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Darnish Amraz of Tarutta Dadyal awarded MBE for Excellence in Youth Services in Birmingham

Chaudhary Darnish Amraz, son of Chaudhary Basharat of Tarutta, Dadyal, has been awarded an MBE medal by King Charles. This is a reward for continous hard work in contributing to the Birmingham City Council Youth Service by working with young people in the community. MBE Stands for Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, and is awarded for outstanding achievement or service to the community which has had a long-term, significant impact. This Award was first presented by King George V on 18th September 1917 and continues today. This award is decided by an honours committee. The committee's recommendations go to the Prime Minister and then to the King, who awards the honour. Only two thousand people in total receive an MBE a year and this year, Amraz was honoured to be one of those. 

As a Britsh born Kashmiri from Dadyal, Amraz feels privileged that his work has been recognised and enabled him to portray a positive representation of his culture and heritage. 

Below is an extract from a Birmingham World article regarding Darnish's achievements: 

The 38 year-old has mentored young people involved in gangs, county lines, anti-social behaviour and young people involved in knife crime. He has spent hours going to young people’s houses, talking to young people when he has got calls from parents, relatives, community projects and faith-based projects. He has delivered workshops out of working hours to young people and sacrificed his weekends to get a positive message across. He has worked the streets and gone into areas identified as high risk by West Midlands Police and has worked with young people on their grounds building a relationship with them helping them get into employment education and training. 

Darnish has worked the streets and gone into areas identified as high risk by West Midlands Police and has worked with young people on their grounds building a relationship with them helping them get into employment education and training. He encouraged one young person to become a member of the youth parliament and speak in the House of Parliament around knife crime. He encouraged young Muslim females to come out and speak about the stereotypes they face. He has worked in partnership with the West Midlands Police helping police and young people build a positive relationship, he helped the Police and crime commissioner’s office set up a Mentoring and Violence Prevention Programme. 

Darnish trained 15 young people on how to deliver workshops on knife crime so they could go out and spread the positive messages; young people who he trained delivered workshops to over 800 people in the 2019 summer holidays throughout West Midlands and got over 10 schools to sign up to the programme. He has led the UK Youth Parliament for Birmingham. He set up the Birmingham aspiring youth council in Birmingham so young people could come and express their views around what negativity they are facing, this youth council feeds back to local councillors, MPs and police around what young people feel. 

 During the pandemic in 2020 whilst workers were working from home, he volunteered to go out on the streets to hotspot areas where young people hang out and work with them to sign post them to services and explaining what risk they are facing and what impact it can have on families. He was praised for his work by a local councillor and the police chief, they even donated him a mountain bike so he could cover a wider patch. He was appointed by Birmingham City Council youth service to become the youth violence interrupter in March 2020.

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Lockdown Measures in Dadyal

No political, religious, social gatherings, weddings - indoor or outdoor. Only essential shops (grocery) will be allowed to open on Fridays and Saturdays. On other days, all shops can open but closing time is 8pm. Restaurants - only take away till 10pm. Medical stores open 7 days. On public transport, max 50% passengers allowed. Mask must be worn everywhere - if not worn, Rs 500 fine will be issued.

Nadra Card NICOP Renewal Cost UK

 

There is often confusion around the exact cost of renewing a NICOP ID card so we thought we would clarify this matter. Several websites act as a middle agent so they charge additional fees since they assist in the application process. The fee here is for direct applications i.e. you apply via the official Nadra website which can be found at: https://id.nadra.gov.pk

In UK, it costs 49 US Dollars to renew a Pakistani ID Card (NICOP) for Overseas Pakistanis. You will also be charged a small fee by your bank for handling this Non-British currency transaction. The fee will vary depending upon the exchange rate (pound to dollar). In March 2021, the cost was £35.51 and the bank fee charged was £1.56 -  making the total cost of NICOP renewal £37.07. 

For details of other fees e.g. to create a new ID card, please check on the Nadra website. However, there are several links associated with official websites that have conflicting prices and it can become difficult to work out what the up to date fees are. The best way to find out the fee is to start an application as the rates listed on other pages may not be accurate. Renewal applications are charged upfront i.e. you may pay at the start of the application. 

Declaration Form for International Travel - UK Government

You must complete a Travel Declaration Form if you are travelling outside of the UK. It will be required from Monday 8th March 2021. The Declaration form for international travel is available in PDF and DOC format on the UK Govt. website. You can travel for work, volunteering, education, medical/compassionate grounds as well as weddings and funerals.

Link to the Government website page:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-declaration-form-for-international-travel

Direct link to the PDF form:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/967118/declaration-form-for-international-travel.pdf