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Raja Pervez Ashraf: Brief profile
PPP stalwart Raja Pervez Ashraf was elected as new prime minister of Pakistan by National Assembly members on Friday.
PPP stalwart Raja Pervez Ashraf was elected as new prime minister of Pakistan by National Assembly members on Friday. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
ISLAMABAD: PPP stalwart Raja Pervez Ashraf was elected as the new prime minister of Pakistan by National Assembly members on Friday.
Here is a brief profile of Ashraf:
Declared assets: Rs62million
Political career: Elected twice from NA-51, Gujjar Khan. Appointed federal minister for water and power after the 2008 elections. Was again appointed a minister in the recently-dissolved cabinet.
Controversy: Faces corruption allegation for receiving kickbacks in rental power projects and buying properties in London. The Supreme Court also directed NAB to take action against Ashraf for his alleged involvement in rental power case.
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So is this a pre-requisite for a PM? Must be invovled in a corruption case!!
If such are the priests, then God bless the congregation!!
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Allah Bless Pakistan, it is because of our own deeds that corrupted and inefficient people are ruling over us, we should not blame others, we have to look into ourselves.
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such controversial and corrupt personality is now our PM. clap for zardari.the way the played cunningly and shrewdly.. has done a huge damage to country.Recommend
May Allah bless to Pakistan now, hope this year will bring happiness which is bit unlikely under new PM but who knows….
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Soooooooooooooooo Funny, A person failed in his only ministry has been made the head of all ministries.
Clapping for “Zordari” politicking style……Recommend
What about his education, did he get some doctorate degree from so called US college . Please enlighten me. where did he go to high school, where did he live, did he serve the armed forces, was he involved in corruption prior to Rentals etc.You have shown incomplete profile, what a shame.Recommend
That sure is a brief profile :P
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Incomplete profile. Should start from school days. Is he from middle class or some feudal background. Please write detail of past.
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He is a thief! that completes the profile!
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He is a thief we all know ,Yet not one of us can stop his rise to power ..The sure sign of a dead nation..
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God Bless our Country
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Pakistan ka matlab kia:
1947: La ela ha – il lallah
2009-till date: Gundaaa dakaa or Aghwaaa
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I heard some PPP leaders praising their leadership (AAZ, of course) for making a middle class person the PM.
Well, how many middle class in Pakistan hold “declared” assets worth Rs 62 million???
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I never see anything about his education, did he get some doctor of law degree too. Oh, how many Pakistani middle class people buy millions worth property in London and declared assets Rs.62 million, this is just declared assets, if anyone thinks that he has no hidden assets,they are mistaken or naive. In the land of Pure people get to be PM where their integrity is just zeroRecommend
our rulers are from us. we the people, who elect them. To have best rulers, we need to make ourself best. That is the only way by which we can make our country a progressive country.
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