LONDON – Scottish Labour on Saturday announced Anas Sarwar as the party’sfirst Muslim leader after he won the Scottish Labour leadership contest.
Anas, a Glasgow member of the Scottish parliament defeated Monica Lennon.The move comes ahead of an election for the country’s devolved parliamentin May.
The 37-year-old is the first Muslim and Pakistani to become the leader ofthe Scottish Labour Party.
Earlier on Saturday, Chaudhary Muhammad Sarwar tweeted that his son waselected as the Scottish Labour Party leader by securing 57.56% of votes. Asa father I am overjoyed and proud to see you make history and take on theresponsibility of rebuilding the Scottish Labour Party, he added in thetweet.
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On the other hand, Anas in his acceptance speech promised to be “brutallyhonest” with the people of Scotland.
It is to be noted that Anas is a graduate from the University of Glasgowand was a dentist in Paisley for five years before he became an MP.
