King of corruption Zardari appoints his frontman "Raja Rental" [Sindhi by birth disguised as Punjabi] pas new PM of Pakistan. He is accused of over Rs.400bn corruption in Rental Power Plants. MQM, PML Q , ANP and all those 211 MNAs who voted for him are party to this corruption.
Raja Pervez Ashraf, born December 26, 1950 in Sanghar, Sindh, after completing a bachelors degree from University of Sindh in 1970, his professional occupation has been that of business and agriculture. after that, he joined the center-left PPP, and made Gujar Khan his new home.
According to the Washington Post, the choice of Ashraf "seemed to guarantee continued political turmoil".
It said he is "associated with a persistent energy crisis that has crippled the country with blackouts, water shortages and steep increases in the price of fuel". Ashraf, as energy minister 2008-2011, was also mired in a corruption scandal involving private leases of power plants, the Post said.
Dawn News said he was accused of receiving kickbacks in a power project and is currently defending himself in the Supreme Court.
The apex court declared Ashraf involved in the power project scam and revoked his power as the minister for water and power. However, when the federal cabinet was expanded, Ashraf was given the ministry of information and technology.
He has also been accused of buying property abroad with illegal money.
Ashraf, once water and power minister, already faces anger over the country's electricity woes; he's also been accused of corruption. Opposition officials claim he scored kickbacks from private energy initiatives, and he was questioned by investigators in April. Ashraf isn't likely to win reelection, experts say—and that may be precisely why the Pakistan People's Party chose him. If he becomes PM, the high court will likely demand he open a corruption investigation into President Asif Ali Zardari. Gilani's ouster followed his refusal to do so; if Ashraf were similarly "disqualified," it would mark only a minor political setback for the party, analysts say.
Raja Pervez Ashraf, born December 26, 1950 in Sanghar, Sindh, after completing a bachelors degree from University of Sindh in 1970, his professional occupation has been that of business and agriculture. after that, he joined the center-left PPP, and made Gujar Khan his new home.
According to the Washington Post, the choice of Ashraf "seemed to guarantee continued political turmoil".
It said he is "associated with a persistent energy crisis that has crippled the country with blackouts, water shortages and steep increases in the price of fuel". Ashraf, as energy minister 2008-2011, was also mired in a corruption scandal involving private leases of power plants, the Post said.
Dawn News said he was accused of receiving kickbacks in a power project and is currently defending himself in the Supreme Court.
The apex court declared Ashraf involved in the power project scam and revoked his power as the minister for water and power. However, when the federal cabinet was expanded, Ashraf was given the ministry of information and technology.
He has also been accused of buying property abroad with illegal money.
Ashraf, once water and power minister, already faces anger over the country's electricity woes; he's also been accused of corruption. Opposition officials claim he scored kickbacks from private energy initiatives, and he was questioned by investigators in April. Ashraf isn't likely to win reelection, experts say—and that may be precisely why the Pakistan People's Party chose him. If he becomes PM, the high court will likely demand he open a corruption investigation into President Asif Ali Zardari. Gilani's ouster followed his refusal to do so; if Ashraf were similarly "disqualified," it would mark only a minor political setback for the party, analysts say.
President Asif Ali Zaradari has mired the office of the country’s chief executive, Raja’s election as PM is a big blow to the process of democracy in Pakistan. surrendering to President Zardari’s autocratic decisions would wipe out the democratic values one of these days. President Zardari has inflicted vengeance on the nation. He has brought shame to the whole nation, said the PML-N leader.It is feared the way President Zardari was pulling the strings of the House the country would soon be left with nothing to spare.
Zardari will now control and run the country through his stooge PM. Its now a presidential form of government, democratic dictatorship.
Zardari will now control and run the country through his stooge PM. Its now a presidential form of government, democratic dictatorship.
http://www.zemtv.com/2012/06/22/aaj-kamran-khan-ke-saath-22nd-june-2012/
ONLY IMRAN KHAN CAN DEAL WITH THIS CORRUPT POLITICAL MAFIA ....
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Profile: Raja Pervez Ashraf
Mr Ashraf is likely to feel pressure from the courts to reopen corruption cases against President Zardari
Raja Pervez Ashraf's term as Pakistan's prime minister is likely to be as troubled as it is short.
He must lead the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) into general elections due by February 2013 at a time when the civilian government is at loggerheads with Pakistan's judiciary and its powerful military.
He is a senior figure in the party and has twice been a minister in the PPP-led government, which has been in power since 2008.
Like many Pakistani politicians he is dogged by allegations of corruption, which is endemic in the country.
Critics call him "Raja Rental" because of the kickbacks he is alleged to have taken while water and power minister - he denies the claims but left the post in 2011.
Political family
Mr Ashraf comes from Gujjar Khan town, about an hour's drive from the capital, Islamabad.
But his parents owned agricultural land in the town of Sanghar in the southern province of Sindh, where he was born in 1950. He graduated from Sindh University in 1970.
He speaks fluent Sindhi, considering himself half Sindhi, and has gelled well with the predominantly Sindhi leadership of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP).
Die-hard loyalist?
Due to all the negative publicity he attracted, he was dropped from the cabinet in a reshuffle in February 2011, although he returned some months later as minister for information technology.
After his nomination as the next prime minister of the country became apparent, the country's largest English language daily, Dawn, referred to him in a banner headline as "Rental Raja", a reference to his apparent failures as the power minister.
But the investigation into the Rental Power Projects is not his only challenge as prime minister.
The country's Supreme Court has been putting pressure on the government to get the authorities in Switzerland to reopen a case of corruption against President Asif Zardari.
It disqualified former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani from office for failing to abide by the court's wishes.
The general impression in Pakistan is that soon the judges will be breathing down Mr Ashraf's neck as well, prodding him to pick up where Mr Gilani left off.
Will he write the Swiss letter, or will he become the second prime minister to tell the court, "over my dead body"?
While only time will provide an answer, the general belief is that President Zardari would never chose a person for the top government slot who is not a die-hard PPP
loyalist.
loyalist.
Raja Pervez Ashraf
- Born in 1950, Raja Pervez Ashraf comes from a land-owning political family with strong connections to Sindh province
- He has been active in national politics since 1988 but lost repeated parliamentary elections until the 2002 and 2008 polls
- Since 2008 he has served as both water and power minister and information technology minister
- But his time as water and power minister was dogged by power cuts and controversy over a power generation scheme
- He denies charges of kickbacks but investigations are ongoing
