The Pakistani Government has lobbied for Pakistan International Airlines to fly to Britain in return for grooming gang rapists being deported from the UK, GB News can reveal.

Whitehall sources told the People's Channel that three men born in Pakistan who were found guilty of grooming gang offences are the subject of ongoing diplomacy between London and Islamabad.

Pakistan International Airlines remains barred from flying to and from Britain due to safety concerns.

It was also hit by backlash earlier this year after it released an advertisement featuring a plane which appeared to fly into the Eiffel Tower.

GB News understands that the issue has been raised by the Foreign Office with Pakistani representatives, including at high-level meetings attended by Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Foreign Minister Hamish Falconer.

Pakistan International Airlines remains barred from flying to and from Britain

Government sources told Britain's News Channel the Government was hoping to have a plan in place to deport all three men before Baroness Casey's rapid audit into grooming gangs is published next week.

Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick said it was "pathetic" that the Government is "getting on its knees and begging" Pakistan to remove foreign rapists.

The Tory frontbencher said: "Despicable rape gang perpetrators should be deported as soon as their sentences are served and never step foot on British soil again.

'Despicable rape gang perpetrators should be deported as soon as their sentences are served,' Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick fumed

"However, it's pathetic that the Government is getting on its knees and begging Pakistan to remove foreign rapists.

"They should be withdrawing the £130million of foreign aid the UK will pay to Pakistan this year, or suspending issuing the more than 100,000 visas the UK will give to Pakistani nationals, which it has the power to do.

"Starmer should show some guts and use every lever of the British state to deport vile foreign criminals."

'Starmer should show some guts and use every lever of the British state to deport vile foreign criminals,' Jenrick blasted

Jenrick's demand that Labour deports foreign offenders would be overwhelmingly popular with the public, according to polling shared with GB News.

Data from Find Out Now revealed staggering support amongst the general public for deporting foreign offenders from Britain.

Results show 84 per cent of all voters support the deportation of migrants who commit violent crimes.

Among Reform voters, this number is 99 per cent.

When asked about the deportation of migrants who commit sex offences, the public is again overwhelmingly supportive at 85 per cent.