Ahmed pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and a judge sentenced him to 12 weeks in jail in February 2009. PHOTO: FILE
The Times newspaper said Ahmed, who was jailed for dangerous driving after sending text messages shortly before the accident, had attributed his prison sentence on pressure placed on British courts by Jews "who own newspapers and TV channels".
He allegedly told a Pakistani television station that the judge who jailed him for 12 weeks was appointed after helping a "Jewish colleague" of former Prime Minister Tony Blair during a case, according to translations of his Urdu language comments obtained by the newspaper.
"The Labour Party deplores and does not tolerate any sort of anti-Semitism. Following reports in The Times today we are suspending Lord Ahmed pending an investigation," a party spokesman said.
Lord Ahmed was appointed Britain's first Muslim peer in 1998.
His car hit a stationary vehicle on a motorway in northern England on Christmas Day in 2007, killing the 28-year-old Slovakian driver.
Ahmed pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and a judge sentenced him to 12 weeks in jail in February 2009 after hearing that he sent five text messages in the minutes before the crash.
The party suspended Ahmed in April 2012 over reports that he offered a £10 million ($15.9 million, 12.1 million euro) bounty for the capture of US President Barack Obama and former president George W. Bush.
He denied the comments and was later reinstated.
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Baron Ahmed was sentenced for dangerous driving, the court ruled out that him being on the phone was the cause of death, at most it may have been an indirect factor. The cause of death occurred when he ran over the man (the victim was walking on the motorway not the hardsholder) when driving on the motorway in fog. Many people including him and my self believe he was a scapegoat for driving whilst on the phone. I sympathise with the victim and family, yet this was a tragic accident. His comments are highly controversial, but unlike his Muslim peers he does not undergo pressure by the media . I do not condone what he said, yet I am proud that he is outspoken. He has contributed greatly to the Muslim community and the whole British society (eg. Nov 07: diplomatic effort to secure the release of Mrs. Gibbons from custody in Sudan.) I typed this message to reduce this hatred (indirect islamic / racial prejudice) for a man who has done so much for society, but like others do not condone -what I believe was a mistake- the possible comments he said on Pakistani television
Common sense must prevail. Lord Nazir holds the lordship of Great Britain and not of else. He must show some maturity. He is not an ordinary man. He is a LORD. Any word slip out of his lips carry an effect. May be he is not answerable to anyone as politicians are, he is still responsible to hold the respect for House of Lords he is member of. He must avoid to become a laughing stock.
Please keep him suspended. We have heard enough of him. Who made him a Lord. Ugh
Lord Nazir thought he was speaking to Pakistanis.
Accident is an unintentional incident and can happen to any any one may it be Car, Motorbike, Bycycle, or even a padestrian therefore it is something unavoidable as more than 100 accidents do happen each day in the world. He got 12 weeks imprisonment as he was texting frequently while driving which is an offence in UK. The accident might have killed his ownself as well but it happened the other way around.
I have sensed alot of feelings in the above mentioned brazen comments that are indicating too much hatered against Pakistan and after considering all the comments i must say that the comments are of no such value as almost all of them are biased and impartial views of anti Pakistanis.
There is a world out of Pakistan hatered so come out of that guys
@Socrates:
The ethnic minority spokesperson for the British National Party is a Hindustani - going by your logic, he must represent the backward racism of all Hindustanis living in the UK. Then again, most Hindustanis like you seem to spend most of their time writing about how much they hate Pakistan, so maybe you are all primitive bigots after all.
Hasan
It is an open secret how Rupert Murdoch's News Corp black mails and intimidates British politicians.....
@ABC: Freedom of speech simply means you cannot be prosecuted for free speech. It doesn't mean there will be no consequences. If I behave rudely with my company's customers, I can lose my job, if a newspaper prints something against a corporation, they may stop getting ads from that corporation, if I say something hurtful to my friend, I may lose their friendship and so on.
@Tufan Agha: Sorry texting while driving is a choice not something that happens to anyone. In fact it DOES NOT happen to most conscientious drivers. Secondly being let off in 12 weeks after someone died due to your negligence is something most people would be grateful for. They would not be making irresponsible conspiracy theories to explain their prison sentence.
WHAT HAPPENED TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH RIGHT OF AN INDIVIDUAL!
TO BECOME A Lord ONE HAS TO KNEEL BEFORE THE QUEEN..........CAN A MUSLIM KNEEL BEFORE ANYBODY EXCEPT ALLAH.
@Tufan Agha: Ah but where will you true Muslims and not hypocrites.
Just because he is Pakistan born doesn't mean we should praise him on everything. Its clearly a stupid comment on his part.
So how come him becoming a Lord was also not a Jewish conspiracy?
He was competing with Rehman Malik but forgetting that he was in UK and not Pakistan.
He is voted in by the British Pakistanis. He is simply showing what the majority of these Pakistanis think, and he will be applauded in the Pakistani community for it. Dont be fooled into thinking that just by leaving Pakistan these people have changed their ways.
met him personally, amazing bloke!
Jewish conspiracy..aye.. ?
Which conspiracy was the one that allowed you a seat in the House of Lords for almost a decade ?
So you go empty handed from a small village in a far flung village of Pakistan and seek opportunity in a country that gives you money, status, power and respect and start crying foul when you are suspended for putting your foot in mouth ..!
Actually he got off just after 16 days after an appeal even when it was wholly his fault to kill a man while texting, and yet he is unhappy about his treatment. This guy is amazing.
A Jewish conspiracy he says? Typical Pakistani!
He is a disgrace to Britain’s Labour Party.
@psychedelic: Your premise and conclusions are both wrong. It will never happen that over one billion Muslims will perish and Jew will still be alive to offer his blood to a Muslim. As far as his accident is concerned, it can happen to any one. Neither that was the first nor the last. Cancelling his membership does show the influence of Jewish Lobby in Labor Party.
I think Lord Nazeer needs to be shown the door. He did not even bother to contest the charges at the time. If anything, Lord Nazeer got off quite lightly for what was manslaughter.
Lord Nazeer requires a therapist ...
It can be hard to let go of childhood indoctrination for many people.
You can leave Pakistan, but the Pakistani in your never leaves, does it? So if tomorrow, you required a blood transfusion and there was only a Jew guy to give you blood, would you refuse it because he is a "yahoodi"? Think not.
Jewish conspiracy indeed
Disgraceful.
This man is just an attention seeking person. He gives the whole muslim community in Britain a bad name. Shame on him for firstly sending texts while driving, which is illegal in the UK, and then blaming jewish conspiracy for the punishment of his crime. I never knew a person was killed due to his negligence. 12 weeks jail is grossly insufficient. He should have been jailed for 12 years for negligently killing a human being.
12 weeks for killing an innocent man!!! I think you got off very easy Mr Nazir. In south asia you would have been killed on the spot by the mob.
He got off in just 12 weeks for accidentally killing somebody? And he's upset about that? And he blames "the Jews" for sending him to jail?
How did this unstable person get to be where he is? He should be in an institution of some sort.