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UK Political Parties Push Labour to Halt Aid to Pakistan Over Rapist Deportation Issue

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London, July 20 (IANS) Political parties in the United Kingdom (UK) are urging the Labour Party to stop all foreign aid to Pakistan and impose visa sanctions until Islamabad takes back the child rapist and ringleader of the Rochdale grooming gang.The UK government is trying to deport Shabir Ahmed to Pakistan, his country of birth, as he was released from prison recently after serving 14 years of his 22-year sentence for 30 child rape offences, leading British daily ‘The Telegraph’ reported. Howe…