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MP for Gillingham and Rainham

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Rehman in the national, international and local news

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Rehman's campaign to be Prime Minister (July 2022)

BBC South East - 11th July 2022

BBC News - 11th July 2022

Sky News - 11th July 2022

Sky News - 11th July 2022

Channel 4 News - 11th July 2022

ITV News - 11th July 2022

ITN - 11th July 2022

Politics Home podcast - 15th July 2022

The National - 12th July 2022

Daily Mirror - 12th July 2022

Kent Online - 12th July 2022

The Guardian - 11th July 2022

The Express - 11th July 2022

The Independent - 11th July 2022

Euronews - 11th July 2022

Kent Live  - 11th July 2022

Reuters - 10th July 2022

Kent Online - 8th July 2022

Politics Home - 8th July 2022

 

Interviews and articles

BusinessGreen (The global hydrogen race is underway - the UK needs to put its foot to the floor) - 11 January 2022

BBC News (October 2022 contest to be Prime Minister) - 21 October 2022

Sky News (October 2022 contest to be Prime Minister) - 21 October 2022

BBC, Politics Live (Sue Gray report and cost of living) - 25 May 2022

The Times Red Box (Cybersecurity and data protection have never been more important) - 12 April 2022

The Times Red Box (Reducing the backlog in our criminal courts) – 21 March 2022

GB News, The Briefing with Gloria de Piero (Ukraine and cost of living) - 10 March 2022

BBC, Politics Live (Ukraine and cost of living) - 9 March 2022

Conservative Home (International Women’s Day: Women’s rights in Afghanistan) – 8 March 2022

The Times Red Box (IMF’s Special Drawing Rights allocation) – 28 February 2022

Conservative Home (Sudan) – 2 November 2021

Sky News, (Online hate) - 22 October 2021

Sky News, PMQs Panel (Sir David Amess MP & anonymous online hate)

Conservative Home (Holding the Taliban to account) – 19 September 2021

Atlantic Council (Repression of Burma’s Rohingya Muslims) – 17 September 2021

Sky News, PMQs Hour (Health and social care proposals) - 8 September 2021

Sky News (Afghanistan) - 18 August 2021

The Times Red Box (Afghanistan) – 18 August 2021

BBC News (Afghanistan) - 17 August 2021

Sky News (Lifting of Covid-19 restrictions) - 19 July 2021

BBC News (Lifting of Covid-19 restrictions) - 19 July 2021

Conservative Home (Missing People) – 25 May 2021

BBC Radio Kent (Easing of Covid-19 restrictions & Medway City of Culture) - 17th May 2021

The Times Red Box (IMF’s Special Drawing Rights allocation) – 12 May 2021

Conservative Home (Levelling Up) – 30 April 2021

The Times Red Box (Protecting freedom of religion or belief around the world) – 14 April 2021

Sky News, Kay Burley Breakfast show (Parliamentary sovereignty & rule of law following resignation) - 21 September 2020

BBC Radio 4 Sunday Programme (PM's Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief) - 6 September 2020

BBC Radio 4 (PM's Special Envoy for Freedom or Religion or Belief) - 22 September 2019

BBC South East (English Channel Migrant Crossings) - 11 September 2019

Talk Radio (Government's criminal justice announcements) - 17 August 2019

Sky News (Brexit & Conservative Leadership Election) - 19 June 2019

Sky News (EU Withdrawal Agreement) - 29 March 2019

BBC South East (EU Withdrawal Agreement) - 27 March 2019

Sky News (EU Withdrawal Agreement) - 26 March 2019

BBC News (Terrorist attacks in New Zealand)  -15 March 2019

Sky News (Situation in Kashmir) - 28 February 2019

BBC South East (English Channel Migrant Crossings) - 27 February 2019

Channel 4 News (Returning Daesh Fighters) - 21 February 2019

Sky News (Brexit) - 6 February 2019

Channel 5 Do the Right Thing (Cats Bill) - 20 January 2019

Geo Pakistan TV (Brexit & Withdrawal Agreement) - 16 January 2019

Sky News (EU Withdrawal Agreement) - 15 January 2019

BBC South East (Illegal migrant crossings in the English Channel) - 7 January 2019

KARK 4 News (Brexit, Syria, Border Security, Bilateral Trade) - 31 December 2018

Sky News (Brexit & Withdrawal Agreement) - 11 December 2018

BBC Radio 4 (Asia Bibi) - 13 November 2018

BBC South East (Budget 2018) - 29 October 2018

ITV Meridian (Cats Bill) - 26 October 2018

BBC South East (County Lines) - 12 October 2018

KARK 4 News (Bilateral trade, Brexit, connecting our local schools businesses) - 4 October 2018

