Word: shaikh
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Analysts believe the crackdown will make Zardari even more unpopular, while boosting the standing of Sharif, a man once loathed for his own earlier attacks on the judiciary. "It's a very ominous turn of events," said Farzana Shaikh, a Pakistan expert at London's Royal Institute of International Affairs. "These are not actions that one normally associates with an elected government that has flaunted its democratic credentials." While she rules out a coup, Shaikh believes that Zardari's latest maneuvering will "create great consternation in the senior ranks of the army." General Ashfaq Kayani made a surprise visit...
...find that vitamin and mineral supplements were used with more frequency in children who were underweight," says Dr. Ulfat Shaikh, lead author of the study. "But the rest was somewhat surprising...
...less reliable, if any, access to health care, who relied on food stamps and were often forced to skip meals were less likely to take vitamins and minerals. "Children who face poverty, food insecurity and lack regular balanced meals have a high likelihood of benefiting from supplements," says Shaikh, but they typically don't have access to them because of cost...
Likewise, Nasser al-Shaikh, chairman of Amlak Finance, the largest publicly owned Islamic finance firm in the United Arab Emirates, spoke of the need to unlock the Gulf's human potential by improving education and training, and luring more skilled workers from overseas. The region's ambitions are vast - from the new economic cities being planned in Saudi Arabia to the huge construction projects rising up in Dubai to the renewable energy research being funded in Abu Dhabi. "But can we attract the talent to execute the projects we have in mind?" asked al-Shaikh...
...itself,” Syed said. “We hope that the religious groups involved will use the connections they make this week to initiate their own interfaith programs in the future.”Echoing Syed’s sentiments, Harvard Islamic Society external relations chair Fauzia Shaikh ’10 said the Interfaith Council has helped “get the ball rolling” in planning events with other religious groups.For Harvard Hillel vice-president of community relations Rebecca D. Gillette ’10, the Interfaith Council serves as a “united...