After the Pakistani Supreme Court dismissed prime minister Yusuf Gilani, his party's (Pakistan People’s Party) candidate Raja Parvez Asharaf was elected as the 25th Prime Minister of Pakistan on June 22, 2012. Raja Parvez Asharaf, Pakistan's 25th PM (AFP Photo) The Dawn newspaper reports that Ashraf, the candidate of the PPP and its coalition partners, received 211 votes while Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) candidate Sardar Mehtab Abbasi received 89 votes. F ive nominations were accepted for the position, including that of controversial Makhdoom Shahabuddin, who has a standing warrant of arrest from the Anti Narcotics Force for his alleged involvement in the Ephedrine import. According to the Dawn newspaper , Gilani was dismissed after he disobeyed the highest court by refusing to ask Swiss authorities to reopen corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, widower of Benazir Bhutto. Yusuf Gilani (pictured) was dismissed as Pakista...
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