KARN Radio (all aspects of UK-US relations, bilateral trade, security, NATO, countering Russian aggression & connecting local schools & businesses) - 4 October 2018

Jeremy Vine Channel 5 (News reviews, Brexit, recycling, financial services and more) - 26 September 2018

BBC South East Politics (Hyper Acute Stroke Unit in Medway) - 19 September 2018

BBC South East (Hyper Acute Stroke Unit in Medway) - 23 September 2018

Wright Stuff (News reviews, justice, civil partnerships & more) - 27 June 2018 

Sky News (Brexit Dividend & NHS Funding) - 18 June 2018

BBC South East (Serious Violent Crime Strategy) - 6 June 2018

BBC South East (Bromley Council's relocating residents into Medway) - 4 June 2018

Wright Stuff (News reviews, engaging with young voters, football films etc) - 1 June 2018

Sky News (Brexit & Italian Elections) - 29 May 2018

Sky News (2018 Local Elections) - 2 May 2018

Sky News Australia (Chemical weapons use in Syria) - 19 April 2018

Sky News (Syria military action) - 17 April 2018

Victoria Derbyshire (Chemical weapons use in Syria) - 16 April 2018

BBC Radio 5 Live (Russia, Antisemitism, Gender Pay Gap, & more) - 4 April 2018

Sky News (Brexit) - 19 March 2018

Sky News (Labour's stance on the customs union) - 26 February 2018

Sky News (Brexit) - 20 February 2018

BBC Daily Politics (Higher Education, Boundary Review, Brexit) - 19 February 2018

BBC News (Finsbury Park Mosque Attack) - 2 February 2018

Sky News (Brexit) - 30 January 2018

BBC News South East (Perinatal Mental Health) - 18 January 2018              

BBC News South East (Budget 2017) - 22 November 2017

Channel 4 News (Knife & gang crime) - 12 November 2017

Good Morning Britain, ITV (Candidate intimidation at 2017 Election) -14 September 2017

The Wright Stuff, Channel 5 - 11-15 September 2017

Sky News (Brexit, the customs union & single market) - 5 September 2017

BBC News South East (Communities defeating terrorism & respect for British values) - 24 March 2017

BBC News 24 (Communities working together to defeat terrorism) - 23 March 2017

The Wright Stuff, Channel 5 - 9 February 2017

BBC News 24 (President Trump proposed state visit) - 30 January 2017

Sky News (President Trump proposed state visit) - 30 January 2017

Sky News (Sunday Paper Review) - 20 November 2016

ITV News (Laser pens) - 13 September 2016

BBC News 24 (Reshuffle) - 14 July 2016

Financial Times (Thames Estuary airport) - 14 July 2016

Conservative Home (Queen's speech) - 18 May 2016

The Telegraph (Fighters returning from Syria) - 21 April 2016

Asian Image (BBC & Daesh) - 12 April 2016

Sunday Express (laser pens) - 10 April 2016

Sky News (Pakistan terrorist attack) - 28 March 2016

House Magazine (illicit tobacco) - 18 March 2016

Conservative Home (Laser pens) - 15 March 2016

Bloomberg (Laser pens) - 9 March 2016

The Sunday Express (Laser pens) - 6 March 2016

Sky News' Murnaghan programme - 28 February 2016

The Sunday Times (Laser pens) - 21 February 2016

The Sun (Laser pens) - 16 February 2016

The House Magazine (Daesh campaign) - 8 February 2016

Asharq Al-Awsat (Westminster Column) - 3 February 2016

Asian Trader (Illicit tobacco) - 3 February 2016

Mirror (Laser pens) - 29 January 2016

Express (Laser pens) - 27 January 2016

Asian Trader (Illicit tobacco) - 7 January 2016

Conservative Home (Second in Parliamentarian of the Year Awards) - 31 December 2015

Conservative Home (Lords reform) - 18 December 2015

News 24 (Syria) - 3 December 2015

Daesh campaign - 3 December 2015
Daily Politics
The Times
The Sun
Daily Mail
The Telegraph

Daesh campaign - 2 December 2015
Daily Star
Telegraph
Independent
The Times
Asian Lite
ITV
Asian Image
BBC Five Live
BBC PM Programme

BBC News 24 - 26 November 2015 (Syria)

Telegraph - 26 November 2015 (Daesh campaign)

BBC World at One - 23 November 2015 (Syria)

The Independent - 21 November 2015 (Daesh letter to the PM)

The Times - 21 November 2015 (Daesh letter to the PM)

