Tag Archives: Pakistan

Part-time Perry sends distress signal with upside-down flag

Posted on August 13, 2022 by insidecroydon

Jason Perry’s attempts to pander to the borough’s various communities back-fired yesterday, when Croydon’s part-time Mayor presided over a ceremony in which he and an assorted clutch of dignitaries and hangers-on hoisted the Pakistan flag outside the Town Hall – … Continue reading →

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Steve O’Connell took gift from cricket fixer Majeed

Posted on February 27, 2012 by insidecroydon

Steve O’Connell, Britain’s most overpaid local councillor, in 2008 accepted a gift from Mazhar Majeed, the sports agent who last November was sentenced to 20 months in prison for his part in the Pakistan Test cricket spot-fixing scandal. O’Connell, ward … Continue reading →

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Court out? Croydon’s cricket fixer undone by a tabloid

Posted on November 4, 2011 by insidecroydon

The trial of the three Pakistan cricketers accused of spot fixing at last year’s Lord’s Test match concluded yesterday at Southwark Crown Court with prison sentences for them and their Croydon-based agent who orchestrated the fix, Mazhar Majeed. Majeed had … Continue reading →

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London Road stories: the Hassans’ laundrette

Posted on August 27, 2011 by insidecroydon

Mumtaz and and Mujahida Hassan, who are part of the persecuted Ahmadiyyan community, fled from Pakistan 17 years ago. Since then, they have built up a thriving Crystal Clean Laundrette business on the London Road, their income has helped them … Continue reading →

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