Carmarthenshire County Council has thrown its support behind a school’s bid to fight a deportation order served on one of its pupils. Carmarthen’s Queen Elizabeth High School is working closely with barristers acting on behalf of student Ahmer Rana, who is due to be deported to Pakistan. Mr Rana was smuggled in to the UK aged 14 by his parents who feared that he was in danger of being killed by enemies of his father. He has sinced been cared for by a foster family in Nantycaws, Carmarthen. The UK Border Agency had told Mr Rana that he must leave the UK following his 18th birthday on Christmas Day. An appeal court judge also agreed that he should leave the UK, saying that Mr Rana had failed to prove that he faces persecution. Now, barristers acting on his behalf have now lodged an extension in the High Court so that a further appeal can be made for him to stay in the UK. As part of this legal challenge, the school, and Mr Rana’s barristers, had asked the county council if it would suppo...