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interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C9%99rviz_%C6%8F%C5%9Fr%C9%99f" title="Pərviz Əşrəf – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Pərviz Əşrəf" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9C_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AB" title="রাজা পারভেজ আশরাফ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="রাজা পারভেজ আশরাফ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B7_%D0%90%D1%88%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84" title="Раджа Первез Ашраф – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Раджа Первез Ашраф" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Pervaiz_Ashraf" title="Raja Pervaiz Ashraf – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Raja Pervaiz Ashraf" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Pervez_Ashraf" title="Raja Pervez Ashraf – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Raja Pervez Ashraf" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%87_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B2_%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%81" title="راجه پرویز اشرف – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="راجه پرویز اشرف" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Pervez_Ashraf" title="Raja Pervez Ashraf – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Raja Pervez Ashraf" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%9D%BC%EC%9E%90_%ED%8E%98%EB%A5%B4%EB%B0%94%EC%9D%B4%EC%A6%88_%EC%95%84%EC%8A%88%EB%9D%BC%ED%94%84" title="라자 페르바이즈 아슈라프 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="라자 페르바이즈 아슈라프" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BC" title="राजा परवेज़ अशरफ़ – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="राजा परवेज़ अशरफ़" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Pervaiz_Ashraf" title="Raja Pervaiz Ashraf – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Raja Pervaiz Ashraf" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Pervaiz_Ashraf" title="Raja Pervaiz Ashraf – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Raja Pervaiz Ashraf" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Pervaiz_Ashraf" title="Raja Pervaiz Ashraf – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Raja Pervaiz Ashraf" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Pervaiz_Ashraf" title="Raja Pervaiz Ashraf – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Raja Pervaiz Ashraf" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%BE_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%B7%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%AB%E0%B5%8D" title="രാജാ പർവേസ് അഷറഫ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="രാജാ പർവേസ് അഷറഫ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9D_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AB" title="राजा परवेझ अश्रफ – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="राजा परवेझ अश्रफ" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%87_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B2_%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%81" title="راجه برويز اشرف – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="راجه برويز اشرف" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%87_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B2_%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%81" title="راجه پرویز اشرف – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="راجه پرویز اشرف" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Pervez_Ashraf" title="Raja Pervez Ashraf – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Raja Pervez Ashraf" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Pervez_Ashraf" title="Raja Pervez Ashraf – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Raja Pervez Ashraf" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B2_%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%81" title="راجا پرویز اشرف – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="راجا پرویز اشرف" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%90%D8%B2_%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%81" title="راجا پروېز اشرف – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="راجا پروېز اشرف" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Pervez_Ashraf" title="Raja Pervez Ashraf – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Raja Pervez Ashraf" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Pervez_Ashraf" title="Raja Pervez Ashraf – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Raja Pervez Ashraf" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" 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font-weight:bold;"><div class="nickname" lang="ur"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">راجہ پرویز اشرف</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Raja_Pervez_Ashraf.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Raja_Pervez_Ashraf.jpg/220px-Raja_Pervez_Ashraf.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Raja_Pervez_Ashraf.jpg/330px-Raja_Pervez_Ashraf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Raja_Pervez_Ashraf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="425" data-file-height="355" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Ashraf in 2013</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">21st <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Pakistan" title="Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan">Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />16 April 2022 – 1 March 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zahid_Akram_Durrani" title="Zahid Akram Durrani">Zahid Akram Durrani</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Asad_Qaiser" title="Asad Qaiser">Asad Qaiser</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ayaz_Sadiq" title="Ayaz Sadiq">Ayaz Sadiq</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">19th <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan" title="Prime Minister of Pakistan">Prime Minister of Pakistan</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />22 June 2012 – 24 March 