Political opponents instead of grooming gang criminals! Britain-Pakistan secret deal creates stir, will the clampdown be tightened on Imran Khan?

Pakistan UK Grooming Gang Extradition Deal: In exchange for taking back the notorious Pakistani grooming gang criminals who have served their sentences in Britain. Pakistan Now it is demanding the handover of its two high-profile political dissidents from Britain. This shocking claim has been made in the report of America’s independent media platform Drop Site News, which has revealed an alleged ‘quid pro quo deal’ between the two countries.

According to the report, Pakistan has proposed to Britain that the former Prime Minister imran khan Britain could take back convicted sex offenders such as its associates Qari Abdul Rauf and Adil Khan, but in return Britain would have to extradite two anti-Pakistan leaders, Shahzad Akbar and Adil Raja.

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Who are Pakistan’s Shahzad Akbar and Adil Raja?

It was told that the two people whose return Pakistan wants include Shahzad Akbar (special assistant to former Prime Minister Imran Khan) and Adil Raja (former Pakistani Army officer and now whistleblower). Both are living a life of exile in Britain since April 2022 and have been continuously criticizing Army Chief Asim Munir and Shahbaz Sharif government. Pakistan alleges that these people are spreading propaganda against state institutions from abroad.

What is grooming gang? that shook britain

A network of Pakistani-origin grooming gangs, active in Britain since the 1990s, mainly targeted minor white girls. These girls were first emotionally trapped, then drugged, then gang-raped and handed over to each other. In some cases, there were incidents of rape by 30–40 men in a single night, exploitation more than 100 times, and even the murder of a 16-year-old girl and her entire family… Cities like Rotherham, Rochdale, Oldham, Telford were the centers of this crime…

Why was Pakistan not taking these criminals till now?

Britain has been wanting to deport these culprits to Pakistan for the last several years, but Pakistan kept refusing saying that they had given up their Pakistani citizenship. These people also lost their British citizenship in 2018, making them legally stateless. This legal issue had stalled the deportation.

Controversy arose from the recent meeting

This dispute deepened when Pakistan Home Minister Mohsin Naqvi met British High Commissioner Jane Marriott in Islamabad on 4 December. The official statement said that security cooperation, fake news and return of illegally staying Pakistani citizens were discussed in the meeting, but Drop Site News claims that the names of grooming gang criminals were also kept under the guise of these ‘illegal Pakistani citizens’.

Clear signal from Pakistan: If you speak against the government from abroad, you will have to return.

According to Dawn newspaper, Home Minister Naqvi also made it clear in the meeting, “Pakistan will not tolerate those who defame state institutions while sitting abroad.” This statement is being seen as a direct hint against Shahzad Akbar and Adil Raja.

Shahzad Akbar’s counterattack

Shahzad Akbar wrote on

Warning from human rights organizations

International Human Rights Foundation has called it Transnational Repression. The organization says that Adil Raja was given a sentence of 14 years without legal process. Neither did he get a chance to defend himself nor was he given a lawyer. The organization has appealed to Britain not to hand over such a person to Pakistan where he is at risk of political torture.

Elon Musk’s entry and pressure

Tech billionaire Elon Musk had claimed on X that about 2.5 lakh children in Britain have become victims of this network. He had also talked about funding the legal fight regarding this. Under this pressure, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced the setting up of a national inquiry in June, but this inquiry is stuck till December.

No permanent extradition treaty between Pakistan and Britain

There is no formal Extradition Treaty between Pakistan and Britain. Extradition may only be possible in certain circumstances under section 194 of the UK Extradition Act 2003.

Is Pakistan using grooming gangs as a diplomatic weapon?

Analysts and journalists believe that Pakistan is now using the embarrassing grooming gang issue for Britain as a political bargaining tool to silence its opponents. However, till now no government agency or big media organization has officially confirmed this deal.