Leicestershire Curry Awards 2023 – Save The Date!

Romail Gulzar FRSA is founder and director of Pukaar Group, a multinational media and events company headquartered in Leicester, England. Romail’s media journey began in 2010 when he launched Pukaar News, a news agency and website which later provided broadcast media for the BBC, Sky and ITV and started the careers of dozens of local young journalists and other…

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Conservative Manifesto Launch 2023

It was my privilege to host Leicester Conservatives Manifesto launch on 9th March 2023 at Indian Restaurant, Chutney Ivy which is located in the heart of Leicester City Centre. Thank you to everyone for their support and well wishes.

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Becoming a Journalist After Being Deprived of an Education

“The pen is mightier than the sword,” as the old saying goes. And it seems there’s no industry where this holds more pertinent than the world of journalism. But is a pen always needed to tell a story? This was something Romail asked himself when he pondered whether his lifelong dream to become a journalist was realistic. Growing up…

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Beating the Odds from Humble Beginnings

After arriving in the UK as an asylum seeker in 2000, Romail Gulzar was granted official refugee status and began working on making a new life for himself. He had moved to Southampton and started life in the city as a factory worker, as well as picking up odd jobs as a restaurant cleaner. However, whilst working multiple jobs…

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Breaking Through the Silence to Protect Minorities

Growing up in Lahore, Pakistan, Romail Gulzar was acutely aware that he was different from an early age. Or at least, regarded as different by the society he lived in. As a Christian who was born and raised within the Islamic republic of Pakistan, his place in society was pre-ordained at birth. And a childhood of torment, ostracisation and…

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