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Asif_Ali_Zardari" title="Asif Ali Zardari">Asif Ali Zardari</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan" title="Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan">Deputy</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chaudhry_Pervaiz_Elahi" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi">Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yusuf_Raza_Gilani" title="Yusuf Raza Gilani">Yusuf Raza Gilani</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mir_Hazar_Khan_Khoso" title="Mir Hazar Khan Khoso">Mir Hazar Khan Khoso</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Water_and_Power_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Water and Power (Pakistan)">Minister for Water and Power</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />31 March 2008 – 9 February 2011</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yusuf_Raza_Gilani" title="Yusuf Raza Gilani">Yusuf Raza Gilani</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Liaquat_Ali_Jatoi" title="Liaquat Ali Jatoi">Liaquat Ali Jatoi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Naveed_Qamar" title="Naveed Qamar">Naveed Qamar</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Pakistan" title="National Assembly of Pakistan">National Assembly of Pakistan</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />29 February 2024 – 25 October 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NA-52_Rawalpindi-I" title="NA-52 Rawalpindi-I">NA-52 Rawalpindi-I</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />13 August 2018 – 10 August 2023</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NA-58_(Rawalpindi-II)" class="mw-redirect" title="NA-58 (Rawalpindi-II)">NA-58 (Rawalpindi-II)</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2008–2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data">NA-51 Rawalpindi-II</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1950-12-26</span>) </span>26 December 1950<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 73)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Sanghar" title="Sanghar">Sanghar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sind_Province_(1936-55)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sind Province (1936-55)">Sindh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Pakistan" title="Dominion of Pakistan">Pakistan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_People%27s_Party" title="Pakistan People's Party">PPP</a> (1990–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Nusrat Pervaiz Ashraf<sup id="cite_ref-first_lady_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-first_lady-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">4<sup id="cite_ref-infopak_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-infopak-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Sindh" title="University of Sindh">University of Sindh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Agriculturist" title="Agriculturist">Agriculturist</a>, businessman</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Raja Pervaiz Ashraf</b> (<a href="/wiki/Urdu_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Urdu language">Urdu</a>: <span lang="ur" dir="rtl"><span class="Nastaliq" dir="rtl" title="Nastaliq" style="font-family: 'Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'Urdu Typesetting', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu Draft', 'Hussaini Nastaleeq', 'AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq', IranNastaliq, 'Awami Nastaliq', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta3', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta2', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta1', 'Nafees Nastaleeq', 'Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01', 'Pak Nastaleeq', 'PDMS_Jauhar', 'Alvi Lahori Nastaleeq'; font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">راجہ پرویز اشرف</span></span>; born 26 December 1950) is a <a href="/wiki/Punjabis" title="Punjabis">Punjabi</a> <a href="/wiki/Pakistani" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistani">Pakistani</a> politician, businessman and agriculturist who served as the 19th <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan" title="Prime Minister of Pakistan">Prime Minister of Pakistan</a> from June 2012 to March 2013<sup id="cite_ref-Raja_Pervez_Ashraf_elected_PM_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Raja_Pervez_Ashraf_elected_PM-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and as the <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Pakistan" title="Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan">Speaker of the National Assembly</a> from April 2022 to March 2024. Ashraf was a member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Pakistan" title="National Assembly of Pakistan">National Assembly of Pakistan</a> from <a href="/wiki/NA-58_(Rawalpindi-II)" class="mw-redirect" title="NA-58 (Rawalpindi-II)">NA-58 (Rawalpindi-II)</a>. He has also served as the Senior Vice President of the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Democratic_Movement" title="Pakistan Democratic Movement">Pakistan Democratic Movement</a> (PDM), an alliance of political parties opposed to <a href="/wiki/Imran_Khan" title="Imran Khan">Imran Khan</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Tehreek-e-Insaf" title="Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf">PTI</a> party.