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| One of the police officers investigating a corruption case in Pakistan linked to Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has been found dead. | One of the police officers investigating a corruption case in Pakistan linked to Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has been found dead. |
| Reports say the man, Kamran Faisal, was found hanged in the government hostel in Islamabad where he lived with colleagues. | |
| The Supreme Court ordered the arrest of Mr Ashraf on Tuesday over allegations he accepted bribes when approving power generation projects as minister for water and power in 2010. | The Supreme Court ordered the arrest of Mr Ashraf on Tuesday over allegations he accepted bribes when approving power generation projects as minister for water and power in 2010. |
| He denies the allegations. | |
| Police said they were investigating whether Mr Kamran had killed himself, and that an autopsy would be carried out. | Police said they were investigating whether Mr Kamran had killed himself, and that an autopsy would be carried out. |
| "We are investigating from different angles... We will establish an opinion after the autopsy," said Islamabad police chief Bani Amin. | "We are investigating from different angles... We will establish an opinion after the autopsy," said Islamabad police chief Bani Amin. |
| The order to arrest Mr Ashraf came as a populist cleric led thousands of protesters in a march and sit-in in Islamabad. | |
| Tahirul Qadri and his supporters were demanding the government resign ahead of elections due in May. | |
| The government has since reached a deal with cleric, agreeing to dissolve parliament before 16 March, but the events have raised fears of a political crisis in Pakistan. | |
| Analysts say Mr Ashraf is unlikely to be arrested imminently. | |
| The head of the NAB, Fasih Bokhari had refused to carry out the arrest, saying there was not enough evidence to justify it. |