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…
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Islamabad, July 17 (IANS) Islamabad is refusing to take back Pakistan-born Shabir Ahmed, the ringleader of a Rochdale grooming gang, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison for 30 child rape offences.Earlier this week, Yvette Cooper, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the UK, signalled that the government is prepared to sanction Pakistan if it refuses to take back the sexual offender. Secretary Cooper said that the UK government would consider using “all possible levers”….
London, July 10 (IANS) The UK government is expected to announce changes to legislation that currently prevents the deportation of the Rochdale grooming gang’s ringleader to Pakistan, according to local media reports. UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is considering whether the changes will be introduced through fast-tracked legislation or as an amendment to the Immigration and Asylum Bill. Shabir Ahmed, the ringleader of a Rochdale grooming gang, who served 14 years for several rapes and sexual…
Islamabad, July 5 (IANS) The Pakistani government is maintaining the same claim as the ringleader of the grooming gang in the UK’s Rochdale by saying he is no longer a Pakistani citizen, a media report said.”Pakistan is refusing to take back a ringleader of the Rochdale grooming gang on the grounds that he is no longer a citizen of the country after ripping up his passport. Shabir Ahmed, who was freed this week after serving 14 years in prison for 30 child rape offences, claims that he renounced…
Quetta, Jan 7 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation on Wednesday brought to light two separate incidents of violence against civilians in Balochistan — an extrajudicial killing in Awaran district and an enforced disappearance in Panjgur district — at the hands of Pakistani forces. Condemning the brutal killing, Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that the bullet-riddled body of Ayaz Baloch, a school teacher, was recovered from the Nondara area of Awara…