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India.com
4 days ago
- Business
- India.com
Richest man of Pakistan once washed dishes, now earns Rs 74000 crore from... ,no match for Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani, his net worth is...
Shahid Khan-Pakistan Richest man of Pakistan: You must have heard many stories about India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani and how he achieved success becoming one of the modern business legends of India. However, do you know who is the richest man of Pakistan? You would be amazed to know that now the richest man of Pakistan, Shahid Khan went to the United States with only US$500 in his pocket where he took a dishwashing role just after reaching the country. Here are all the details you need to know about Shahid Rafiq Khan, the richest man of Pakistan. Who is Pakistani-born billionaire Shahid Khan? The story of Pakistani-born billionaire Shahid Khan is truly a rags-to-riches tale as from being someone who washed dishes to make ends meet to now owning auto parts supplier Flex-N-Gate and the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars. Talking about his business journey, Khan started a car-bumper manufacturing company Bumper Works in 1978. Apart from this, Khan also owns two professional sports teams. As per various media reports, Khan bought the National Football League's Jacksonville Jaguars in 2011 for $770 million which is now valued at $4.8 billion. Khan also purchased the Fulham Football Club of the English Premier League in 2013. What is the Family background of Shahid Khan? Born in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1950, the mother of Shahid Khan was a math professor and his father sold surveying equipment. After moving to the US, Shahid Khan started working on auto-parts and over the next three decades, Khan expanded his company into a business with more than 60 manufacturing plants across the US, a report by Bloomberg said. Talking about his family background, Shahid is married to Ann Carlson Khan, whom he met at university. As per media reports, the couple has two children, daughter Shanna and son Tony who share a very good bond. What is Net worth of Pakistani-born billionaire Shahid Khan? As per Forbes, the net worth of Shahid Khan is around USD 13.1 billion (Rs 1,10,000 crore) as of July, 2025.
Hindustan Times
14-07-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
FBI evidence forms core of NIA probe into 26/11 accused Tahawwur Rana
Evidence collected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), including intercepted conversations and emails between Tahawwur Rana, David Coleman Headley and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) planners in Pakistan, forms the key basis of conspiracy charges filed earlier this week by the National Investigation Agency's (NIA) in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, according to officials familiar with the development. The FBI had also recovered travel details of Tahawwur Rana to Dubai,, where he met Pasha just before the 26/11 attacks.(AFP and ChatGPT) The federal agency on Wednesday filed a supplementary charge sheet calling the Pakistani-born Canadian citizen a 'key conspirator' based on his interrogation and evidence collected, both by it and the FBI, which was also part of extradition documents. For instance, the FBI recorded a conversation between Headley and Rana when they took a long car ride on September 7, 2009, in which they discussed the Mumbai attacks, Rana's appreciation for LeT, his meeting with Abdur Rehman Hashim Syed alias Pasha (a former major in Pakistan army and 26/11 handler) in Dubai, giving Nishaan-e-Haider (Pakistan's highest military honour to nine attackers) and the future plan to attack the National Defence College (NDC) in India. Subsequently, in email conversations on August 11 and 17, 2009 between Headley and Sajid Mir (a top LeT operative), retrieved by the FBI, discussions took place with regard to Rana praising Mir for planning the attacks in Mumbai. The FBI had also recovered travel details of Rana to Dubai,, where he met Pasha just before the 26/11 attacks. ALSO READ | Submitted additional evidence against Tahawwur Rana in fresh charge sheet: NIA 'All these conversations form the evidence of conspiracy, in which Rana had actively taken part and base the charges in the court,' said an officer, who asked not to be named. This officer explained that the Indian Evidence Act has the provision to allow evidence submitted elsewhere to be used in trial in India. The FBI had also recovered the memory cards containing videos and photographs of various locations in India provided to the co-conspirators in Pakistan for the purpose of planning attacks, maps and books of targets, false immigration documents prepared by Rana for Headley for obtaining a five-year business visa for India, financial documents establishing Rana wiring money to Headley on four occasions during latter's trips to India, and details of payment of expenses associated with the Immigrant Law Centre office of Rana in Mumbai (which acted