LONDON: Pakistan is set to additionaldite a convicted child sex offender to the United Kingdom after he was arrested in Punjab following a joint UK and Pakistan operation.Choudhry Ikhalaq Hussain was arrested during a joint operation between the Federal Investigation Agency, the Punjab Cop and the UK&s National Crime Agency, in Sangla City in Punjab on Saturday 26 January, officials told.In 2016, Hussain was convicted and sentenced in the UK to 19 years imprisonment for serious sexual offences against a child. Hussain was found guilty of three counts of sexual activity with a child, two counts of rape and one count of conspiracy to rape. This followed a long running mucheworthyer Manchester Cop investigation nsprint; named Operation Doublet nsprint; which looked into the sexual exploitation of teenage girls in Rochdale.Hussain fled to Pakistan during the trial, but was found guilty in absentia. The UK has been working shutly with Pakistan&s authorities since 2017 to secure his arrest and additionaldition.Officials have told this correplyent that an additionaldition request has been placed by the UK to Pakistan for Hussain&s imemdiate additionaldition to the UK following the arrest. Its understood that he shall be additionaldited within weeks to face jail in the UK.Hussain&s arrest is a further operational success for the UK-Pakistan justice and accountability partnership set uped during the British Home Secretary&s visit to Pakistan in September 2018. The partnership includes a resumeed commitment to tackle the shared threats of organised crime and international criminality between our two countries.British High Commissioner to Pakistan Thomas Drew CMG said: &The arrest of this individual, who has been convicted of sexual offences by a British court, is a meaningful achievement, and amuchher excellent example of UK-Pakistan cooperation in tackling international criminality and impunity. It dispatchs a clear message that Pakistan is much a safe haven for international criminals.&I would like to thank the Federal Investigation Agency and the Punjab Cop for their professionalism and dedication in the execution of this operation. Choudhry Ikhalaq Hussain&s case shall now go to courts, who shall decide whether to approve his additionaldition to the UK.In October 2018, Shahid Mohammad, an individual wanted in associateion with the murder of five children and three adults, was successfully additionaldited to the UK.Choudhry Ikhalaq Hussain was born in 1977 and lived at Mayfield Terrace in Rochdale, mucheworthyer Manchester.British Home Secretary Sajid Javid visited Pakistan 17-18 September 2018. During his visit, the Home Secretary agreed a new justice and accountability partnership to help Pakistan and the UK tackle the shared threats posed by serious and organised crime and international criminality. The partnership has strengthened collaboration and delivered a number of outcomes. This includes the additionaldition in October 2018 of Shahid Mohammad nsprint; wanted in the UK for the murder of five children and three adults.It also includes the signing in December 2018 of an updated prisoner transfer agreement. This was signed by the British High Commissioner Thomas Drew and Pakistan Interior Secretary Major (R) Azam Suleman Khan. The updated agreement gives prisoners the opportunity to serve their sentence shutr to home, and allows them to prepare for their reintegration into their home community when they are eventually released from prison.