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In the Line of Fire: A Memoir
 

In the Line of Fire: A Memoir

by Pervez Musharraf

If it is almost unprecedented for a head of state to publish a memoir while still in office, Pervez Musharraf is no ordinary head of state. As the president of Pakistan since 1999, he occupies the most dangerous job in the world, and he continues to play a crucial role in the global war on terror. A former commando who was born just four years before the creation of Pakistan,... (read more)

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Imran J
  • Rated 4 stars

“I read this book in english as well as its urdu version. I got valuable knowledge about the political situation and the happenings of my country. A very nice piece of work.”

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Prisoner Of Words [Jet li edition]
  • Rated 1 stars

“this is a book with no reality. President Pervez has showed himself as a patriot. while the case is different. many of chapters are based on illusions. one of his chapters deal with the controversy with Prime Minister. that particular chapter has been disused in thousands of different book as the biggest fake of this book. pervez is not a patriot, he is a dictator. this book has depicted him as a true humanitarian but the real scores say something else. i think this book shouldn't be...”

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  • Rated 2.772727 stars
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  • Rated 3.5 stars
  

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  • Fatima *SQT Beater*---Enemies of the Heir, BEWARE!! here comes a Slytherin

    fatima *sqt beater*---enemies of the heir, beware!! here comes a slytherin said:

    “a nice piece of writing as i would put it! havent't read it completly yet but seems 2 b v. nice and potrays the insight of a man who later not only became the chief of army but also the president f PAkistan.”

    posted Monday, September 1 2008
  • Eng'r,poet,writer,editor,SaghierAhmedJafri

    eng'r,poet,writer,editor,saghierahmedjafri said:

    “I have read this book.
    I am always informing the young boys and girls / present and the future generation that our Great Leader,Founder of Pakistan Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Other Leaders,millions of Men,Women,Children participated actively in the Pakistan Movement and managed to get our beautiful country PAKISTAN.
    Many men,women,children sacrified their lives.I survived and kept on struggling in Pakistan Movement , TASHKEEL E PAKISTAN
    When I meet the young people,students I inform them about the difficulties, we always faced while participating in rallies,meetings etc. in 1946 , 1946 during Tehreek e Pakistan Movements demanding British leave India and Laikai Rahaingai PAKISTAN , under the Dynamic Leadership of our Great Leader QUAID E AZAM MOHAMMED ALI JINNAH.
    As a student , I wrote the following in 1952 for my Government of Pakistan Technical High School , Jacob Lines , Karachi magazine.I was in the Editorial Board of the magazine and was also a member of Editorial Board of Kashna e URDU , Akbar Road,Karachi near Regal Cinema , Saddar Karachi (1952 to 1956):-
    QOUM NAI QUAID E AZAM SA NA PAYA RAHBAR
    MULK DUSHMAN SAI JO LARTA RAHA BAI KHOOF O KHATAR

    UMKAI HER KAAM MAIN TASEER E AMAL HOTI THI
    UNKI JO BAAT BHI HOTI THI ATAL HOTI THI

    UNKA HUM AHL E WATAN PER HAI BARA HI EHSAN
    UNKI KOSHISH SAI HUA HUM KO ATA PAKISTAN
    Saghier Ahmed Jafri , Urdu Manzil ,
    http://www.urdumanzil.com/directory/index.html”

    posted Thursday, May 29 2008
  • Wajih A

    wajih a said:

    “I read the book. It an interesting insight into the mind of General Musharraf. Most the events narrated by him in the book been denied by the persons involved but still it is an interesting reading. ”

    posted Sunday, February 3 2008
  • Gigi d

    gigi d said:

    “Must be hard to be pervez...his balancing act is amazing...;India, Al Qaeda, the U.S., the recent assassination of Benazir Bhutto,who of course became a heroine in the last chapter of her history...(would it have been so if she lived?) ”

    posted Wednesday, January 2 2008
  • umer f

    umer f said:

    “Undoubtedly a very interesting reading. But I dont see any value of this book, lets say, in next ten years when there will be political change in Pakistan and in the world at large. It has a lot of immediate value, I mean what we journalist call "news value". But it doesn carry with it the value which will make it popular even after the passage of ten years.”

    posted Friday, December 28 2007
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