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NEW YORK, April 30: President Pervez Musharraf and Mukhtaran Mai share the honour of being named one of the ‘100 most influential people’ in the world by the Time magazine on Sunday. Time magazine’s editor said in letter that the 100 people who shape our world are profiled in five categories: Heroes and pioneers, leaders and revolutionaries, scientists and thinkers, builders and titans and artists and entertainers.
In a letter to readers, Time’s managing editor Jim Kelly writes: “I’m pleased to say that I think this is our most intriguing [TIME 100] list yet. It is also our largest issue since we named Albert Einstein our Person of the Century six years ago, an appropriate milestone since this week’s double issue has its roots in our series naming the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
In recognising their influence the Time magazine writes:
PERVEZ MUSHARRAF, President of Pakistan: Pervez Musharraf styles himself a blunt-talking soldier. He remains the West’s best bet in Pakistan, writes Daniel Benjamin, co-author of The Next Attack.
It noted that on Sept 12, 2001, Musharraf made a snap decision to side with the US in the global war on terrorism, despite his country’s long time support for the Taliban.
MUKHTARAN MAI, activist: Only a few leaders are alchemists who take the worst of human behaviour and turn it into the best. Mukhtaran Bibi...has responded to the violence and gender apartheid directed at her and other women with an insistence on justice and education, writes author and activist Gloria Steinem.
