Sajjad Karim

Sajjad Haider Karim (nicknamed "Saj"; born Blackburn, 11 July 1970) is British politician, who has been the first Pakistani and second Muslim Member of the European Parliament. He was re-elected in June 2009, and again in 2014. representing North West England.He was elected in 2004 for the Liberal Democrats, but joined the Conservative Party on 26 November 2007.

In his first term Karim served on the International Trade Committee, Committee of Judicial Affairs and Human Rights Committees and was a Member of the European Parliament's "Committee of Investigation into alleged CIA extraordinary renditions and secret prisons" after having been the first European Parliamentarian to officially raise the matter. He was the European Legal Affairs Spokesperson and served as a Conservative whip. He was the European Parliamentary rapporteur for the EU-India Free Trade Agreement.

In 2005, he established the European Parliament Friends of Pakistan Group, which he continues to chair to present day. He is also a member of the Friends of India and Friends of Bangladesh Groups.