on 8 June 2017. Khan was again selected for as the Labour candidate for the general election and was elected, becoming Manchester's first Muslim MP. In July 2017, Khan was appointed Shadow Immigration Minister. In July 2019, Khan apologised for having shared on Facebook two years earlier a video of American comedian Jon Stewart talking about Benjamin Netanyahu. The text under the video referred to an "Israel-British-Swiss-Rothschilds crime syndicate" and "mass murdering Rothschilds Israeli mafia criminal liars". Khan said he was "mortified", adding "I didn't read the text below, which contained an anti-Semitic conspiracy about the Rothschilds. I would never have shared it if I had seen that". Other roles From 2000 to 2004, Khan was a member of the Department of Trade and Industry's Ethnic Minority Business Forum, advising the then Secretary of State, Patricia Hewitt. Following the 2005 London bombings, he became a member of a Home Office working group aimed at preventing extremism. He has also served as Assistant Secretary-General of the Muslim Council of Britain and is its North West representative. He is a co-founder of the Muslim Jewish Forum of Greater Manchester. Khan has appeared on Channel M documentaries. He was appointed as parliamentary chair for the Labour Muslim Network in August 2020. Other events In March 2018, Khan received a suspicious package containing an anti-Islamic letter and sticky liquid. The substance was later found to be harmless. Similar packages were received by fellow Labour MPs Mohammad Yasin, Rushanara Ali and Rupa Huq. Personal life Khan's daughter Maryam Singh was a Councillor on Manchester City Council, for Longsight. See also List of British Pakistanis Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East References External links 1958 births Greater Manchester Police officers British politicians of Pakistani descent British solicitors Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Councillors in Manchester Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East Labour Party (UK) councillors Labour Party (UK) MEPs Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Living people Lord Mayors of Manchester MEPs for England 2014–2019 Muslim politicians Pakistani emigrants to the United Kingdom Politicians from Jhelum UK MPs 2017–2019 UK MPs 2019–present