Iskandar Mirza Ex President's of Paksitan Memoirs

HONOUR-BOUND TO PAKISTAN IN DUTY, DESTINY & DEATH PAKISTAN'S FIRST ELECTED PRESIDENT'S MEMOIRS FROM EXILE By (author) SYED KHAWAR MEHDI

 For various reasons, Iskander Mirza’s memoirs have not been published in a book form. After more than half a century, they are being published in their totality. The memoirs lay open the facts for the people of Pakistan, historians and academics to judge the man who was a trusted lieutenant of Quaid-e-Azam and, while in the Indian Political Service, secretly worked with Jinnah (who fully recognized the invaluable potential in the young Deputy Commissioner of Peshawar) towards the most challenging task of achieving Pakistan from the British.

In all fairness, General Ayub may not have been behind it all but the sycophants were in a stampede outdoing each other in casting aspersions on Iskander Mirza’s financial propriety, his integrity and character. Such was the national atmosphere that structured average Pakistani’s mindset for their first President. It will be a miracle if this book, if not changed, can at least initiate a debate on historical distortions, disinformation and withholding of important documented accounts that may not have gone down well with sitting government of the time to suit a certain ideology or, more dangerously, the planting of fake information to serve ulterior agendas.

Author Description         

Syed Khawar Mehdi Is A Writer, Citizen Activist, Accidental Historian And Former Physician Scientist With Distinguished Academic And Corporate Backgrounds, Founder Of Commonwealth Karachi, An Independent Think Tank. Khawar Is Well Published With Interest In Governance, Historical Research And Urban Activism With Specific Relevance To Karachi's Role As Economic Keystone To The Federation. Khawar, In His Quest To Track Iskander Mirza's Fateful Downfall From The Topmost Office In Pakistan, Embarked On A Journey Searching For The Truth; Discovers Hitherto Unknown Facts Far From The Figments Of The Fakir's Fairy Tale Spun By General Ayub Khan, His Cronies In The Media, Intelligentsia And Successive Establishments. So Began An Enlightening Journey To Discovery Of Unpublished Information With Unique Access To Classified Documents From Various International Archives. Iskander Mirza Was Not Only Deposed But Also Demonized By The State To Sanctify The Coup And Glorify General Ayub Khan.

Weight 0.7 kg

ISBN     

9789697162581

Format

Hardback

Publication Date              

2023

Pages   

332

Author

SYED KHAWAR MEHDI