<sup id="cite_ref-raja_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-raja-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to being elevated as prime minister, he served as the <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Water_and_Power_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Water and Power (Pakistan)">Minister for Water and Power</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Yousaf_Raza_Gillani" class="mw-redirect" title="Yousaf Raza Gillani">Yousaf Raza Gillani</a>-led government from March 2008 to February 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A senior-ranking leader in the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Peoples_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan Peoples Party">Pakistan Peoples Party</a> (PPP) from <a href="/wiki/Rawalpindi_District" title="Rawalpindi District">Rawalpindi District</a>, Ashraf assumed premiership on 22 June 2012 after Yousaf Raza Gillani was disqualified over <a href="/wiki/Contempt_of_court" title="Contempt of court">contempt of court</a> charges. Shortlisted by the PPP as a candidate for the post, he was eventually elected based on a 211–89 vote in the National Assembly. </p><p>Tackling the corruption scandals, one of the major achievements during his premiership was his interest to develop and implement hydro projects in particular the 970-MW Neelum-Jhelum project. The project had received a big jolt when the Chinese Exim Bank refused to release a $448 million loan linking it to the restoration of the Safe City Project in Islamabad which was stopped by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his tenure <a href="/wiki/Water_and_Power_Development_Authority" title="Water and Power Development Authority">Water and Power Development Authority</a> (WAPDA) launched a number of mega and medium-sized projects in <a href="/wiki/Gilgit%E2%80%93Baltistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilgit–Baltistan">Gilgit–Baltistan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pakobserver.net_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pakobserver.net-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_childhood">Personal life and childhood</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raja_Pervaiz_Ashraf&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Personal life and childhood"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Raja Pervaiz Ashraf was born to a <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjabi Muslim">Punjabi Muslim</a> family on 26 December 1950 in <a href="/wiki/Sanghar" title="Sanghar">Sanghar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sindh" title="Sindh">Sindh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-profile_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profile-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ashraf belongs to the <a href="/wiki/Minhas" title="Minhas">Minhas</a> clan of <a href="/wiki/Pakhral" title="Pakhral">Pakhral</a> and is originally from <a href="/wiki/Gujar_Khan" title="Gujar Khan">Gujar Khan</a>, an industrial town in the <a href="/wiki/Rawalpindi_District" title="Rawalpindi District">Rawalpindi District</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Pothohar_Plateau" title="Pothohar Plateau">Potohar region</a> in northern <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_Pakistan" title="Punjab, Pakistan">Punjab</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-toiprofile_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toiprofile-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dailytimes_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailytimes-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Potohar region is home to numerous prominent political and military personalities.<sup id="cite_ref-Pothohar_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pothohar-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pothohar2_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pothohar2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ashraf comes from a middle class <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a> speaking family of landowners who have had a traditional background in politics. An uncle of his served as a minister in the cabinet of <a href="/wiki/Ayub_Khan_(Field_Marshal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayub Khan (Field Marshal)">Ayub Khan</a> during the 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-dailytimes_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailytimes-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pothohar_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pothohar-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pothohar2_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pothohar2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His parents owned agricultural land in the town of Sanghar in <a href="/wiki/Sindh" title="Sindh">Sindh</a>, where he was born and brought up.<sup id="cite_ref-dailytimes_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailytimes-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He graduated from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Sindh" title="University of Sindh">University of Sindh</a> in 1970 and was involved in agriculture before entering politics.<sup id="cite_ref-profile_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profile-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-toiprofile_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toiprofile-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is married to Nusrat Pervaiz Ashraf<sup id="cite_ref-first_lady_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-first_lady-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has four children, which include two sons and two daughters.<sup id="cite_ref-infopak_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-infopak-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-toiprofile_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toiprofile-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ashraf is <a href="/wiki/Multilingualism" title="Multilingualism">multilingual</a> and can fluently speak English, <a href="/wiki/Urdu_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Urdu language">Urdu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sindhi_language" title="Sindhi language">Sindhi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_political_career">Early political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raja_Pervaiz_Ashraf&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He is regarded as an important PPP loyalist and leader in the Rawalpindi region. He contested parliamentary elections in 1990, 1993 and 1997. He won in elections held in 2002 and then in 2008, following which he was appointed as federal minister for water, and as power minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani.