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A Journey to Disillusionment by Sherbaz Khan Mazari; as told to Shehryar Khan Mazari is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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This is an outstanding account of Pakistan's political intrigues. In 1954 the Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan filed a petition in the Chief Court of Pakistan challenging the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly by the Governor-General. Sirdar Sherbaz Khan Mazari discloses in the book how Pakistan's Chief Justice Muhammad Munir 'manipulated' the composition of the Bench to suit the Governor-General in upholding the dismissal of the Constituent Assembly. This decision 'devastated the political structure of Pakistan, It has since been called a momentous ruling, one from which Pakistan has never fully recovered'. Mazari describes in detail the various intrigues and conspiracies resorted to by Yahya's 'Hawk' Generals and how they colluded with Zulfikar Bhutto in 'advocating a hard line against Awami League', the party with majority in 1970 Pakistan General Elections. He goes on to describe how the emergence of Bangladesh became an obvious consequence of the goings-on in the corridors of power in Pakistan of 1971. Though primarily the memoirs of a leading Opposition figure during the Bhutto and Zia eras, the book is also, in part, a history of P

Who reads A Journey to Disillusionment?

Author

Sherbaz Khan Mazari; as told to Shehryar Khan Mazari

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780195790764

Category

history

Subjects

Memoir, Political Science, History

Rating

4.04 / 5 (26 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14