Rukhsar Ahmed, a former Pakistani state minister, who was arrested on sexual assault charges relating to young girls in the UK, contested an election in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) while on police bail. According to The Guardian, Ahmed was “re-elected” in PoK elections last week after being out of office for five years. He is on police bail in the UK, following his July 2024 arrest on suspicion of rape and trafficking children in care as part of a grooming gang. During the same time, he was pictured on social media campaigning at various election gatherings in Mirpur in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Ahmed is reportedly affiliated to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the party of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.