<sup id="cite_ref-dailytimes_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailytimes-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PPP-Hoarding.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/PPP-Hoarding.JPG/220px-PPP-Hoarding.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/PPP-Hoarding.JPG/330px-PPP-Hoarding.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/PPP-Hoarding.JPG/440px-PPP-Hoarding.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption>Raja Ashraf on a hoarding</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Member_of_Parliament">Member of Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raja_Pervaiz_Ashraf&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Member of Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ashraf has been twice elected Member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Pakistan" title="National Assembly of Pakistan">National Assembly of Pakistan</a> (MNA) from his constituency of <a href="/wiki/Gujar_Khan" title="Gujar Khan">Gujar Khan</a>, Rawalpindi District.<sup id="cite_ref-profile_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profile-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He won re-election in the <a href="/wiki/2008_Pakistani_general_election" title="2008 Pakistani general election">February 2008 elections</a>. During his time as an MNA, he served as a member of the Standing Committee on Kashmir and the Standing Committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights.<sup id="cite_ref-toiprofile_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toiprofile-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before his ascendance to the post of prime minister, he was also the secretary general of the PPP.<sup id="cite_ref-infopak_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-infopak-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Water_and_Power_ministry">Water and Power ministry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raja_Pervaiz_Ashraf&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Water and Power ministry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Raja_Pervez_Ashraf.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Raja_Pervez_Ashraf.jpg/220px-Raja_Pervez_Ashraf.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Raja_Pervez_Ashraf.jpg/330px-Raja_Pervez_Ashraf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Raja_Pervez_Ashraf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="425" data-file-height="355" /></a><figcaption>Raja Pervez Ashraf in 2013</figcaption></figure> <p>He became the head of the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Water_and_Power_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Water and Power (Pakistan)">Water and Power Ministry</a> in the coalition government of <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Peoples_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan Peoples Party">PPP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Muslim_League_(N)" title="Pakistan Muslim League (N)">PML-N</a>, <a href="/wiki/Awami_National_Party" title="Awami National Party">ANP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamiat_Ulema-e-Islam" title="Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam">JUI-F</a> and <a href="/wiki/Muttahida_Qaumi_Movement_%E2%80%93_Pakistan" title="Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan">MQM</a> formed after the 2008 elections.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his tenure as power minister, there was a chronic shortage of electricity generation throughout the country and power cuts (<a href="/wiki/Load_shedding" class="mw-redirect" title="Load shedding">load shedding</a>) remained frequent. In the position, he faced heavy criticism for repeatedly promising the country's power crisis would be over "by 2008" as the country suffered regular blackouts.<sup id="cite_ref-AP_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became one of the most sought after ministers in the National Assembly, by legislators who demanded answers for the power crisis.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to a report on his parliamentary performance, the water and power ministry while Ashraf was in-charge received as many as 1,147 official questions and queries, of which only 60% were responded to.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The report opined that Ashraf's performance as minister was "tainted by failures to overcome the power shortfall that continued to aggravate even after he was replaced" and that his actions and responses both inside and outside the National Assembly had "not been translated into actions"<sup id="cite_ref-dailytimes_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailytimes-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, about 3,570 megawatts of power was added to the national grid during the PPP government, a major portion of which came during Ashraf's term in office. His term is said to have overseen relatively more megawatts being added to the national grid when compared to other ministers of power and energy since <a href="/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto" title="Benazir Bhutto">Benazir Bhutto</a>'s last government.<sup id="cite_ref-dailytimes_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailytimes-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was accused of receiving kickbacks in the rental power projects, and of using illegal money to buy foreign property.<sup id="cite_ref-profile_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profile-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ashraf denied the charges, and as of June 2012, was defending himself before the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Pakistan" title="Supreme Court of Pakistan">Supreme Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-profile_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-profile-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No official charges have been framed against him as no evidence could be presented so far.