Javed Ashraf Qazi

Javed Ashraf Qazi (Urdu: جاوید اشرف قاضی), HI(M), SBt, (born 4 September 1941) is a Pakistani military officer and politician who served as a member of the senator during Musharraf administration.

[citation needed] Qazi started his political career after taking over as the Secretary of Science and Technology Division in 1996.

During his tenure as Federal Education Minister in General Pervez Musharraf's cabinet, Mr. Qazi stirred up controversy when in a talk show he erroneously mentioned that Quran has 40 parts (Juz') instead of 30.

[2] He was accused of transferring tens of hundreds of acres of prime railway land in Lahore to a Malaysian firm during General Musharraf's regime in 2001 for development of a golf course called Royal Palms Gold and Country Club.

A case was initiated against the minister and Railway executive committee for misuse of power but was cleared by Accountability court as there was no allegations of corruption.