Catholic Herald - 18 November 2015 (blasphemy laws)

Daily Politics - 17 November 2015 (counter-terrorism)

Conservative Home - 15 November 2015 (Syria)

The Asians - 5 November 2015 (Patchwork Foundation award)

News International/ Geo TV - 28 October 2015 (Debate on Pakistan)

BBC - 9 October 2015 (Perinatal mental health Bill)

Dawn - 28 September 2015 (On Councillors conference)

Asian Lite - 23 September 2015 (Arab League on Daesh campaign)

The News International - 22 September 2015 (Councillors conference)

British Pakistan Foundation - 16 September 2015 (Interview)

Eastern Eye - 11 September 2015 (on refugees)

Daily Jang - 6 September 2015 (on refugees)

IB Times - 24 July 2015 (Daesh campaign)

Eastern Eye - 24 July 2015 (Daesh campaign)

BBC News Channel - 20 July 2015 (PM speech on extremism)

Coverage of Daesh campaign - 3 July 2015
The Daily Telegraph (front page)
The Times
Guardian
Daily Mail
Express
Mirror
The Sun
Huffington Post

BBC rejects calls to use the term - Daesh
The Times - 2 July 2015 (front page)
The Guardian
Telegraph
Mail
Express
Independent
Politics Home
IB Times

Guido Fawkes - 1 July 2015 (Question to PM on Daesh)

Geo TV - 1 July 2015 (Daesh campaign)

BBC - 1 July 2015 (Question to PM on Daesh)

The Sun - 1 July 2015 (Daesh campaign)

Mail Online - 30 June 2015 (Daesh campaign)

Press Gazette - 30 June 2015 (Daesh campaign)

Daily Mail - 30 June 2015 (Daesh campaign)

Guardian - 29 June 2015 (BBC to review use of 'Islamic State')

Independent - 29 June 2015 (Article on ISIL - Daesh)

Politics Home - 29 June 2015 (Daesh Campaign)

Telegraph - 29 June 2015 (Boris Johnson mentions the Daesh campaign)

Eastern Eye - 27 June 2015 (Daesh campaign)

Asian Lite - 25 June 2015 (Rename ISIS)

Conservative Home - 20 June 2015 (Article on ISIL)

Asharq Al-Awsat - 16 June 2015 (Article on renaming ISIL)

The Jewish Chronicle - 17 June 2015 (Iran's Nuclear Deal)

Express Online - 16 June 2015 (On British YPG Fighter)

The Daily Mail - 13 June 2015 (On Twitter and terrorists)

The Eastern Eye - 29 May 2015 (On minority voting in the election)

Asharq Al-Awsat - 18 May 2015 (General Election)

Channel 4 News - 9 April 2015

Daily Politics Show - 2 March 2015

Increasing employment figures (Daily Jang) - 22 February 2015

Community engagement in Halifax (Daily Jang) - 22 February 2015

Meeting with Prince Turki al-Faisal (Daily Jang) - February 2015

UK Support for Pakistan after the Pashawar attack - 28 January 2015
The News International
The Asians
Daily Times
Asian Image
Kasmir Link London
Easter Eye

Community engagement - (GOTV/ Daily Jang/ Urdu News)- 15 January 2015

Sky News Debate - 19 December 2014

Pakistan attack - 17 December 2014
The Asians
Daily Times
ARY TV
Geo TV
Dunya TV
Daily Jang
Daily Ausaf

Terrorist attack in Pakistan - 16 December 2014
BBC News 24
Sky News
BBC 5 Live
BBC Radio Ulster
PoliticsHome

Asia Bibi case (Church Times) - 5 December 2014

Persecution of Christians (The Asians) - 3 December 2014

Free Speech (BBC 3) - 18 November 2014

The Asia Bibi case (BBC Asian Network) - 10 November 2014

Letter on Asia Bibi case (Catholic Universe) - 9 November 2014

Asia Bibi campaign (The Asians) - 7 November 2014

Presenting Asia Bibi letter to PPP Chairman (Daily Ausaf) - 5 November 2014

Meeting with PPP Chairman and UK Foreign Minister (Daily Ausaf) - 5 November 2014

Letter on Asia Bibi case (Independent Catholic News)- 31 October 2014

Farewell vote of thanks to Pakistan High Commissioner - 22 October 2014
The Nation
Geo TV
Daily Ausaf