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>One of the main reasons for power crisis, which have never received due attention and focus is the circular debt and which continued to increase over the years. The government has time and again tried to clear the circular debt, however it comes again. This is because of the structural issues including power theft, poor recovery from other government departments, difference between cost of generation and actual cost charged to customer.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During Ashraf's government prioritised hydro power projects in particular Neelum Jhelum 970 MW. During his term, WAPDA initiated several hydro projects in Gilgit Baltistan (GB) including the Satpara Dam having 17 MW power generation capacity and 0.093 million acre feetwater storage capacity and Diamer-Bhasha Dam having 4,500 MW power generation capacity and 8.1 million acre feet water storage capacity, along with hydropower projects of 7,100 MW Bunji, 34 MW Harpo, 80 MW Phandar and 40 MW Basho.<sup id="cite_ref-pakobserver.net_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pakobserver.net-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hydro power is the cheapest energy source and as Minister and PM he gave special attention, however hydro power projects take long time to complete and the electricity from the projects will be available after 10 years. To resolve short term energy crisis, Ashraf implemented power project on rental basis, following the rental policy approved in Mushrrafs tenure. However the projects became controversial.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan">Prime Minister of Pakistan</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raja_Pervaiz_Ashraf&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Prime Minister of Pakistan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Election_as_Prime_Minister">Election as Prime Minister</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raja_Pervaiz_Ashraf&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Election as Prime Minister"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 26 April 2012, Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Yousaf_Raza_Gillani" class="mw-redirect" title="Yousaf Raza Gillani">Yousaf Raza Gillani</a> was convicted of being in contempt of court for refusing to bring charges against President <a href="/wiki/Asif_Ali_Zardari" title="Asif Ali Zardari">Asif Ali Zardari</a>. On 19 June 2012, Gillani was retroactively ruled ineligible to hold the office by the Supreme Court. The ruling <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_People%27s_Party" title="Pakistan People's Party">Pakistan People's Party</a> nominated textile minister <a href="/wiki/Makhdoom_Shahabuddin" title="Makhdoom Shahabuddin">Makhdoom Shahabuddin</a> to replace Gillani, but the nomination failed when the <a href="/wiki/Anti-Narcotics_Force" title="Anti-Narcotics Force">Anti-Narcotics Force</a> issued a warrant for Shahabuddin's arrest on drug charges.<sup id="cite_ref-AP_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ashraf was then selected as the party's next option.<sup id="cite_ref-AP_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 22 June 2012, Raja Pervez Ashraf was elected <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan" title="Prime Minister of Pakistan">Prime Minister of Pakistan</a><sup id="cite_ref-Raja_Pervez_Ashraf_elected_PM_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Raja_Pervez_Ashraf_elected_PM-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AP_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ashraf and his cabinet were sworn in on the same day.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His selection as Prime Minister restored the country's government after several days of turmoil where officially the country was without a government.<sup id="cite_ref-AP_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> said Ashraf's election was "unlikely to calm the tensions roiling the country" and noted that many observers expected him to eventually be ousted like his predecessor.<sup id="cite_ref-AP_19-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Political analyst Raza Rumi said Ashraf was likely chosen by the PPP because they knew he would not last long.<sup id="cite_ref-AP_19-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 24 July 2012, the government informed the Supreme Court, one day before expiry of the court's deadline, that it had not taken a decision on reopening of the graft cases against President Zardari.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2008_Pakistani_general_election#Election_for_Prime_Minister" title="2008 Pakistani general election">←2008</a> </th> <th>22 June 2012 </th> <th><a href="/wiki/2013_Pakistani_general_election#Election_for_Prime_Minister" title="2013 Pakistani general election">2013→</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Candidate </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Votes Obtained </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Required majority → </th> <th>172 out of 342 </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#000"> </td> <td><b>Raja Pervaiz Ashraf</b> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Peoples_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan Peoples Party">Pakistan Peoples Party</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b>211</b> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="check" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#228b22"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mehtab_Abbasi_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mehtab Abbasi (politician)">Mehtab Abbasi</a> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Muslim_League_(N)" title="Pakistan Muslim League (N)">Pakistan Muslim League (N)</a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">89 <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="☒" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">N</span> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="background:#f2f2f2; font-weight:bold"> <td> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Abstentions" class="mw-redirect" title="Abstentions">Abstentions</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><42 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Socioeconomic_challenges">Socioeconomic challenges</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raja_Pervaiz_Ashraf&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Socioeconomic challenges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Immediately after his election, Ashraf said that the economy, inflation, and the country's power crisis would be his top concerns. "Our country cannot afford politics of confrontation at this time," he said.