A convicted child rapist at the centre of Britain's notorious Rochdale grooming gang scandal has become the focus of an extraordinary diplomatic standoff after Pakistan reportedly demanded that the United Kingdom hand over Pakistani political dissidents living in Britain if it wants Islamabad to accept his deportation.

The UK government is facing a fresh hurdle in its bid to deport Shabir Ahmed, one of the ringleaders of the Rochdale child grooming gang, after Pakistan reportedly refused to…

Rochdale gang leader Shabir Ahmed, 73, was released from HMP Leeds on Thursday after serving just 14 years of the 22-year sentence handed to him in 2012 for the crime of 30 child…

Ahmed - who was stripped of his British citizenship in 2016 - was freed from prison last week after serving 14 of his 22-year long sentence for multiple counts of rape and sexual…

Labour is considering bringing emergency legislation to deport the Pakistan-born ringleader of a Rochdale grooming gang.

Pakistan 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…

A convicted child rapist at the centre of Britain's notorious Rochdale grooming gang scandal has become the focus of an extraordinary diplomatic standoff after Pakistan reportedly…

The Government has been examining ways to deport Shabir Ahmed, 73, since his release last week

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Shabir Ahmed – who served 14 years in jail for multiple rapes and sexual abuse against young girls – was released from prison last week

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The home secretary is due to set out plans to change the UK's Immigration Act, a law which has stopped the Rochdale grooming gang leader from being deported.

Pakistan News: LONDON: Pakistan is demanding the extradition of political dissidents from the UK if Britain wants to deport freed Rochdale grooming gang ringleader S.