Meeting new Pakistani envoy (The London Post) - 17 October 2014

Action against ISIS (Sky News) - 26 September 2014

Estuary airport (BBC News 24) - 2 September 2014

Estuary airport report (Evening Standard, Politics.co.uk) - 22 July 2014

Sky News Paper Review - 20 July 2014

Sky News Paper Review - 5 July 2014

Window on Westminster (Rudaw) - 18 June 2014

Iran's role in Iraq (Conservative Home) - 18 June 2014

Sky News Paper Review - 31 May 2014

Pakistan's blasphemy laws (Conservative Home) - 2 May 2014

Sky News Paper Review - 18 April 2014

Sky News Paper Review - 6 April 2014

Sky News Paper Review - 9 March 2014

Impact of Syria vote (Conservative Home) - 16 February 2014

Sky News Paper Review - 8 February 2014

Muslim Charter - 5 February 2014
Guardian
Independent
Daily Mirror
Daily Mail

Bangladesh elections (The Financial Express) - 31 January 2014

Road safety award (The Asians) - 16 January 2014

Tighter traffic rules in the UK (The Voice of Russia) - 14 January 2014

Sky News Paper Review - 11 January 2014

Sky News Paper Review - 25 December 2013

Road safety debate (BBC Democracy Live) - 10 December 2013

Persecution of Christians (The Asians) - 9 December 2013

Sky News Paper Review - 7 December 2013

Pakistan in top five extreme risk countries (The News International) - 5 December 2013

Persecution of Christians (WorldWatch Monitor) - 4 December 2013

Persecution of Christians (Christian Today) - 4 December 2013

Drink driving case (Express) - 16 November 2013

Water Bills (Utility Week) - 6 November 2013

Water Bills (Water Briefing) - 6 November 2013

Time for MP's to snuff it out? (BBC) - 5 November 2013

Sky News Paper Review - 2 November 2013

Disqualified driver (Metro) - 2 November 2013

Disqualified driver (Mail Online) - 1 November 2013

Expat pensions (Eastern Eye) - 1 November 2013

Snuff in Parliament (The Independent) - 22 October 2013

Sky News Paper Review - 12 October 2013

Napier School issues (The Telegraph) - 4 October 2013

Drink driving (The Times) - 28 September 2013

Drink Driving repeat offenders - 27 September 2013
BBC World At One
BBC News 24

Action in Syria (The Eastern Eye) - 6 September 2013

Sky News Paper Review - 1 September 2013

Praying for justice (The Eastern Eye) - 23 August 2013

Sky News Paper Review - 4 August 2013

Sky News Paper Review - 20 July 2013

Article on organ donations (Daily Jang) - 10 July 2013

Commenting on the recent report on Bin Laden (Sky News) - 9 July 2013

10 Minute Rule Bill (BBC Democracy Live) - 3 July 2013

Brought to Book (Total Politics) - July 2013 edition

Week ahead (Mark D'Arcy, BBC) on my 10 Minute Rule Bill - 28 June 2013

Sky News Paper Review - 29 June 2013

Church closures (Evangelical Alliance) - 27 June 2013

There'll always be an England (The Economist blog) - 27 June 2013

Increased use of drones needs serious discussion (The Eastern Eye) - 17 May 2013

Pakistan election results (The Eastern Eye) - 17 May 2013

Sky News Paper Review - 12 May 2013

Pakistan election (Radio 5 Live) - 12 May 2013

Pakistan election (Sky News) - 12 May 2013

Drone strikes in Pakistan (The News International) - 7 May 2013

Sky News Paper Review - 4 May 2013

On the Pakistani elections (Eastern Eye) - 3 May 2013

RAF role in US drone attacks in Iraq (Mail on Sunday) - 28 April 2013

UK aircrew flew 2,000 US drone missions (The Times) - 26 April 2013

Tribute to Margaret Thatcher (The Muslim News) - 26 April 2013

Britain's role in America's drone wars (Mail on Sunday) - 21 April 2013

Remember those who donate organs (Conservative Home) - 11 April 2013

UK poll on drone strikes (Huffington Post) - 26 March 2013

Sky News Paper Review - 10 March 2013

Quoted in interview with Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, Chairman of Minaj-ul-Quran International (BBC Hardtalk) - 1 February 2013

Drone stike prompts suit, raising fears for US allies (The New York Times) - 31 January 2013 (and the International Herald Tribune - 1 February 2013)

Parliament statement on Mali (British Forces News) - 29 January 2013

Sky News Paper Review - 23 December 2012

Judges reject attempt to sue Government on drone strikes (The Times) - 22 December 2012

The High Court case on drones - 21 December 2012
BBC News online
World at One
BBC News 24

