A former Pakistani state minister has been arrested on suspicion of raping vulnerable girls in Manchester in the 1990s. Ahmed, 62, was expected to answer bail at a police station in Manchester last month, but he failed to appear because he was “too unwell to fly". TRENDING Stories Videos Your SayAt the same time, he was pictured on social media campaigning throughout northern Pakistan. He was elected last week as the MP for Azad Jammu for the party of Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif. Friends of Ahmed told The Guardian that he was “incredibly influential” in Manchester’s Pakistani community due to his political links.