This is a must read for all Pakistanis........
If you want to know what the average Brit thinks about Pakistan at the moment, read on. This book has it all, Islamic fundamentalist pitied against American Christian ones, separatist like the Baluch's. Pathans, Sindhis, even Punjabis are up in arms in this page turner of a book. At times it seems a trifle paranoid and surreal with business like explanatory meetings happening right in the middle of a firefight but as a Pakistani I loved all the attention. I thought all the conspiracy theories with the Chinese and American interests in Pakistan were very interesting, and especially the focus on the Baluch movement. Money seems to rule the roost as very paradoxical Pakistanis are easily swayed by American dollars. I also enjoyed the difference in characters of the suicidal bombings adopted by Pathans and Punjabi have not taken up by the Baluchis. The books is filled with rich anecdotes which as a Pakistani I thought were very apt like:
'watching too much news makes you loose touch with reality'
'people love talking about themselves unless they have something to hide.'
'worst form of torture is silence.'
'The Baluchs are simple, he does not think unless we ask.'
If you want to know what the average Brit thinks about Pakistan at the moment, read on. This book has it all, Islamic fundamentalist pitied against American Christian ones, separatist like the Baluch's. Pathans, Sindhis, even Punjabis are up in arms in this page turner of a book. At times it seems a trifle paranoid and surreal with business like explanatory meetings happening right in the middle of a firefight but as a Pakistani I loved all the attention. I thought all the conspiracy theories with the Chinese and American interests in Pakistan were very interesting, and especially the focus on the Baluch movement. Money seems to rule the roost as very paradoxical Pakistanis are easily swayed by American dollars. I also enjoyed the difference in characters of the suicidal bombings adopted by Pathans and Punjabi have not taken up by the Baluchis. The books is filled with rich anecdotes which as a Pakistani I thought were very apt like:
'watching too much news makes you loose touch with reality'
'people love talking about themselves unless they have something to hide.'
'worst form of torture is silence.'
'The Baluchs are simple, he does not think unless we ask.'
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