Javed Khan has not had the smoothest start to his Barnardo's career. The new chief executive took the helm at the children's charity at the start of May, having informed Victim Support in November of his intention to leave. The notice period was disrupted, however, when an article published in The Mail on Sunday in January reported allegations that he took a gang armed with automatic rifles to settle a "long-running land dispute" in his native Pakistan.
The article prompted independent investigations by both Victim Support and Barnardo's, each of which found no evidence of wrongdoing on Khan's part. Clarifying the incident, Khan tells CYP Now that, contrary to the "malicious allegations", he and his family resolved the land dispute with the "full support of the authorities".
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