Once published by BSI a PAS has all the functionality of a British Standard for the purposes of creating schemes such as management systems and product benchmarks as well as codes of practice.

Malaysia has had regular elections since 1974, and although campaigning is reasonably free at election time, it is in effect a one-party state, with the UMNO-controlled National Front usually winning nearly all the seats, while the DAP wins some Chinese urban seats and the PAS some rural Malay ones.

The city has a number of shopping malls ( Plaza Alam Sentral, ( also known as PAS ), SACC Mall, Plaza Shah Alam ( formerly known as Shah Alam Mall, also known as Plaza Masalam ), Ole-Ole Seksyen 18, Anggerik Mall and Kompleks PKNS ).

A part of the deeply conservative Malay heartlands, Kelantan has been ruled by the Islamic Party of Malaysia ( PAS ) since 1990, with re-elections in 1995, 1999 and 2004.

The state of Kelantan is almost synonymous with PAS, as Kelantan has been under PAS rule for two lengthy periods.

( Neighbouring Terengganu has also been under PAS rule twice, but for short periods each time and 1999 – 2004.

For years, PAS has attempted to impose a strict interpretation of Islamic Law on Kelantan.

One of the most controversial steps PAS has taken in Kelantan is to place tough restrictions or outright bans on the traditional performance of syncretic Malay theatrical forms, such as Wayang Kulit, Mak Yong, Dikir Barat, and Main Puteri.

While PAS has maintained that these steps were essential to promote Islam and put an end to immoral behaviour among the Muslim population, many consider them an act of defiance against Barisan Nasional's laws — which are more tolerant or laxer, depending on one's viewpoint — and also a major loss to Malay traditional arts.

PAS has publicly stated its intent to instate what it claims to be sharia law onto Muslims which includes two sharia components: hudud and qisas.

For the most parts of PAS ' history, the party has generally only targeted Malay or Muslim supporters.

However since the 2004 elections, there has been clear indication of PAS trying to reach out and win the hearts of non-Muslim Malaysians by way of moderation.

During the leading up to the 2008 elections, PAS had rarely mentioned about the setting up of an Islamic state, which has been one of the party's main objective throughout the history.

For example, Khalid Abdul Samad, a lawmaker from PAS representing Shah Alam, has made rare visits to a church and temples to reassure non-Muslim minorities on their religious rights after the March election in 2008.

PAS has 23 MPs in this edition of Parliament.

HL7 v2. x has allowed for the interoperability between electronic Patient Administration Systems ( PAS ), Electronic Practice Management ( EPM ) systems, Laboratory Information Systems ( LIS ), Dietary, Pharmacy and Billing systems as well as Electronic Medical Record ( EMR ) or Electronic Health Record ( EHR ) systems.

Formal resurrection of Barisan Alternatif may take place given the resounding victory which has resulted from the allocation pact between PAS, DAP and PKR.

Brownlow subsequently founded the Public Administration Service ( PAS ) at the university, an organization which has provided consulting services to all levels of government until the 1970s.

Terengganu was briefly ruled by PAS from 1999 to 2004, but the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition has since won back the state.

In conservative states where PAS has more influence, such as Kelantan, different genders are at least theoretically segregated in public places like the cinema and supermarket.

Nik Aziz has been known to command support from non-Muslims in Malaysia and has played a leading role during PAS ' increase in popularity among non-Muslims.

He has been at loggerheads with Mahathir as well as fellow opposition party PAS over the issue.

Kelantan has been a stronghold of the Islamic Party of Malaysia ( PAS ) since 1959.

Since the DAP and the PAS have diametrically opposed policies, they have been unable to form an effective opposition coalition.

Besides sports, this stadium had been used for several occasions such as the final concert of Akademi Fantasia and the Perhimpunan Pekerja 2008 held by the Dewan Pemuda PAS.

From the very beginning, the alliance had been strained by PAS's unwillingness to publicly renounce its aim of making Malaysia an Islamic state, a position that was anathema to Malaysia's 45 % non-Muslim minority, although a temporary compromise was achieved when PAS did not include the issue in the joint manifesto.

