Pakistan's higher-education minister has stepped down after a change in government. Atta-ur-Rahman, an organic chemist at the University of Karachi, had served as head of the nation's Higher Education Commission since 2002, but his position became uncertain after a national election last month. Last week Pakistan's new president, Asif Ali Zardari, asked for Rahman's resignation. According to Rahman, his departure comes in the midst of a financial crisis that has seen the higher-education system's 27-billion-rupee (US$340-million) budget cut by one-fifth.
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机译：巴基斯坦政府换届部长已经卸任。卡拉奇大学的有机化学家阿塔乌拉曼（Atta-ur-Rahman）自2002年以来一直担任国家高等教育委员会的负责人，但在上个月举行的全国大选之后，他的职位变得不确定。上周，巴基斯坦新总统阿西夫·阿里·扎尔达里（Asif Ali Zardari）要求拉赫曼辞职。据拉赫曼（Rahman）称，他的离职是在一场金融危机中进行的。在这场金融危机中，高等教育系统的270亿卢比（3.4亿美元）的预算削减了五分之一。
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