Pakistan’s military-backed government has triggered outrage in Britain by proposing a deal that critics describe as a brazen attempt to muzzle dissent. Islamabad has offered to accept convicted members of Britain’s notorious sex grooming gangs, but only if the United Kingdom agrees to hand over two political dissidents who have been openly criticising Army Chief General Asim Munir’s regime. Munir is serving concurrently as both Pakistan's first-ever Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS). His appointment as CDF, a newly created and powerful position, was officially approved by President Asif Ali Zardari last week.

The proposal has been widely condemned, raising questions about Pakistan’s willingness to leverage one of the UK’s darkest criminal scandals for po

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