Raja Pervez Ashraf of PPP has become the 25th Prime Minister of Pakistan after getting 211 votes from PPP, PMLQ, MQM, ANP, JUI and FATA members.

Currently Ashraf fighting a corruption case from his tenure as water and power minister, he has also been blamed for much of the government’s inability to resolve a disastrous energy crisis.

He was Federal Minister for Water and Power in the Yousaf Raza Gillani-led cabinet from March 2008 to February 2011. He is

a senior leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party from Rawalpindi District.

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