LONDON: Shahid Malik, a Gujrat born riots hero, made history by earning the honour of becoming the first-ever Muslim minister in the centuries-old historical parliament of Britain. Malik, 39, shot to fame across the UK, after he was beaten, handcuffed and arrested by the London police during the riots of 2001. He consistently targeted Tony Blair’s decision to support invasion of Iraq. Shahid has been appointed as a parliamentary under-secretary at the Department for International Development (DFID).