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.

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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.

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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.

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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