The Armeena Effect
Well done to Armeena Khan for receiving a special award from the outgoing mayor of Burnley, Lord Wajid Khan. She received it, along with a handful of others, at a socially distanced presentation, for having a major impact on the town. Although one was expecting Pakistani showbiz lovers to be happy about her achievement, there have been trolls who picked on her sartorial choices at the time of getting the award. The tough cookie that Armeena K is, she didn’t take it lying down and replied to them, “I don’t understand why these nationalists, right-wingers and religious fanatics lecture me. For the last time, I don’t represent you and my journey is personal.” Indeed, girl. Hope they’ve got the message finally.
Jordan North after collecting his Mayor s Medal from Lord Wajid Khan.
The first was becoming the youngest mayor of the town at 40. And the second?
Well, that was being installed as mayor during an online ceremony at Burnley Town Hall. As a result of the Covid-19 restrictions, the event was conducted virtually.
And whilst this was a first for a Burnley mayor, it unfortunately meant that Coun. Khan’s parents could not be there in person to witness this monumental occasion. However, he was joined by his wife Anam, who became Mayoress.
Since then, he’s also hit another impressive milestone, joining the House of Lords in March this year. Burnley.co.uk interviewed Lord Khan at the time, he told us that the average age of the members of The House of Lords is 70, whilst the majority of members are also from the south east of England, east of England and London (56%).
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