The eventual outcome saw Lim Kit Siang, who had been elected in his constituency of Ipoh Timur with a majority of 10, 000 votes, formally elected as the leader of the opposition in Parliament, a post he had lost to the president of PAS in 1999.

Razaleigh's planning is reputed to have been the main reason the Barisan Nasional ( BN ) coalition, of which UMNO is a member, almost totally defeated the opposition Islamic party of PAS in the 1978 general election and the Kelantan state elections of the same year.

After separation of red cell membranes by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and staining with periodic acid-Schiff staining ( PAS ) four glycophorins have been identified.

However, Barisan Nasional lost an additional four states ( Penang, Kedah, Perak and Selangor ) to the loose coalition of opposition parties composed of PAS, Democratic Action Party ( DAP ) and People's Justice Party ( PKR ) in the 2008 elections, which has been termed by the Opposition as the ' political tsunami ' of Malaysia.

Having been a part of Municipal since 1995, Ramírez also had spells in 2001 with PAS Giannina in Greece making him the first ever Guatemalan player to play in Europe, and in 2003 with Jaguares in the Mexican First Division.

The admissibility of PAS has been rejected by an expert review panel and the Court of Appeal of England and Wales in the United Kingdom and Canada's Department of Justice recommends against its use, but has appeared in some family court disputes in the United States.

Gardner's proposed intervention for moderate and severe PAS, including court-ordered transfer to the alienated parent, fines, house arrest, incarceration, have been critiqued for their punitive nature towards the alienating parent and alienated child, and for the risk of abuse of power and violation of their civil rights.

PAS has been cited in high-conflict divorce and child custody cases, particularly as a defense against accusations of domestic violence or sexual abuse.

The status of the syndrome, and thus its admissibility in the testimony of experts, has been the subject of dispute about the extent to which PAS has been accepted by the professionals in the field, as well as a scientific methodology that is testable, has been tested, has a known error rate, has been published and is peer-reviewed.

PAS has not been accepted by experts in psychology, child advocacy or the study of child abuse or legal scholars.

PAS has been extensively criticized by members of the legal and mental health community, who state that PAS should not be admissible in child custody hearings based on both science and law.

PAS has been criticized by for being sexist, being used by fathers to marginalize legitimate fears and concerns about abuse, and women's groups and others oppose the legitimacy of PAS as a danger to children.

A PAS is a sponsored piece of work allowing organizations flexibility in the rapid creation of a standard while also allowing for a greater degree of control over the document's development.

A typical development time frame for a PAS is around 6 – 9 months.

* PAS 55-1: Asset management-Specification for the optimized management of physical infrastructure assests

* PAS 72: Responsible Fishing-Specification of good practice for fishing vessels

* PAS 911: Fire strategies-guidance and framework for their formulation

* BSI PAS 101 Specification for recovered container glass

* BSI PAS 102 Specification for processed glass for selected secondary end markets

* BSI PAS 103 Specification for quality and guidance for good practice in collection and preparation for recycling

* BSI PAS 104 Specification for quality and guidance for good practice for the supply of post consumer wood for consumption in the manufacture of panel board products

* BSI PAS 105 Specification for paper waste

The aircraft is operated by Trinity House and liveried for Trinity House, but is owned by Police Aviation Services ( PAS ) and operated under lease.

* ISO / PAS 22399: 2007 Guideline for incident preparedness and operational continuity management

PAS, which had in the 1970s joined UMNO in government, responded to the resurgence by taking an increasingly strident Islamist stand under the leadership of the man who in 1969 had defeated Mahathir for his parliamentary seat, Yusof Rawa.

In the 2004 general election, Abdullah Badawi's first as prime minister, he delivered a landslide victory for his party's coalition National Front ( of which UMNO is the dominant party ) by winning 198 out of 220 seats in parliament and wresting control of the Terengganu state government from the Islamist opposition Islamic Party of Malaysia ( PAS ), as well as coming close to capturing the traditional PAS stronghold of Kelantan.