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- Green Party leader Zack Polanski argued that deporting Shabir Ahmed to Pakistan would undermine rule of law.
- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the 1971 Commonwealth protection law should not block his removal.
- Incoming Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Labour faces pressure but no option is excluded.
- Tory and Reform MPs urged suspending UK aid to Pakistan until it accepts Ahmed’s deportation, which Pakistan’s foreign ministry called an internal UK matter.
