Pakistani-origin woman is Conservative Party chairperson
Chalk up another "first" for the new British government. Not only does it have the youngest prime minister in almost 200 years and the first peacetime
coalition government in nearly 70, it has the first Muslim woman to be a full member of the Cabinet.
She's Sayeeda Warsi, a Conservative who was named minister without portfolio.Sayeeda Warsi, an unelected member of the House of Lords, said after being named a cabinet minister in Britain's new government that she was proud of being "from working class, of Muslim faith and of Pakistani background".
coalition government in nearly 70, it has the first Muslim woman to be a full member of the Cabinet.She's Sayeeda Warsi, a Conservative who was named minister without portfolio.Sayeeda Warsi, an unelected member of the House of Lords, said after being named a cabinet minister in Britain's new government that she was proud of being "from working class, of Muslim faith and of Pakistani background".
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