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Cabinet reshuffle: Alok Sharma appointed UK business minister

BRITISH Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed Alok Sharma as his new business minister, the governmnet said in a statement on Thursday (13).

Sharma, 52, was also appointed as the minister in charge of the UK's COP26 climate change summit.


He was previously secretary of state for international development.

Sharma has held various roles, becoming the prime minister's infrastructure envoy to India in 2016 and a minister for housing the next year. He became the minister for international development in 2019.

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Pakistan summons UK envoy over protest in Bradford

FILE PHOTO: A Pakistani police officer stands guard outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad. (Photo by AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images)

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Pakistan summons UK envoy over protest in Bradford

PAKISTAN on Friday (26) summoned the UK’s senior diplomat in Islamabad and issued a demarche over a protest in Bradford near a Pakistani consulate, where what it described as “provocative statements” were made against the country’s civil and military leadership.

Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said deputy head of mission Matt Kennel was called to the Foreign Office at 2 pm to convey Pakistan’s protest over the incident.

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