Pakistan edging toward Islamic rule. (cover story)

Focuses on the plans of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to replace the constitutional legal system in Pakistan with the Islamic law of the Koran. Why many feel the plan would move Pakistan closer to becoming an Islamic theocracy like Saudi Arabia and Iran; Promises from Sharif that the country will operate under ijema, or the Islamic democratic process of consensus; Implications for members of other faiths in Pakistan; How Pakistan seems to be following the lead of other Asian nations.