Five days later, Pakistan’s ever-active Supreme Court ordered the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and 16 other senior government officials for alleged involvement in what was called the “rental power” case. The case dates back to 2008-2011, when Ashraf, who was Minister of Water and Power at the time, oversaw large contracts to rent power generators, which were needed to ease an electricity shortage that was costing the economy up to 5% of GDP.
五天后，活跃的巴基斯坦最高法院以涉嫌所谓的“电力租赁”案为由下令逮捕总理阿什拉夫和16名其他政府高官。该案可以追溯到2008—2011年，阿什拉夫当时担任水电部长，监督租赁发电机组的巨额合同，当时，缺点给巴基斯坦经济造成的成本高达GDP的5%。