Pakistan resisting UK attempts to deport grooming gang leader
"We cannot be associated with any decisions relating to the individual's release or subsequent treatment under the British law."Ahmed was jailed for 22 years and released on licence this month. Conservative shadow home secretary Chris Philp said the government should consider using "very robust measures to essentially compel" Pakistan to accept the return of Ahmed. It'll be delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.Related topicsChild grooming
- ▪"We cannot be associated with any decisions relating to the individual's release or subsequent treatment under the British law."Ahmed was jailed for 22 years and released on licence this month.
- ▪Conservative shadow home secretary Chris Philp said the government should consider using "very robust measures to essentially compel" Pakistan to accept the return of Ahmed.
- ▪It'll be delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.Related topicsChild grooming
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Pakistan resisting UK attempts to deport grooming gang leaderImage source, GMPImage caption, Shabir Ahmed was the head of a gang which abused girls as young as 12 ByRichard Wheeler and Emilia BelliPublished16 July 2026, 09:38 BSTUpdated 21 minutes agoPakistan is resisting attempts by the UK government to deport a freed ringleader of a Rochdale grooming gang.Tahir Andrabi, a spokesman for Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told the BBC that Shabir Ahmed must be dealt with in accordance with UK laws and the government of Pakistan has "no connection whatsoever with this matter".Calls have mounted for Ahmed's deportation but legislation from 1971 bars it.
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