as a cover for the surveillance activities of Headley), according to a second officer. Importantly, the Indian investigators have also used the testimony of Headley --- an NIA team questioned him in the US in June 2010 --- to build a case against Rana and to establish that they were close friends who attended a military boarding high school together in Pakistan, and discussed all aspects of 26/11 conspiracy on a regular basis. The NIA also gathered substantial evidence against Rana and Headley during its probe, which was also shared with the US during extradition proceedings, and has been included in the latest charge sheet as well. This includes witness statements, copies of leases (of Immigration Law Centre), and their travel details within India and Headley's travels to Pakistan after every India trip. ALSO READ | 'Trusted by Pakistan Army, helped in 26/11': What Tahawwur Rana revealed in NIA custody The NIA has also included a protected witness, who had received Headley in Mumbai on Rana's instructions, in its probe. The agency has also been able to establish that Rana 'occasionally communicated directly with some of Headley's contacts in Pakistan' and passed on information as and when required,' according to the second officer. As documented by NIA, Rana was involved in the entire conspiracy from as early as 2006 and had agreed with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Headley's plan to allow his Immigration Law Centre to open a branch in Mumbai as a cover for latter's surveillance activities. Rana was brought from Los Angeles in a special aircraft on April 10 and formally arrested after a five years extradition battle, which was supported by the US government. He has been charged for murder, terrorism act, attempt to murder, criminal conspiracy and waging war. Rana, a 64-year-old former captain in the Pakistan Army who served as a medical officer, moved to Canada in 1990 and acquired citizenship before shifting to Chicago, where he opened a consultancy firm. The broader 26/11 conspiracy involved 10 accused, with seven based in Pakistan during the 26/11 attacks. Apart from Rana and Headley, the Pakistan-based conspirators include Hafiz Saeed, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi (LeT operations chief), Sajid Majeed alias Sajid Mir (LeT commander), Abdur Rehman Hashim Syed alias Pasha (retired Pakistani major), Major Iqbal and Major Sameer Ali (ISI officers), Abdul Rehman Makki (LeT's former deputy head who died in Lahore last December), and Ilyas Kashmiri (al-Qaeda leader killed in a US drone strike in June 2011). While several Pakistani conspirators have been sentenced—Hafiz Saeed to 78 years in 2020, Lakhvi to three consecutive five-year terms in 2021, and Sajid Mir reportedly to eight years—Indian officials maintain they continue operating freely under ISI protection.
North Wales Chronicle
13-06-2025
- North Wales Chronicle
Seven men convicted of sexual exploitation of two teenage girls in Rochdale
The defendants preyed on the vulnerabilities of the victims to groom them as 'sex slaves' from the age of 13 on various dates in the Greater Manchester town between 2001 and 2006. Both girls had 'deeply troubled home lives' and were given drugs, alcohol, cigarette, places to stay and people to be with, Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard. Soon after they were expected to have sex 'whenever and wherever' the defendants and other men wanted in filthy flats, on rancid mattresses, in cars, car parks, alleyways and disused warehouses. Jurors deliberated for three weeks before delivering their unanimous guilty verdicts on Friday. Three of the abusers, Mohammed Zahid, 64, Mushtaq Ahmed, 67, and Kasir Bashir, 50, – all born in Pakistan – were stallholders on the town's indoor market. Father-of-three Zahid – known as Boss Man – gave free underwear from his lingerie stall to both complainants and also money, alcohol and food in return for the expectation of regular sex with him and his friends. In 2016, Zahid was jailed for five years in an earlier grooming gang case after he engaged in sexual activity in 2006 with a 15-year-old girl who he met when she visited his stall to buy tights for school. Bashir did not attend the current trial as jurors were ordered not to speculate why but it can be revealed that he absconded while on bail before the trial got under way. It can also be reported that co-defendants Mohammed Shahzad, 44, Naheem Akram, 48, and Nisar Hussain, 41, were remanded in custody with their bail revoked in January before the jury was sworn in. Police received intelligence that the three Rochdale-born taxi drivers were planning to leave the UK and had already paid a deposit for their transport, the court heard. All three denied the accusation but Judge Jonathan Seely said the court was not prepared to take a risk that they too would abscond. A seventh defendant, Pakistani-born Roheez Khan, 39, also featured in another previous Rochdale grooming trial in 2013 when he was one of five men convicted of sexually exploiting a 'profoundly vulnerable' 15-year-old girl in 2008 and 