In a quid pro quo move, Pakistan has reportedly floated a proposal to the UK to accept Pakistani-origin convicted sex offenders from Britain, but wants Britain to hand over some rebels of the regime too. Islamabad said it would accept the return of convicted members of the Pakistani grooming gang, like Qari Abdul Rauf and Adil Khan, in exchange for Britain extraditing two high-profile anti-Asim Munir political dissidents. The two dissidents are Shahzad Akbar, the special assistant to former PM Imran Khan, and Adil Raja, a Pakistani army officer-turner-whistleblower, reported US-based independent outlet, Drop Site News, citing sources.
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Both, Shahzad Akbar and Adil Raja have been living in exile in the UK since around April 2022, and are critics of the hybrid regime of Asim Munir-led military and PM Shehbaz Sharif.
Grooming gangs in the UK were networks of predominantly Pakistani men who targeted mostly white minor girls, "groomed" and gang-raped them. These girls were threatened by the Pakistani men and passed on among themselves.
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