<sup id="cite_ref-AP_19-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within 24 hours of being elected, Ashraf held a meeting to resolve the energy crisis in the country and directed the Ministry of Petroleum to ensure the supply of 28,000 tonnes of fuel daily to power plants, so as to add 1200 mega watts to the national grid system.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were power protests erupting throughout the country for continual load shedding.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Economy_Watch" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan Economy Watch">Pakistan Economy Watch</a> (PEW) was critical of this renewed focus on energy, calling it a "useless effort" with the president of PEW, Murtaza Mughal, remarking that load shedding had only "increased in the harrowing summer", making life difficult for the ordinary citizen; Mughal further noted that the announcement of adding more fuel into independent power producers had been portrayed positively, despite the fact that the actual problem did not lie in scarcity of fuel but rather in non-payment of dues.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Businesspeople and economists in Pakistan had a mixed response to Ashraf's appointment; while some appreciated the prime minister's focus on the energy crisis and hoped for greater cooperation between key institutions and political parties as being good for economic stability, others questioned his reputation related to rental power and expressed anxiety over the government's ongoing clash with the judiciary which could cause uncertainty and scare businesses away. A government official praised the smooth transition of power and said that the country's economic policy would stay the same, adding that the government's economic team will carry on with implementing the <a href="/wiki/2012_Pakistan_federal_budget" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Pakistan federal budget">budget</a> and other economic functions as present before Gillani's disqualification.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As an initiative to overcome the energy crises, Ashraf announced his intention to build several small dams across the country. He said that these projects would start from his native Potohar plateau, as part of a development programme for the Potohar region.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Apart from energy, he identified the deteriorating law and order situation of Karachi, especially with regards to <a href="/wiki/Target_killings_in_Karachi" class="mw-redirect" title="Target killings in Karachi">target killings</a>, as a second major challenge.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2012, during his maiden trip to <a href="/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan">Gilgit-Baltistan</a>, Ashraf announced a <a href="/wiki/Pakistani_rupee" title="Pakistani rupee">Rs.</a> 2 billion development package for the region.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 12 July 2012, The Supreme Court in its NRO implementation case order has ruled that Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf must write the letter to Swiss authorities to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 25 July 2012, The Supreme Court gave Raja Pervaiz Ashraf to 8 August 2012 to implement its order by writing a letter to Swiss authorities to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zradari.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 August 2012, the supreme court adjourned the hearing till 18 September 2012.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_developments">Political developments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raja_Pervaiz_Ashraf&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Political developments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Three days after his election, Ashraf visited <a href="/wiki/Nine_Zero" title="Nine Zero">Nine Zero</a> and met with leaders of the <a href="/wiki/Muttahida_Qaumi_Movement_%E2%80%93_Pakistan" title="Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan">Muttahida Qaumi Movement</a> in Karachi. He also visited the leader of the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Muslim_League_(F)" title="Pakistan Muslim League (F)">Pakistan Muslim League (F)</a>. The visits were seen as part of a fresh move to reaffirm ties with coalition political parties.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first significant milestone Ashraf performed after taking charge of his office was an approval for the creation of a post of <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan" title="Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan">Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan</a> to fulfill a demand of the coalition party <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Muslim_League_(Q)" title="Pakistan Muslim League (Q)">Pakistan Muslim League (Q)</a> (PML-Q). The post was inaugurated on 25 June and <a href="/wiki/Chaudhry_Pervez_Elahi" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaudhry Pervez Elahi">Chaudhry Pervez Elahi</a> of PML-Q was appointed as the first deputy prime minister of the country.