Islamabad: A Tale of War and Love - Sheikh, Munir
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Major Khaled Ali's heroics during a successful assault on a Kargil post earn him widespread respect during Pakistan's otherwise bungled incursion into Indian-held Kashmir in 1999. He discovers, to his horror, that President General Deemuk has disowned his dead and captured comrades. Pakistanis talk in hushed voices about the country's need for a course correction after years of deadly blunders and think wishfully that Khaled could be their savior. Khaled, his family, and his close associates develop the Jhelum Plan. Khaled's wife, the brilliant Maryam, becomes a schoolteacher at the Lalpeeli…mehr

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Major Khaled Ali's heroics during a successful assault on a Kargil post earn him widespread respect during Pakistan's otherwise bungled incursion into Indian-held Kashmir in 1999. He discovers, to his horror, that President General Deemuk has disowned his dead and captured comrades. Pakistanis talk in hushed voices about the country's need for a course correction after years of deadly blunders and think wishfully that Khaled could be their savior. Khaled, his family, and his close associates develop the Jhelum Plan. Khaled's wife, the brilliant Maryam, becomes a schoolteacher at the Lalpeeli Masjid in Islamabad, a hotbed of extremism, to work from within to attempt moderation. But girls from Maryam's school, led by the Mullahs, "arrest" pimps and prostitutes, including some Chinese citizens. Under duress because of Chinese pressure, General President Deemuk unleashes the army's full force to strike against the Mullahs, killing hundreds and wounding many more. Maryam is trapped inside the mosque, while Khaled is with his distraught daughters trying to lift their spirits, waiting for his wife to come home. Islamabad is a heart-wrenching, yet exciting story of Khaled and Maryam's everlasting love and their plan to make life better for their countrymen torn apart by war, violence, and chaos.
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Munir Sheikh is a research professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He has published over twenty academic papers in books of readings and top-class journals, such as the Journal of International Economics. He is a prolific commentator on public policy issues in the Canadian print media and on national television; is a recipient of many Canadian and international awards; and has been a guest speaker at prestigious universities like Harvard, Princeton, Western, and Toronto. He resigned as the Chief Statistician of Canada in 2010 to protest the inappropriate interference by Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government with the national census, for which he was widely hailed in Canada and internationally. John Ibbitson of the Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper, wrote: "Munir Sheikh Shows Us What Integrity and Leadership Look Like." Tavia Grant of the Globe opines, "An Independent Mind Has Always Characterized Sheikh." Steven Chase of the Globe says, "Statistics Canada Chief Falls on Sword over Census." Simon Tuck of the Globe asked, "Who is Afraid of Munir Sheikh?" commenting on his other work. Dr. Sheikh lived through Pakistan's 1965 war with India, which became the catalyst behind his passion to tell the story in his debut novel.