2009. Khan was jailed for six-and-a-half years for engaging in sexual activity with a child and witness intimidation. Opening the prosecution case in January, Rossano Scamardella KC said Rochdale had been 'blighted' by child sexual exploitation and that one of the two complainants, Girl A, was abused by many other Asian men. Girl A told the jury she could have been targeted by more than 200 offenders as her phone number was swapped but said 'there was that many it was hard to keep count'. She told local children's services in 2004 that she was 'hanging around' with groups of older men, drinking and taking cannabis, the court heard. Giving evidence, Girl B said she was living in a local children's home when she was preyed on by Zahid, Ahmed and Bashir. She said she presumed various agencies knew what was going on as police regularly picked her up after social workers labelled her a 'prostitute'. Girl B told the hearing she had since read her file held by Rochdale social services which she said stated she had been selling herself for sex from the age of 10. Both complainants denied claims from defence barristers that they fabricated the allegations to secure compensation. Zahid, of, Station Road, Crumpsall, was convicted of raping Girl A and Girl B, who did not know each other. Jurors also found him guilty of offences of indecency with a child and procuring a child to have sex. Ahmed, of Corona Avenue, Oldham, and Bashir, of Napier Street East, Oldham, were convicted of multiple counts of rape and indecency with a child, in relation to Girl B. Shahzad, of Beswicke Royds Street, Rochdale, Akram, of Manley Road, Rochdale, Hussain, of New Field Close, Rochdale, and Khan, of Athole Street, Rochdale, were convicted of multiple counts of rape against Girl A. Roheez Khan was found guilty of a single count of rape against Girl A. During the trial the prosecution offered no evidence against an eight defendant, Arfan Khan, 41, of Rochdale, who was cleared of various sexual offences. All the perpetrators were prosecuted as part of Operation Lytton, an ongoing investigation since 2015 by Greater Manchester Police into historical child sexual exploitation in Rochdale. A total of 37 individuals have been charged so far, with five more trials scheduled to take place from September onwards. Judge Seely thanked the jurors for 'giving up a very substantial chunk of their lives'. He said: 'You have had to deal with a case, the facts of which undoubtedly can be described as harrowing, very harrowing, for anyone who has heard them. 'All of us have noticed the extraordinary care and dedication you have given to trying this case.' The judge told the defendants they faced 'lengthy prison sentences' as he remanded them all in custody. Sentencing of the men, including Bashir in his absence, will take place on a date to be fixed. Following verdicts, Detective Superintendent Alan Clitherow, of Greater Manchester Police, said: 'There was information at the time that police and other agencies could, and should, have done something with and we didn't. 'The way those victims were dealt with at the time is indefensible and inexcusable. 'We have made comprehensive apologies for that. We're not perfect but we are very much improving now on how we manage these investigations. 'We have got a dedicated central team, we have got multi-agency teams that work out on districts. So, we are now light years away from where we were at that time. 'But the simple fact is that we did make mistakes. We didn't act on information we should have but we have learnt from that.' Assistant Chief Constable Steph Parker said: 'I know that our past failings have meant there are people who doubt the police's commitment today to putting grooming gangs behind bars where they belong. Let me be clear – time is no barrier to justice, and we are actively working with dozens of survivors on numerous investigations to ensure no offender gets away with this. When you are ready, we will listen. 'Our dedicated child sexual exploitation major investigations team has almost 100 investigators working every day to listen to victims and to bring cases to court. Every town, city and borough in Greater Manchester has a dedicated multi-agency safeguarding team that shares information and investigates all reports to protect children from harm. 'We're light years ahead of where we were, and we are totally focused on listening to survivors and continuing to further improve on our best practices which are now well embedded.' Liz Fell, specialist prosecutor for the CPS's organised child sexual abuse unit, said: 'This case has been incredibly complex and challenging, but thanks to the close collaboration with Greater Manchester Police, we were able to build a compelling case to present to the court. The jury saw through the defendants and delivered the justice these victims deserve. 'These convictions send a very clear message that the CPS, working alongside law enforcement colleagues, will relentlessly pursue justice for victims and prosecute those who sexually exploit children, whenever that abuse took place.'