<sup id="cite_ref-demands_fulfilled_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-demands_fulfilled-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the position is largely symbolic and has no legal constitutional duties. </p><p>On 27 June 2012, the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Pakistan" title="Supreme Court of Pakistan">Supreme Court of Pakistan</a> gave prime minister Ashraf two weeks to indicate whether he would ask Swiss authorities to reopen corruption cases against president Zardari.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Ashraf stated that his position on the issue was no different from that of previous prime minister Gillani.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the first week of July, he directed attention on the <a href="/wiki/Balochistan_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="Balochistan conflict">Balochistan conflict</a> and called for a high-level meeting to discuss the issue of <a href="/wiki/Missing_persons_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Missing persons (Pakistan)">missing persons</a> in the province.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the first week of July, Ashraf announced the government's plans to establish legislation which would remove the bar on dual nationality holders from contesting in elections. If passed, the legislation would enable <a href="/wiki/Overseas_Pakistanis" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas Pakistanis">Overseas Pakistanis</a> holding dual nationalities eligible to participate in elections and hold public office. The enforcement of such a legislation remains a controversial issue.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He made a visit to <a href="/wiki/Peshawar" title="Peshawar">Peshawar</a> a few days later, where he met local politicians, during which he expressed his views on the parliament being "the mother of all institutions".<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has praised the role of <a href="/wiki/Democracy_in_Pakistan" title="Democracy in Pakistan">democracy</a> in creating an "independent media, judiciary and parliament." He further paid tribute to the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a> in its <a href="/wiki/Pakistan%27s_role_in_the_War_on_Terror" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan's role in the War on Terror">role in the War on Terror</a> and military operations in the troubled northwestern areas.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the fraud case against <a href="/wiki/Asif_Ali_Zardari" title="Asif Ali Zardari">Asif Ali Zardari</a>, he indicated in September 2012 that he would be willing to open the pending fraud cases.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_policy">Foreign policy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raja_Pervaiz_Ashraf&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Foreign policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When commenting on <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Pakistan" title="Foreign relations of Pakistan">foreign policy</a> after assuming premiership, Ashraf said that he wanted to deal with the United States on "an equal footing".<sup id="cite_ref-AP_19-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, he will likely have to deal with the court's demands to charge Zardari before doing much else.<sup id="cite_ref-AP_19-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a> of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> congratulated Ashraf shortly after his election, and anticipated greater progress in bilateral <a href="/wiki/India%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="India–Pakistan relations">relations between the two countries</a> during Ashraf's term.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Chinese government greeted Ashraf and pledged <a href="/wiki/China%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="China–Pakistan relations">closer ties with Pakistan</a> to strengthen their "all-weather friendship".<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other notable messages of congratulation came from U.S. Secretary of State <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> and Afghan president <a href="/wiki/Hamid_Karzai" title="Hamid Karzai">Hamid Karzai</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 24 June 2012, several <a href="/wiki/Tehrik-i-Taliban_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan">Tehrik-i-Taliban</a> militants from Afghanistan entered Pakistan's <a href="/wiki/Durand_Line" title="Durand Line">bordering</a> <a href="/wiki/FATA" class="mw-redirect" title="FATA">tribal areas</a> killing 13 Pakistani troops, of which seven were beheaded. During the conflict, Pakistani troops killed fourteen of the raiding militants. The attack, one of several such <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan%E2%80%93Pakistan_skirmishes" class="mw-redirect" title="Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes">cross-border skirmishes</a>, was strongly condemned with Raja Pervaiz Ashraf stating that the matter would be directly taken to Afghan president Hamid Karzai.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Regarding his stand on the <a href="/wiki/Kashmir_conflict" title="Kashmir conflict">Kashmir conflict</a> with India, Ashraf has categorically stated that Pakistan would continue providing moral, political, and diplomatic support to the <a href="/wiki/Kashmiri_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Kashmiri people">Kashmiri people</a> of <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (state)">Jammu and Kashmir</a> until a solution was to be reached for the issue in accordance with UN resolutions and Kashmiri aspirations.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ashraf is expected to visit <a href="/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, to hold talks with the Afghan leadership on the peace process in Afghanistan amidst the ongoing Afghan war and to discuss the status of Afghan-led reconciliation with the <a href="/wiki/Afghan_Taliban" class="mw-redirect" title="Afghan Taliban">Afghan Taliban</a>. The visit comes at a time when Pakistan's relations with the United States have improved in the aftermath of the 2011 NATO attack.