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...doesn't - has angered parents and teachers alike. One judge on the influential Lahore High Court dismissed a petition from the Private School Owners Association for more government help by saying schools should arrange for their own security. "Everything should not be left to the government," said Justice Mian Saqib Nisar. "Every citizen should play his due role for the betterment of the society. I would impose a fine if such frivolous petitions were filed in the future." No one from the Ministry of Education was available to comment for this story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pakistani Taliban's War on Schoolchildren | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

...bumpers are trimmed with black feather boas. "I decided to do this for my leader," he said of his masterpiece. "Sharif is going the right way for Pakistan." Musharraf, he says, brought Pakistan suicide bombers and inflation. "Everything now is costing more, so we pray for the success of Mian Nawaz Sharif." Given the delicacy of his decorative creation, there is one more thing he is praying for: "Last night I prayed to god, 'please don't let it rain.'" Yet that outcome would hardly rank against the direr consequences this vote could bring to Pakistan in coming days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan Votes Amid Tension | 2/18/2008 | See Source »

...except a budget during its first 14 months in power. Much of its energy was squandered feuding with the opposition. Among the first acts of Bhutto's party after coming to power was a campaign to bribe and threaten legislators in Punjab. The goal: to overthrow Bhutto's nemesis, Mian Nawaz Sharif, Punjab's chief minister, a wealthy industrialist and a close associate of Zia's. Worse yet, her Cabinet stank with corruption scandals, including allegations against her husband Asif Ali Zardari and her father-in-law Hakim Ali Zardari, who was chairman of the parliamentary public-accounts committee. With...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Benazir Bhutto (1953–2007) | 12/27/2007 | See Source »

...Asif Mian...

Author: By Elisabeth J. Bloomberg, Ben B. Chung, Bernard L. Parham, Will B. Payne, and Abe J. Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Pop Screen Sleepers 2005 | 12/15/2005 | See Source »

...report "Riding The Tiger" about Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's beleaguered tenure [Jan. 12], we incorrectly reported that the Pakistani Senate chairman, who would run the country if the President were assassinated, was Illahi Bakhush. He is Mohammad Mian Soomro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 2/2/2004 | See Source »

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