Pak refuses to accept grooming gang leader unless UK hands over political dissidents
- Rochdale grooming gang leader Shabir AhmedLONDON: Pakistan is demanding the extradition of political dissidents from the UK if Britain wants to deport freed Rochdale grooming gang ringleader Shabir Ahmed.
- UK home secretary Shabana Mahmood is expected to set out on Monday how she plans to change the law to allow him to be sent back.
- Ahmed (73), who moved to the UK in 19767 aged 14 from Pakistan Punjab, was convicted of 30 offences, including rape, sexual assault, and trafficking of girls as young as 12, in 2012.
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- Rochdale grooming gang leader Shabir AhmedLONDON: Pakistan is demanding the extradition of political dissidents from the UK if Britain wants to deport freed Rochdale grooming gang ringleader Shabir Ahmed.
- UK home secretary Shabana Mahmood is expected to set out on Monday how she plans to change the law to allow him to be sent back.
- Ahmed (73), who moved to the UK in 19767 aged 14 from Pakistan Punjab, was convicted of 30 offences, including rape, sexual assault, and trafficking of girls as young as 12, in 2012.
Sources: Times of India