Short Review
Glimpses from Ishtiaq Ahmed’s Inspector Jamshed Series latest number…Vaardat ka Israar:
General Aabid Shirazi, the would-be Army Chief went hysteric when an ordinary one rupee coin was found in his study…Nobody knew who dropped that coin…so what’s the fuss is all about…it was a simple coin and could be dropped by any one…but the very next day, the military police found the man who dropped the coin from the same room---murdered---Has the General killed him. How did the coin dropper and his killer…if any… caved in the General’s house…located in the barbed wired, tightly protected military cantonment residential complex…where no civilian may enter without the consent of military personnel…Inspector Jamshed suddenly disappeared leaving Mahmoud, Farooq, Farzana on their own…A simple coin story that left no choice with the Chief-of-the-Army staff to intervene in person and not to mention…The Director General of Military Intelligence… This is a landmark novel by Ishtiaq Ahmed…an eye opener for many…and perhaps an eye brow raiser too… shocking and controversial …though seems like an insider’s tale…tells us what was really happening in the corridors of power ….who are the real enemies within…working for the interests of Insharja and Begaal….viz-a-viz tells why and when Insharjans ask for Do-More…a story of how fears and phobias may ruin our entire life….and lastly Farooq tells you why the Governments stand on the Takhtaas … though not a big Khaas number but no less than a Khaas number….VAARDAT KA ISRAAR…a must read master piece !!!!
General Aabid Shirazi, the would-be Army Chief went hysteric when an ordinary one rupee coin was found in his study…Nobody knew who dropped that coin…so what’s the fuss is all about…it was a simple coin and could be dropped by any one…but the very next day, the military police found the man who dropped the coin from the same room---murdered---Has the General killed him. How did the coin dropper and his killer…if any… caved in the General’s house…located in the barbed wired, tightly protected military cantonment residential complex…where no civilian may enter without the consent of military personnel…Inspector Jamshed suddenly disappeared leaving Mahmoud, Farooq, Farzana on their own…A simple coin story that left no choice with the Chief-of-the-Army staff to intervene in person and not to mention…The Director General of Military Intelligence… This is a landmark novel by Ishtiaq Ahmed…an eye opener for many…and perhaps an eye brow raiser too… shocking and controversial …though seems like an insider’s tale…tells us what was really happening in the corridors of power ….who are the real enemies within…working for the interests of Insharja and Begaal….viz-a-viz tells why and when Insharjans ask for Do-More…a story of how fears and phobias may ruin our entire life….and lastly Farooq tells you why the Governments stand on the Takhtaas … though not a big Khaas number but no less than a Khaas number….VAARDAT KA ISRAAR…a must read master piece !!!!
