ajid Iltaf Khan, Baron Khan of Burnley is a British Labour Party politician. He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the North West England European constituency from 2017 until 2019. He sat on the Foreign Affairs Committee and Human Rights Committee, as well as the Arab Peninsula and South Asia delegations. His main policy interests include workers? rights, youth empowerment and human rights. In December 2020, it was announced he would be conferred a life peerage after a nomination by Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer.
Wajid also served on the National Policy Forum and International Policy Commission for the Labour Party, contributing towards the excellent election manifesto in the June 2017 General Election. He is also Alumni of the prestigious Oxford Young leadership programme in July 2007 and the 2009 Mosaic International Leadership School, both initiatives of HRH Prince Charles on leadership and community engagement.
The AIMS International congratulates him on this great achievement and will publish his detailed interview in the next issue.