Pakistan faces visa sanctions if they refuse to take back Rochdale grooming gang leader
- Posted on July 13, 2026
- By The Daily Star
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The UK government is implementing stricter diplomatic measures against Pakistan to enforce the deportation of Shabir Ahmed, the 73-year-old orchestrator of the notorious Rochdale grooming scandal. British officials are considering visa restrictions as leverage to compel Pakistani authorities to accept his return, while simultaneously pursuing legislative reforms to eliminate a decades-old immigration provision that has prevented his removal since 1971.
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