BENAZIR BHUTTO
(Carried over)08 August 2001

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has called on her countrymen in Glasgow to help her back to power.
Mrs Bhutto, leader of the Pakistan People's Party, made a flying visit to the city and spoke to MSP's and members of the Pakistani community.
She has been a leader in exile after her government was dismissed amid corruption claims.

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ASIAN RADIO BID
(Carried over)14 August 2001

Three young radio fans are hoping to set up a full-time radio station in Glasgow to serve the city's 20,000 strong Asian population.
Radio Awaz, if given the go-ahead by the Radio Authority, will broadcast in Urdu and Punjabi as well as English and be on air for a year.
Ali Malik (25), and his friends Javed Sattar (30) and Shabana Malik (23), all from the south side, first launched Radio Awaz - meaning 'voice' - with a four week trial broadcast in 1997.
Radio Awaz is one of 15 projects shortlisted from 200 to take part in a pilot project being run by the Radio Authority.
Their joy is tinged with sadness though.
One of their friends who was also involved in the project was not there to see their fully-licensed radio station come a step closer.
Ali, Javed and Shabana are part of a wider group of 12 who also set up a newspaper, Awaz of Scotland, last year.
Its editor was Sameena Jamil (18), of Pollokshields, who tragically died of suspected heart failure in June.
January 1, 2002, is pencilled in as the day Radio Awaz goes on air.

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SKILL AND STYLE
28 August 2001

The final of the annual UK Asian Football Championships took place at Celtic Park on Sunday.
They ended in familiar fashion with Rangers suffering a 4-1 hammering in front of an ecstatic support.
However, the Ibrox faithful need not weep into their pies just yet because the team on the wrong end of the drubbing were Smethwick Rangers, from Birmingham, who went down to Bradford's Albion Sports.
Glasgow was represented in the tournament by the Scottish Asian Sports Association who reached the UK final at the same venue last year.
This year though, they failed to come through the qualifying rounds held on Glasgow Green on Friday and Saturday.
SASA manager Prem Singh said he was delighted with the success of the tournament which attracted 5500 supporters to Celtic Park - almost twice the number of last year.
He said "We have to build on the talent of the next generation of Asian players coming through, so that in future we will have a proportional representation on British teams."

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