Pakistan SC orders arrest of PM Raja Pervez Ashraf in corruption case

راجہ پرویز اشرف; born 26 December 1950) is the 17th Prime Minister of Pakistan.[3] He served as the Minister for Water and Power in the Yousaf Raza Gillani-led cabinet from March 2008 to February 2011.[4] He is a senior leader and politician of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Rawalpindi District. Ashraf assumed premiership on 22 June 2012, after Yousaf Raza Gillani was disqualified over contempt of court charges. He was shortlisted by the PPP as a candidate for the post and was eventually elected based on a 211–89 vote in the National Assembly