Word: jamiat
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...military operations "as early as possible". Although the parliamentary debate reflected the power plays of a political culture in which parties rarely put the national interest above their own, it also reveals a profound difference in perspective even within the ruling coalition - Zardari's allies in the religious Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party demanded an end to military operations against the militants...
...flags of Pakistan's rival political parties waved, for once, in unison. Members of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party, of Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League, of conservative Jammat Islamia and fundamentalist Jamiat Ulema Islam, were out in full force, as were thousands of ordinary Pakistanis. Rauf Naizi, a 33-year-old farmer, had been waiting hours for the Chief Justice to pass through Haripur, the halfway point on Chaudhry's route. "The government rents crowds for their rallies, but we are not getting money or food to be here," he said. "We come just...
...diminishing resources, such growth is not an admirable goal. Roaney Giles Austin, Texas, U.S. Punjab Puritans "No dates, no dancing" [oct. 30] was about Punjab University in Lahore, Pakistan, where socializing between men and women is taboo. It is a prudish place, tightly controlled by a student group, Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba (I.J.T.), whose goal is "training the young generation according to Islam so they can play a role in Pakistan's social and political life." But what about the country's economic life? The vice chancellor of this university - as in most other Pakistani universities - is a retired general...
...Punjab Puritans "No Dates, No Dancing" [Oct. 16] was about Punjab University in Lahore, Pakistan, where socializing between men and women is taboo. It is a prudish place, tightly controlled by a student group, Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba (I.J.T.), whose goal is "training the young generation according to Islam so they can play a role in Pakistan's social and political life." But what about the country's economic life? The vice chancellor of the university?as at most other Pakistani universities?is a retired general lacking an academic background. There was a time when Arab Muslim countries...
...Dates, No Dancing" [Oct. 16] was about Punjab University in Lahore, Pakistan, where socializing between men and women is taboo. It is a prudish place, tightly controlled by a student group, Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba (I.J.T.), whose goal is "training the young generation according to Islam so they can play a role in Pakistan's social and political life." But what about the country's economic life? The vice chancellor of the university--as at most other Pakistani universities--is a retired general lacking an academic background. There was a time when Arab Muslim countries led the way in advancing...