Pakistan prime minister raja pervaiz ashraf elected june 22 2012

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Pakistani Parliament elected Raja Pervaiz Ashraf as prime minister.

Pakistan distances itself from Western efforts to punish Iran over its disputed nuclear program.

PM Raja Pervez Ashraf is accused of taking bribes while he was still minister for water and power.

Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, from the ruling Pakistan People's Party, was elected prime minister by Pakistan's parliament in Islamabad on June 22, 2102.

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