Raising concerns about same sex marriage (The Telegraph) - 16 December 2012

On the same sex marriage debate (The Daily Mail) - 11 December 2012

Drones may be used to fight pirates (The Telegraph) - 4 December 2012

Sky News Paper Review - 2 December 2012

UK drone policy questioned by MPs (The Times) - 21 November 2012

Government asked about use of drones (The New York Times) - 21 November 2012

British MP asks Pakistan to take drone issue to ICJ (The News International) - 14 November 2012

Unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) strikes deployed in Afghanistan and Pakistan - 7 November 2012
Press TV
The News International
Daily Ausaf

End drone strikes or turn civilians against us (The Times) - 27 October 2012

Conservative calls for end of drone attacks in Afghanistan (The New York Times) - 27 October 2012

Sky News Paper Review - October 2012

Drone strikes on Pakistan (Independent) - 10 October 2012

Sky News Paper Review - September 2012

Hillsborough statement (Total Politics) - 12 September 2012

Persecution of Christians in Pakistan(Sky News) - 7 September 2012

Heathrow and Boris Island are not the only airport options (Sunday Telegraph) - 2 September 2012

The public will be safer because of new sentencing guidelines on dangerous dogs (Conservative Home) - 26 August 2012

British Pakistani parliamentarians vital in promoting bilateral ties: Zardari (Pakistan Today) - 12 April 2012

Zardari urges UK lawmakers of Pak origin to bolster ties (Daily Times) - 12 April 2012

'Pakistani origin British parliamentarians vital in promoting ties' (Business Recorder) - 12 April 2012

Panel discussion on Pakistan (ARY Television) - April 2012

England's MPs discover about the Olympic and Paralympic legacy in their area (Sport England) - 26 March 2012

Euro judges have no judicial experience  (Daily Mail) - 14 March 2012

European Court of Human Rights 'not interfering in UK  (BBC News) - 13 March 2012

BBC Two Daily Politics (MPs Panel) - 12 March 2012

How the Olympics legacy could help to tackle obesity and boost health (Conservative Home) - 7 March 2012

Fast-Track to Tough Justice (Sunday Express) - 4 March 2012

Rehman arranges for Aseefa Bhutto Zardari (Benazir Bhutto's daughter) accompanied by Pakistan High Commissioner Wajid Hasan, to present her mother's biography to Prime Minister David Cameron. (Daily Jang; Daily Ausaf; Geo TV) - 1 March 2012

The Medway towns can provide a great example of communities working together - Co-authored with Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali (Conservative Home) - 2 February 2012

Syrian opposition parties need to unite otherwise Syria faces a bleak future - (Conservative Home) - 28 January 2012 (Daily Asia) - 31 January 2012

Sky News 10:15 Saturday Paper Review - 21 January 2012

There are better solutions to the UK's aviation needs than an airport in the Thames Estuary – Co-authored with Councillor Rodney Chambers (Conservative Home) - 21 January 2012

What more countries of origin, communities and Governments can do to combat the evil of Honour Violence - (Conservative Home & The Telegraph) - 24 December 2011

Honour Violence - (Daily Ausaf) - 22 December 2011

International Community needs to resolve grievances in Islamic world to tackle extremism - (Daily Asia) - 16 December 2011

Meet Parliament's rising new stars: 20 of the brightest new stars in Parliament (New Statesman) - September 2011

Libya's National Transitional Council must deal with the extreme rebel fighters reportedly in its alliance (Conservative Home) - 10 September 2011

Best Practice on Campaigning (Constituency First) - Autumn 2011

Why I agree with tough sentences for rioters (Conservative Home) - 21 August 2011

Mother-of-ten who said £30,000 a year in benefits was not enough “MP: We have to put a stop to this kind of thing” (Daily Mail) - 19 August 2011

Sky News Debate: supporting firm sentences for rioters - 17 August 2011

NHS surgeon bullied out of job by colleagues (The Telegraph) - 17 July 2011

MPs' Class of 2010: End of term report (BBC) - 11 July 2011

Legal Aid Reform (BBC Radio 4) - 16 June 2011

David Cameron: Bahrain ‘Needs to Grasp Reform’ (Daily Express) - 15 March 2011

The Government has a responsibility to make sure those from less privileged backgrounds are able to go to the most high-performing universities (Daily Mail) - 4 March 2011

Sky News Paper Review - 4 January 2011

Sky News Paper Review - 7 December 2010

Philip Lawrence's widow urges reform of human rights laws after killer Learco Chindamo recalled to prison (The Telegraph) - 25 November 2010

Sky News Paper Review - October 2010

Sky News Paper Review - 27 September 2010

BBC Radio 5 Live Interview on the Pope’s visit to Parliament - 17 September 2010

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