I’m the son of a mill worker who I joined in smog-filled but vibrant Bradford, West Yorkshire back in the good old days of 1960. Although born in the newly independent but part of the British commonwealth country of Pakistan, I came to Yorkshire as soon as I could. I was then only eight years old.

"I'm not a typical member of the House of Lords, I'm very much a peer of the people." Lord Nazir Ahmed, I'm from a working-class background and I'm very proud of that. I got involved with the business twenty-three years ago, and every little bit we have done as a family. I look back and I think, well that's a great achievement. 

Councillor Ch. Akhtar Zaman JP, born in 1967 in Jataria Klan, a village near Lalamusa, Pakistan lives in Bolton. He attended a primary school in the nearby village Chak Rajadi and went to Govt. Islamia High School, Lalamusa where he excelled in his secondary education. After passing his matriculation exam with excellent marks, he attended the Federal Govt. Degree College Kharian Cantt.

Mohammed Afzal Khan CBE (born 1960, in Jhelum, Pakistan), is a Labour Party politician in Manchester, England and a Member of the European Parliament. Afzal Khan was born in Pakistan and moved to Brierfield in Lancashire when he was 12 years old. He started his working life as a labourer in a mill and later became a weaver. On moving to Manchester he resumed his education and completed his A-levels at Abraham Moss College.

Zahida Parveen Manzoor, Baroness Manzoor CBE (born 25 May 1958) is an English businessperson and public appointee, who was elevated to the House of Lords as a Liberal Democrat peer in 2013. From 2003 to 2011 she served as the Legal Services Ombudsman for England and Wales, reporting directly to Parliament.