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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (43289)	9/14/2002 3:34:45 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

nytimes.com NYT finally get the news that we broke it 48 hours ealrier.ggg Message 17981527

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (43289)	9/14/2002 3:10:04 PM
From: arun gera	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

>He also disagreed that “the same people” were going to be returned to parliament. He said some of those who had been disqualified were fielding their sons and progeny but these people were different as they had been “educated abroad.” He narrated gleefully how out of the 217 members of the former National Assembly as many as 100 or 41 percent had been disqualified for lack of a graduate degree.> What is the relevance of a Graduate Degree? It seems to be an artificial requirement. What percentage of the population has graduate degrees in Pakistan? It will tilt the political representation further towards the powerful. Is graduate degree a requirement in USA to stand for elections? In India? What is the correlation of a graduate degree with corruption? Arun