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Title: In the line of fire


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Author
  • Born in India, immigrated to Pakistan in 1947,
    settled in Karachi.
  • Military statesman, President of Islamic Republic
    of Pakistan and chief of Army Staff of the
    Pakistan Army.
  • Releases the book while in office, argues the
    book sell best when one is at the peak.

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Organization
  • Beginning
  • Life in the Army
  • Hijacking Drama
  • Rebuilding the Nation
  • The War on Terror

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Beginning
  • These were troubled times. These were
    momentous times. There was the light of freedom
    there was the darkness of genocide. It was the
    dawn of hope it was the twilight of empire. It
    was a tale of two countries in the making.
  • The story throttles through his childhood leaving
    no rooms for memories that shaped his character.
  • However he pauses on several points to stress his
    anti Indian credentials. Eg Train to Pakistan,
    Embassy Promise.
  • Describes events in entirety where he admits to
    have little remembrance.

5
Beginning
  • Depicts the hero in himself, who never backed off
    under any circumstances.
  • ..the lesson I learned was that if you call a
    bullys bluff, he crumbles. The secret is to
    stand your ground for a few seconds, and your
    initial fright vanishes. This lesson later stood
    in good stead as a commando
  • Emphasizes his family position and character.

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Beginning
  • Likes to portray himself as an athlete.
  • athletically I became a jack-of-all-trades,
    competing in gymnastics, cross-country running,
    bodybuilding and athletics. I was fourth in cross
    country, was the top gymnast, and was third in
    the Mr. FC college bodybuilding competition.
    All in all I earned the most certificates,
  • pictures in the folio.
  • Brags about his teenage romantic affairs.

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Life in the army
  • Portrays his excellence by reflecting the facts
    that he did well not only in the entrance exams
    but also underwent training successfully.
  • I did well in the PMA and was one of the top
    cadets in my course, and one of the ten sword
    carriers.
  • Tried to show himself as a born leader, by
    depicting on the facts that he was better and
    more capable than his peers.
  • Gives elaborate description of the wars he fought
    and the responsibilities he shouldered.

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The conspiracy
  • PM Nawaz Sharif dismisses him and promotes
    Ziauddin as the new army chief.
  • Musharraf believes the reasons might be
  • PM wanted to have a more reliable general for the
    next elections.
  • PM thought that Pervezs demotion would please
    Indians and Americans( aftermath of Kargil)
  • PM feared a coup by Pervez himself.

9
Plane to Pakistan
  • October 12,1999, 645 P.M while arriving from
    Colombo he was denied permission to land in
    anywhere in Pakistan.
  • But lights at Karachi airport were shut off and
    3 fire trucks were blocking the runway. It was
    evident the P.M. Nawab Sarif didn't want me to
    land in Pakistan
  • At 730 in evening they got the message that they
    can land in Karachi. The army had taken control
    of the airport and had imposed house arrest on PM
    Sharif.

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Plane to Pakistan
  • Gives a detailed minute to minute account of the
    event.
  • Poses himself as a calm commander under stress.
  • Views this as a plot to leave the military head
    of Pakistan in the hands of its biggest enemy
    (India).

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Pakistan First
  • Views himself as a greater democrat than he is
    believed to be.
  • He believed that no nation can progress without
    democracy, but democracy had to be tailored
    according to the nations need and environment
  • Publicizes his efforts to revive democracy in his
    nation.
  • In the name of reforming the Pakistans
    democracy, Musharraf formed the National Security
    Council (NSC), a body that would be chaired by
    the President

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Efforts
  • His goal was to reduce expenditures. He cut the
    budget, froze the defense budget and appointed
    able people to lead all government enterprises.
  • Soon the enterprises started giving profits.
  • He decided to broaden the tax base.
  • He gave importance to the blooming IT and Telecom
    industries.
  • As a result of all these reforms, Pakistan for
    the first time in its history saw a downward turn
    in poverty and unemployment.

13
The War on Terror
  • One day that changed the world
  • Omar and Osama
  • Man Hunt (Bin Laden)
  • Tightening the Noose
  • The Symbiosis of Terrorism and Religion

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One day that changed the world(9/11)
  • America exerted a lot of pressure on Pakistan and
    Musharraf as Pakistan was the only country
    maintaining diplomatic relations with the Afghans
    and Bin Laden was suspected to be hiding in
    Afghanistan.
  • "In what has to be the most undiplomatic
    statement ever made, Armitage . . . told the
    director general not only that we had to decide
    whether we were with America or with the
    terrorists, but that if we chose the terrorists,
    then we should be prepared to be bombed back to
    the Stone Age.
  • It conduced the feeling that this chapter was
    addressed towards the people of Pakistan who were
    agitated with his decision to support America.

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Omar and Osama
  • Cites how Omar and Osama rose to power and the
    why Pakistan had to support Talibans because of
    Northern Alliance (supported by Russia, Iran,
    India)
  • The emphasis was on barbarism of Talibans under
    Omar and how Pakistan tried in vain to convince
    Omar to drive Osama out of Afghanistan.

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Man Hunt (Al Qaeda Terrorists)
  • Details of the kidnapping of Daniel Pearl and how
    Omar sheikh who was involved in the kidnapping
    was caught and interrogated and finally how they
    tracked down Khalid sheikh Mohammad (Al Qaedas
    number three) the person who killed Daniel Pearl.
  • Details of some of 689 arrests of Al-Qaida
    suspects in Pakistan are listed and Pakistans
    efforts to catch Osama who according to Musharraf
    is moving back and forth across the
    Pakistan-Afghanistan border somewhere.

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Tightening the Noose
  • Details on how he tracked down terrorists who
    attacked him, first attack was master minded by
    Amjad Faruqi and the second by Abu Faraj
    al-Libbi. Amjad was killed in an encounter and
    Libbi was arrested.
  • It was more like a story from a Detective novel
    containing nothing but the details of
    investigation.

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The Symbiosis of Terrorism and Religion
  • Had we not joined the jihad against soviets
    and had they not pulled out of Afghanistan, would
    the cold war be over yet? We did what Napolean
    and Hitler could not do we defeated Russia !!
  • If you take Pakistan out of the picture, the
    jihad would never have been won. On the other
    hand, if you take the United State out, one never
    knows !!
  • This chapter emphasized on the need to eradicate
    religious extremism from Pakistan as all the
    terrorist organizations motivate innocent and
    illiterate people with extreme religious
    sentiments.

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Organization
  • Priorities War on Terror 82 pages, Kargil
    chapter 12 pages, though he was the chief
    architect in latter case.
  • Speaks about the trouble between India and
    Pakistan in 2002 but misses the attack on Indian
    Parliament in 2001 completely.

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Organization
  • Contains a 16 page collection of photographs.
  • The first three pages Dec 2003 assassination
    attempt. Self Depiction as a victim of terrorism.
  • Shows clips to refute Nawaz sharifs claim that
    he wasnt informed of the preparations for
    Kargil.
  • Projects himself with the great leaders of the
    world.

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Focus and Development
  • The book is for two audience mainly western and
    domestic.
  • Says he saved Pakistan from disaster, and the
    world from more Taliban Al Quaeda attacks.
  • Tries to rationalize Pakistans capitulation to
    US pressure.
  • Stresses his anti Indian credentials.eg Train to
    Pakistan, Indian promise.

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Comments
  • Facts are viewed in self delusion. Eg Kargil was
    no victory, Pakistan had to vacate territory
    losing men for nothing.
  • Progress in the bilateral dialogue "is owed
    considerably to the Kargil conflict."
  • Writes in a self complimentary manner.
  • Tries to belittle peers
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