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Yahoo
Seven men used teenage girls as ‘sex slaves' in Rochdale
Seven Asian men have been convicted of the sexual exploitation of two white teenage schoolgirls in Rochdale. The abusers preyed on the vulnerabilities of the victims to groom them as 'sex slaves' from the age of 13 on various dates in the Greater Manchester town between 2001 and 2006. Both girls had 'deeply troubled home lives' and were given drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, places to stay and people to be with, Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard. Soon after, they were expected to have sex 'whenever and wherever' the abusers and other men wanted in filthy flats, on rancid mattresses, in cars, car parks, alleyways and disused warehouses. Jurors deliberated for three weeks before delivering their unanimous guilty verdicts on Friday. Three of the abusers, Mohammed Zahid, 64, Mushtaq Ahmed, 67, and Kasir Bashir, 50 – all born in Pakistan – were stallholders on the town's indoor market. Father-of-three Zahid, known as Boss Man, gave free underwear from his lingerie stall to both complainants and also money, alcohol and food in return for the expectation of regular sex with him and his friends. In 2016, Zahid was jailed for five years in an earlier grooming gang case after he engaged in sexual activity in 2006 with a 15-year-old girl who he met when she visited his stall to buy tights for school. Bashir did not attend the current trial, and jurors were ordered not to speculate why, but it can be revealed that he absconded while on bail before the trial got underway. It can also be reported that Mohammed Shahzad, 44, Naheem Akram, 48, and Nisar Hussain, 41, were remanded in custody with their bail revoked in January before the jury was sworn in. Police received intelligence that the three Rochdale-born taxi drivers were planning to leave the UK and had already paid a deposit for their transport, the court heard. All three denied the accusation, but Judge Jonathan Seely said the court was not prepared to take a risk that they too would abscond. A seventh defendant, Pakistani-born Roheez Khan, 39, also featured in another previous Rochdale grooming trial in 2013 when he was one of five men convicted of sexually exploiting a 'profoundly vulnerable' 15-year-old girl in 2008 and 2009. Khan was jailed for six-and-a-half years for engaging in sexual activity with a child and witness intimidation. The convictions are the latest under Operation Lytton, the most recent in a series of major investigations either launched, aborted or relaunched by Greater Manchester Police to deal with gangs acting 'in plain sight' decades earlier. Operation Augusta was first launched in 2004/5 into grooming in south Manchester by Asian men after the death of Victoria Agoglia, 15, on September 29 2003. She was in care but died after being injected with heroin by a man more than 30 years her senior, and had reported being raped. GMP identified 97 grooming suspects and 25 child victims, all under the care of Manchester city council, but at a joint police and council meeting in 2005, bosses decided to abruptly shut down the operation. Minutes from the meeting taken by the police and the council both disappeared. Two senior officers in the meeting were later promoted to chief constables, Parliament heard. More grooming gang offences in Rochdale were investigated in 2008 but the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) made the decision not to proceed to trial on the basis that it viewed the main victim as 'unreliable'. GMP later launched Operation Span, investigating offences between 2010 and 2012. It resulted in the conviction of nine men from Rochdale following a high-profile trial at Liverpool Crown Court ending in May 2012. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Powys County Times
13-06-2025
- Powys County Times
Seven men convicted of sexual exploitation of two teenage girls in Rochdale
Seven Asian men have been convicted of the sexual exploitation of two white teenage schoolgirls in Rochdale. The defendants preyed on the vulnerabilities of the victims to groom them as 'sex slaves' from the age of 13 on various dates in the Greater Manchester town between 2001 and 2006. Both girls had 'deeply troubled home lives' and were given drugs, alcohol, cigarette, places to stay and people to be with, Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard. Soon after they were expected to have sex 'whenever and wherever' the defendants and other men wanted in filthy flats, on rancid mattresses, in cars, car parks, alleyways and disused warehouses. Jurors deliberated for three weeks before delivering their unanimous guilty verdicts on Friday. Three of the abusers, Mohammed Zahid, 64, Mushtaq Ahmed, 67, and Kasir Bashir, 50, – all born in Pakistan – were stallholders on the town's indoor