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Pakistan Welfare Assocation

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The association, which was founded in the 1960s by Sher Afzal Khan, was one of the first of its kind in the country. It played an important role in the establishment of the local mosque in 1965. In the 1970s, the president of Pakistan Welfare Association sent a letter to leaders of Muslim nations asking for funds to create an Islamic centre in Oxford, which would include a mosque, a hostel and an Islamic library. Sher Afzal Close, a street in Oxford is named for Sher Afzal Khan.

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This document from the Oxford City Council regarding the naming of a street after Sher Afzal Khan contains biographical information about him and credits him with the founding of the Oxford Pakistan Welfare Association:

https://mycouncil.oxford.gov.uk/documents/b16542/Street%20Naming%20Tuesday%2018-Dec-2018%2018.00%20City%20Executive%20Board%20became%20Cabinet%20on%2013%20May%202019.pdf?T=9

Aleena Din - Aleena is a historian of gender, class and race in modern Britain. Her DPhil research, which was completed at Balliol College and the Faculty of History in 2022, focuses on the migration, settlement and labour experiences of working-class British-Pakistani women who settled in Middlesbrough and Oldham between 1962 and 2002. Aleena is the co-investigator of the community history project 'A Muslim History of Oxford', in collaboration with the national heritage organisation 'Everyday Muslim'. In addition, she is a postdoctoral research associate for the digital humanities project, 'Remaking Britain: South Asian Connections and Networks, 1830 to the Present' at the University of Bristol (2025).

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