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 15 July, he performed a two-day state visit to <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>, his first official tour since becoming prime minister. During the visit, he would perform <a href="/wiki/Umrah" title="Umrah">Umrah</a>, meet with King <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_of_Saudi_Arabia" title="Abdullah of Saudi Arabia">Abdullah of Saudi Arabia</a>, discuss the status of <a href="/wiki/Pakistan-Saudi_Arabia_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan-Saudi Arabia relations">relations between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia</a> and also meet members of the <a href="/wiki/Pakistanis_in_Saudi_Arabia" title="Pakistanis in Saudi Arabia">Pakistani community in Saudi Arabia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On his visit to <a href="/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, in late July 2012, Ashraf met with Karzai government officials and engaged in talks with the two main opposition leaders <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_Abdullah" title="Abdullah Abdullah">Abdullah Abdullah</a> from the <a href="/wiki/National_Coalition_of_Afghanistan" title="National Coalition of Afghanistan">National Coalition of Afghanistan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Zia_Massoud" title="Ahmad Zia Massoud">Ahmad Zia Massoud</a> from the <a href="/wiki/National_Front_of_Afghanistan" title="National Front of Afghanistan">National Front of Afghanistan</a>. Among other things they discussed the need for increased and regular dialogue between leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 30 March, the apex court had directed the National Accountability Bureau to proceed against those who were in the post of minister for water and power from 2006 till the next general elections. As a result, on 20 April, NAB issued arrest warrants for 33 persons, including Ashraf.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-premiership">Post-premiership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raja_Pervaiz_Ashraf&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Post-premiership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 16 April 2022, Ashraf was elected unopposed as the 22nd <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Pakistan" title="Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan">Speaker of the National Assembly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raja_Pervaiz_Ashraf&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arrest_order">Arrest order</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raja_Pervaiz_Ashraf&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Arrest order"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 15 January 2013, the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Pakistan" title="Supreme Court of Pakistan">Supreme Court of Pakistan</a> ordered the arrest of Raja Pervaiz Ashraf for alleged corruption as Ashraf was accused of <a href="/wiki/Kickbacks" class="mw-redirect" title="Kickbacks">kickbacks</a> from rental <a href="/wiki/Power_station" title="Power station">power plants</a> that were part of a project intended to serve as part of the solution to Pakistan's power problems.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The media derided Raja Pervaiz Ashraf as <i>Rental Raja</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The arrest order came at the same time as the <a href="/wiki/Long_March_(Pakistan)" title="Long March (Pakistan)">Long March</a> culminated in the national capital of <a href="/wiki/Islamabad" title="Islamabad">Islamabad</a>. None of the accused in the rental case has been convicted so far. The rental power case is pending with independent Supreme court for nearly four years and no conviction has been made. Ashraf has time and again demanded clearance of his name and denies all the charges. Ashraf in his appearance in the Supreme Court categorically denied such charges and offered his complete cooperation with all authorities and courts. A member of the ruling <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_People%27s_Party" title="Pakistan People's Party">Pakistan People's Party</a> referred to the arrest order as "a conspiracy" while Pakistan's interior minister <a href="/wiki/Rehman_Malik" title="Rehman Malik">Rehman Malik</a>, claimed that "Even after this order, (Ashraf) is the prime minister and, God willing, he will continue as prime minister."<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/National_Accountability_Bureau" title="National Accountability Bureau">accountability court</a> in Islamabad indicted former <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan" title="Prime Minister of Pakistan">Prime Minister</a> Raja Pervez Ashraf and six others in the rental power case on 16 January 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nepotism">Nepotism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raja_Pervaiz_Ashraf&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Nepotism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Raja Pervez Ashraf appointed his son-in-law Raja Azeem in World Bank (Executive Director-Pakistan and others) in violation of rules and an example of Nepotism prevalent in Pakistani political elite.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raja_Pervaiz_Ashraf&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Qamar</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Yousaf_Raza_Gillani" class="mw-redirect" title="Yousaf Raza Gillani">Yousaf Raza Gillani</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan" title="Prime Minister of Pakistan">Prime Minister of Pakistan</a> </b><br />2012–2013 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Mir_Hazar_Khan_Khoso" title="Mir Hazar Khan Khoso">Mir Hazar Khan Khoso</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Acting</span></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Asad_Qaiser" title="Asad Qaiser">Asad Qaiser</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a 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