Cover Point: Impressions of Leadership in Pakistan

by Jamsheed Marker

Overview

Jamsheed Marker's lifetime in the diplomatic service of Pakistan gave him a unique vintage point. In cricket terms, he was at cover point, near enough to the wicket to follow the action around the stumps...yet sufficiently distant for a general overview of the state of play. Unlike his previously published book Quiet Diplomacy: Memoirs of an Ambassador of Pakistan (OUP, 2010), which is a rich history of his many ambassadorial assignments, Cover Point covers Marker's impressions of Pakistans most powerful leaders. With the exception of the incorruptible Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and his lieutenant Liaquat Ali Khan, all of Pakistans leaders succumbed, in increasingly pernicious fashion, to the malign and pervasive influences of sycophancy and flattery. This work relates the first-hand impressions of the author which he garnered during his illustrious career, starting with Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah up until the rule of General Pervez Musharraf.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199402892
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/28/2016
Pages:	218
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Distinguished veteran Pakistani diplomat Jamsheed Marker hails from a well-known Parsee family of Quetta and Karachi. He was born on 24 November 1922 in Hyderabad, India. Marker received his education from the Doon School in Dehradun and the Forman Christian College, Lahore, where he graduated as a gold medallist with an Honours degree in Economics. During the Second World War he served as an officer in the Royal Indian Naval Volunteer Reserve, first in command of a magnetic minesweeper, and then on combined operations in Burma. When the war ended, Marker joined his family business. He has served on the Boards of several public and private corporations in banking, insurance, and shipping.

In April 1965 Jamsheed Marker was appointed as High Commissioner of Pakistan to Ghana.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements xi

Preface xiii

Recollections and Reflections xvii

Prologue 1

1 The Early Days 4

2 Quaid-e-Millat Liaquat All Khan: 1947-1951 21

3 Years of Liberty and Public Cheer: 1951-1958 35

4 Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan: 1958-1969 50

5 General Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan: 1969-1971 72

6 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: 1971-1977 90

7 General Mohammad Zia ul-Haq: 1977-1988 114

8 Muhammad Khan Junejo: 1985-1988 137

9 Zia ul-Haq: May-August 1988 144

10 Ghulam Ishaq Khan: 1988-1993 151

11 Moeenuddin Qureshi: July 1993-November 1993 161

12 Benazir Bhutto: 1988-1990; 1993-1996 165

13 Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif: 1990-1993; 1997-1999 171

14 General Pervez Musharraf: 1999-2008 179

Index 185