scotland
- Bashir Mann forced to resign over homophobic comments
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