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...“We sold 19,000 pieces in four months with the help of 50 [local] women,” says Ms Parveen....
...In most cases, the spent specks are used as a “visual enhancement” said Naushad Lalani at Sentrex Ingredients, a US maker of essences and food flavouring ingredients....
...The British Medical Association’s scientific expert, Professor Dame Parveen Kumar, lambasted what she described as “a very disappointing lack of progress in tackling the massive problem of childhood obesity...
...He and his wife Parveen (Bird has three adult children from previous marriages) have kept furniture in their sitting room to a minimum, allowing plenty room for play....
...But Parveen Khatun, a 25-year-old beggar and homeless mother of four, says the problem is the goat market held in the park before the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha....
...Nadir Lalani, 99p Stores Mr Lalani has a history of building and selling retail businesses....
...Founded in 2001, 99p Stores is owned by the Lalani family....
...He is survived by sisters Parveen and Rani as well as Ann Zammit, a longtime collaborator who in his final days became his second wife....
...But its tastes are of the moment: think London-cured salmon, lobster and chips, and artisanal Lalani teas. 121 Regent Street London W1B 4TB; uk.burberry.com The Polo Bar Next door to the Ralph Lauren...
...Lalani has also started to market teas along en primeur lines. In June a small batch of first-flush Darjeeling was released on the Lalani & Co website at £34 per 100g, before it had reached the UK....
...Hussein Lalani, the co-founder of discount chain 99p Stores, said the cap was “more of a gesture”. He added: “In money terms, it’s not a huge amount.”...
...In response, Lord Nash, education minister, has written to Shazia Parveen, chairman of the school’s governors, in which he has hinted that a funding cut is not far away....
...Mr Barrault left the UK telecoms group in 2008, and his successor Hanif Lalani, former BT group finance director, left after 15 months to be replaced by Mr Kelly....
...Her soundtracks are close to lyric poetry, and indeed they quote certain Sufi poems sung by Abida Parveen, but apart from that they have no words....
...… Indian connection Hanif Lalani, who resigned as BT’s finance director last year, has resurfaced as a senior adviser to Indian investment bank Avendus....
...Founder Nadir Lalani controls 50 per cent of the business, which has 133 UK stores, and Barclays Ventures has a 25 per cent stake. Many of the discount chains remain a family affair....
...Mr Lalani was appointed head of Global Services in October 2008 when BT issued a profit warning because of the unit’s problems. A second warning was made in January last year....
...asks Ms Parveen, who wears a headscarf “as a symbol of women’s dignity”. “I don’t think women can have freedom…when they are used as sex symbols.”...
...When Hussein Lalani, co-founder of 99p Stores, the discount retailer, heard Woolworths had entered administration a year ago next week, he knew there wasn’t much time to lose....
...Hanif Lalani, head of the unit, said some potential customers are demanding big discounts in the downturn. “We are staying away from those scenarios,” he added....
...Mr Lalani said the chain’s turnover had doubled over the past 12 months and would be about £220m by the end of this year, when it will have 120 shops....
...Several of BT’s top executives were recruited through the graduate training programme, including Hanif Lalani, the head of BT’s Global Services arm, who joined as a trainee in 1983....
...“A couple of years ago you told the landlord ‘I want to open a 99p store in your centre’, [he’d] say, ‘I don’t want that kind of business’,” Mr Lalani says....
...Hanif Lalani, who replaced Mr Barrault as the head of Global Services, asked not to be considered for a bonus this year as there would be no other bonuses paid at Global Services....
...Much responsibility must lie with Mr Verwaayen and with former finance director Hanif Lalani, who now has a chance to make amends as head of global services....
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