Pakistan origin High Sheriff of Manchester Dr Robina Shah honoured with international award

Pakistan origin High Sheriff of Manchester Dr Robina Shah honoured with international award

MANCHESTER: Pakistani-origin High Sheriff of Greater Manchester Dr Robina Shah has been honoured with an international award for her services in the United Kingdom.

She will receive a Norwegian Organisation’s special award for her extraordinary volunteer services in the United Kingdom.

Originally from Rawalpindi, Shah a senior lecturer at the University of Manchester was officially installed as The High Sheriff on April 12.

Organised by the Pakistan Union Norway, the ceremony will be held on August 25 in Oslo and will be attended by the Norwegian Minister for Culture Trine Skei Grande. link link

"It is a huge privilege to be the custodian of this historic public service role in order to serve the people of Greater Manchester with dignity, humility and sincerity throughout my year of office," she said.

In her message to the youth, she said, our young generation has the ability to achieve their goals.

“There are challenges and hardships but the European youth has the ability to deal with these challenges," she said.