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Pakistan PM corruption official found dead | Pakistan PM corruption official found dead |
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One of the officials investigating a corruption case in Pakistan linked to Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has been found dead. | One of the officials 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. | |
Police said it appeared he had taken his life but they were investigating all possibilities, including murder. | |
A relative said he did not believe he could have killed himself. A neighbour said he had been very depressed. | |
The Supreme Court ordered the arrest of Mr Ashraf on Tuesday over allegations he had accepted bribes when approving power generation projects as minister for water and power in 2010. | |
He denies the allegations. | He denies the allegations. |
'Very depressed' | 'Very depressed' |
Mr Faisal worked for Pakistan's anti-corruption watchdog, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). | |
Announcing that a post mortem examination would be carried out, Islamabad police chief Bani Amin said: "We are investigating from different angles... we will establish an opinion after the autopsy." | |
One of the dead man's associates told the BBC the official had been under considerable stress in recent weeks. | |
He had played a major role in the Ashraf case until he and another officer were taken off it earlier this month by senior NAB officials, the man told the BBC. | He had played a major role in the Ashraf case until he and another officer were taken off it earlier this month by senior NAB officials, the man told the BBC. |
A neighbour also said that Mr Faisal had requested a transfer from the high-profile case and had been very depressed. | A neighbour also said that Mr Faisal had requested a transfer from the high-profile case and had been very depressed. |
But a relative, who works for the BBC, said Mr Faisal would not have taken his own life. | |
He was stressed, the relative said, but dedicated to his work and his family. | |
He was married with children, and supporting four sisters and his elderly parents. | |
Pressure on government | |
Mr Faisal's death is the latest twist in the long-running corruption case against Mr Ashraf, says the BBC's Shahzeb Jillani in Islamabad. | |
It comes days after the order to arrest the prime minister, which came as a populist cleric led thousands of protesters in a march and sit-in in Islamabad. | |
Tahirul Qadri and his supporters were demanding that the government resign ahead of elections due in May. | Tahirul Qadri and his supporters were demanding that the government resign ahead of elections due in May. |
The government has since reached a deal with the cleric, agreeing to dissolve parliament before 16 March, but the events have raised fears of a political crisis in Pakistan. | The government has since reached a deal with the 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. | 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. | The head of the NAB, Fasih Bokhari had refused to carry out the arrest, saying there was not enough evidence to justify it. |