Pakistan demands extradition of UK-based dissidents to accept grooming gang leader Shabir Ahmed's deportation
- Rochdale grooming gang leader Shabir AhmedPakistan has told Britain it must hand over political dissidents living in the UK if it wants Islamabad to accept the deportation of convicted Rochdale grooming gang ringleader Shabir Ahmed.
- A senior Pakistani government official told The Telegraph that the UK must "respect the issues that matter" to Pakistan instead of resorting to "arm-twisting" and threats over Ahmed's return.
- The remarks signal that Pakistan is seeking to link any potential agreement on Ahmed's deportation to its long-standing demands for the extradition of several UK-based political
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- Rochdale grooming gang leader Shabir AhmedPakistan has told Britain it must hand over political dissidents living in the UK if it wants Islamabad to accept the deportation of convicted Rochdale grooming gang ringleader Shabir Ahmed.
- A senior Pakistani government official told The Telegraph that the UK must "respect the issues that matter" to Pakistan instead of resorting to "arm-twisting" and threats over Ahmed's return.
- The remarks signal that Pakistan is seeking to link any potential agreement on Ahmed's deportation to its long-standing demands for the extradition of several UK-based political
Sources: Times of India