market. Father-of-three Zahid – known as Boss Man – gave free underwear from his lingerie stall to both complainants and also money, alcohol and food in return for the expectation of regular sex with him and his friends. In 2016, Zahid was jailed for five years in an earlier grooming gang case after he engaged in sexual activity in 2006 with a 15-year-old girl who he met when she visited his stall to buy tights for school. Bashir did not attend the current trial as jurors were ordered not to speculate why but it can be revealed that he absconded while on bail before the trial got under way. It can also be reported that co-defendants Mohammed Shahzad, 44, Naheem Akram, 48, and Nisar Hussain, 41, were remanded in custody with their bail revoked in January before the jury was sworn in. Police received intelligence that the three Rochdale-born taxi drivers were planning to leave the UK and had already paid a deposit for their transport, the court heard. All three denied the accusation but Judge Jonathan Seely said the court was not prepared to take a risk that they too would abscond. A seventh defendant, Pakistani-born Roheez Khan, 39, also featured in another previous Rochdale grooming trial in 2013 when he was one of five men convicted of sexually exploiting a 'profoundly vulnerable' 15-year-old girl in 2008 and 2009. Khan was jailed for six-and-a-half years for engaging in sexual activity with a child and witness intimidation. Opening the prosecution case in January, Rossano Scamardella KC said Rochdale had been 'blighted' by child sexual exploitation and that one of the two complainants, Girl A, was abused by many other Asian men. Girl A told the jury she could have been targeted by more than 200 offenders as her phone number was swapped but said 'there was that many it was hard to keep count'. She told local children's services in 2004 that she was 'hanging around' with groups of older men, drinking and taking cannabis, the court heard. Giving evidence, Girl B said she was living in a local children's home when she was preyed on by Zahid, Ahmed and Bashir. She said she presumed various agencies knew what was going on as police regularly picked her up after social workers labelled her a 'prostitute'. Girl B told the hearing she had since read her file held by Rochdale social services which she said stated she had been selling herself for sex from the age of 10. Both complainants denied claims from defence barristers that they fabricated the allegations to secure compensation. Zahid, of, Station Road, Crumpsall, was convicted of raping Girl A and Girl B, who did not know each other. Jurors also found him guilty of offences of indecency with a child and procuring a child to have sex. Ahmed, of Corona Avenue, Oldham, and Bashir, of Napier Street East, Oldham, were convicted of multiple counts of rape and indecency with a child, in relation to Girl B. Shahzad, of Beswicke Royds Street, Rochdale, Akram, of Manley Road, Rochdale, Hussain, of New Field Close, Rochdale, and Khan, of Athole Street, Rochdale, were convicted of multiple counts of rape against Girl A. Roheez Khan was found guilty of a single count of rape against Girl A. During the trial the prosecution offered no evidence against an eight defendant, Arfan Khan, 41, of Rochdale, who was cleared of various sexual offences. All the perpetrators were prosecuted as part of Operation Lytton, an ongoing investigation since 2015 by Greater Manchester Police into historical child sexual exploitation in Rochdale. A total of 37 individuals have been charged so far, with five more trials scheduled to take place from September onwards. Judge Seely thanked the jurors for 'giving up a very substantial chunk of their lives'. He said: 'You have had to deal with a case, the facts of which undoubtedly can be described as harrowing, very harrowing, for anyone who has heard them. 'All of us have noticed the extraordinary care and dedication you have given to trying this case.' The judge told the defendants they faced 'lengthy prison sentences' as he remanded them all in custody. Sentencing of the men, including Bashir in his absence, will take place on a date to be fixed. Following verdicts, Detective Superintendent Alan Clitherow, of Greater Manchester Police, said: 'There was information at the time that police and other agencies could, and should, have done something with and we didn't. 'The way those victims were dealt with at the time is indefensible and inexcusable. 'We have made comprehensive apologies for that. We're not perfect but we are very much improving now on how we manage these investigations. 'We have got a dedicated central team, we have got multi-agency teams that work out on districts. So, we are now light years away from where we were at that time. 'But the simple fact is that we did make mistakes. We didn't act on information we should have but we have learnt from that.'
