Raja Parvez Ashraf
| Raja Pervaiz Ashraf راجہ پرویز اشرف |
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| Prime Minister of Pakistan | |
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In office 22 June 2012 – 24 March 2013 |
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| President | Asif Ali Zardari |
| Deputy | Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi |
| Preceded by | Yousaf Raza Gillani |
| Succeeded by | Mir Hazar Khan Khoso |
| Minister for Water and Power | |
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In office 31 March 2008 – 9 February 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Yousaf Raza Gillani |
| Preceded by | Liaquat Ali Jatoi |
| Succeeded by | Syed Naveed Qamar |
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| Born |
26 December 1950 Sanghar, Sind, Pakistan (now in Sindh, Pakistan) |
| Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Spouse(s) | Nusrat Pervaiz Ashraf |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University of Sindh |
| Occupation | Agriculturist, Business |
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf (Urdu: راجہ پرویز اشرف; born 26 December 1950), is a businessman, agriculturist, and politician who served as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 22 June 2012 until completing his designated term on 16 March 2013.
Prior to be elevated as Prime minister, he previously served as the Minister for Water and Power in the Yousaf Raza Gillani-led government from March 2008 to February 2011. A senior-ranking leader in 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. Shortlisted by the PPP as a candidate for the post, he was eventually elected based on a 211–89 vote in the National Assembly. Tackling the corruption scandals, one of the major achievements during his premiership was his interest to develop and implement hydro projects in particular Neelum-Jhelum project of 970 MW.
The project had received a big jolt when the Chinese Exim Bank refused to release $448 million loan linking it to the restoration of the Safe City Project in Islamabad which has been stopped by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. During his tenure Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) had launched a number of mega and medium-sized projects in Gilgit–Baltistan.
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf was born on 26 December 1950 in Sanghar, interior Sindh. He graduated from the University of Sindh in 1970 and was involved in agriculture before entering politics. He is married to Nusrat Pervaiz Ashraf and has four children, which include two sons and two daughters. Ashraf belongs to the Minhas clan of Pakhral and is originally from Gujar Khan, an industrial town in the Rawalpindi District of the Potohar region in northern Punjab. The Potohar region is home to numerous prominent political and military personalities. Ashraf comes from a middle class Potohari-speaking family of landowners who have had a traditional background in politics. An uncle of his served as a minister in the cabinet of Ayub Khan during the 1960s. His parents owned agricultural land in the town of Sanghar in Sindh, where he was Born and brought up. Ashraf is multilingual and can fluently speak English, Urdu, Punjabi and Potwari and Sindhi.
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