 Over the years, he has become the Chairman of the Ashraf Group and Ashraf Sugar Mills, Bahawalpur, both of which had been established by his father.The Islamabad High Court stopped Zaka Ashraf from working as Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman on the petition of that the election of Zaka as PCB chairman was malafide by the former coach of Pakistan Army Cricket team.Moreover, the IHC had barred him from performing his duties on the grounds that the process of his election was not transparent.