Graft case filed against Pakstan PM Raja Pervez Ashraf
Islamabad: A case has been filed against former premier Raja Pervez Ashraf over Rs 22-billion scam in setting up power projects.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) filed a 263-page supplementary complaint against Ashraf in an anti-corruption court which will resume hearing the case on November 19.
Nine firms have been accused of receiving over Rs 22 billion as a mobilization advance from the government to commission “rental power projects” but most of them did not set up the plants. A few firms installed the plants but after an inordinate delay.
Ashraf allegedly received kickbacks and commissions when he was Power Minister and he was given the nickname “Raja Rental” for his role in the scam.
In March 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that the contracts for the power plants were non-transparent and rescinded them. Ashraf, an agriculturist-turned-politician, served as premier from June 2012 to March 16 this year. Earlier, he served as Power Minister under former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani.
