Warsi under scrutiny for breaching ministerial code by promoting business partner at Cameron's lunch

London, June 17 (ANI): Pakistan-origin UK politician Baroness Warsi is under fresh scrutiny after it was revealed that her business partner, Abid Hussain, a former activist with a radical Islamic group, secured an invitation to meet Prime Minister David Cameron at Downing Street, raising questions about the effectiveness of the PM's security.

Cameron has asked Sir Alex Allan , the independent adviser on ministerial conduct, to investigate Warsi after it was revealed that she had not declared a majority stake in Rupert's Recipes, a restaurant supply firm whose other shareholder is Hussain.

The Labour said it would table further questions on Warsi's conduct, The Telegraph reports.

Michael Dugher, the shadow Cabinet Office minister, said: "These latest allegations take the scandal to David Cameron's doorstep and to the heart of Downing Street.

"The Conservative Party chairman seems to have been giving her private business associate - a man who has admitted being involved in an extremist Islamist group - access to the corridors of power," he added.

The latest revelations concern the launch of the Conservative Friends of Pakistan, in the Savoy Hotel, central London, last month. The guests of honour were Cameron and Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.

Lady Warsi paid a total of 5,000 pounds for two tables at the event. Guests on one table included her parents, sisters, and others involved in the family's Dewsbury-based bed manufacturing business.

She "hosted" another table, made up of clients and staff from "Rupert's Recipes", although she sat on the VIP table.

The table included Hussain, Mohammed Johngir Saddiq, and Fareed Nasir.

However, Hussian's presence in Downing Street is questionable as it raises serious security questions about whether he was fully vetted.

It is unclear whether Warsi, who has said that she knows nothing of Hussain's involvement with Islamic extremists, played any role in getting him on the guest list. (ANI)