Adil Najam
Just got hold of a list of major media appearances that Gen. Pervez Musharraf will be making as part of his book tour to promote In The Line of Fire: A Memoir. The book is publsihed by Simon and Schuster which will be handing much of the book tour, although it is clear that he will be asked about and will speak about much more than just the book.
(BTW, there is also a White House meeting with President Bush on Friday; so Gen. Musharraf will remain busy).
ATP had alreday written about the general’s appearance on Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show, and we have a ccurrently ongoing ATP Poll on Grading Gen. Musharraf’s Performance in office. I am sure there will be other appearances too, but here is a list of the key ones.
Sept. 24: 60 Minutes
Sept. 25: NBC’s Today Show
Sept. 26: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Sept. 27: NPR’s Morning Edition
Oct. 1: NBC’s Meet The Press
Although there are always surprises, those familiar with the US media landscape would agree that one could express the toughest questions on Meet The Press with Tim Russert and The Dialy Show with Jon Stewart. The Today Show and Morning Edition appearances are more likely to focus on the ‘softer’ and more personal questions. 60 Minutes can go eitehr way, depending on who is interviewing him, but is likely to be a mix of personal and political issues.
Also heard on the internet that the ghost writer for the book is Humayun Gauhar. I am not at all sure if this is true or not. If this is, in fact, true that would be something. Humayun Gauhar is another ‘PR maven’, and son of Ayub Khan’s media guru, Altaf Gauhar. Reportedly, Ayub Khan’s biography, Friends, Not Masters, was ghost-written by Altaf Gauhar.
If true, the coincidence and the connection would be just a little too perfect. Which is why I remain skeptical about the authenticity of this rumor. Readers, does anyone have a sense if this is true or not?
Video clips (in three parts) of Bush-Musharraf press conference at the White House on Sept. 22:
PatExpat I completely agree with u in response to the MQ’s views.
According to my interpretation of MQ’s opinion,Abdul Qadeer was a thief,but a person(Musharraf) who bought a bloody period of dictatorship again in the history of pakistan,a person who want pakistan a pro-american enlightened moderate state…a person who killed his own muslim brothers and country men in baluchistan and waziristan…a person who humilated all the leaders b4 him and entitled A Q as a “greedy man” should be a hero 4 us….
It seems tht WAR ON TERRORISM of musharaff is suspecting every pakistani citizen as a terrorist.This idea of war on terrorism has bought such a bad name 4 pakistan tht an ordinary person considers pakistan as a state of terrorists
I feel sorry for A q khan … I think we shud not deserve to be an atomic power.A Q Khan shud not have done it for “pakistan”…
[quote post=”319″]He is simply a puppet in the hands of western leaders, especially of BUSH[/quote]
Pakistani Karzai? :>
“..(alluding to the fact that he also has Muhajir roots)..”
PatExpat,
What roots are you talking about? If it is what I eluded to then you are again being derogatory to a racial group. If not then half of pakistan has those roots and there is nothing wrong with that. In fact we were just talking about the mohajirs of punjab in an other thread.
It is quite a belief that you have regarding bb winning the election. What makes you so affirmative? Don’t you think 88 and 93 are distant memories and a repeat even in sindh is unlikely. She has had very little to do with the growth seen in punjab and frontier in the last decade and anyone’s guess is as good as mine as to how she would do there. If your stance throughout has been based on this belief then I think it is sad to say the least. Can you please give us a few links of what good BB did for pakistan as opposed to what harm musharraf caused her? I think it is not fair to use the facade of democracy to sell PPP’s agenda. Because in the end it has been good for nothing not even for roti or kapra or makan.
Sorry, my earlier comment was not factually correct. I had looked up only the top 25 best selling books on the chart and “In the Line of Fire” was not there. Further search revealed that it has climbed down to number 33. Two days after the launch it was at number 3.
Apologies for bringing in the racial issue but I am the so called Muhajir myself and everybody knows that mostly Muhajirs are anti BB and anti NS even when they are anti MQM. For them is clear (either they will vote for MQM or dont vote at all). Obviously I am generalizing to make a point.
In the earlier post, I was just highlighting the fact that he did not criticize in his book the convicted criminals that are part of Sind government. Why leave them out when you are slinging mud at every other politician?
Regarding Mush himself being a muhajir, he made a speech in Karachi where he repeated quite a few times “mein aap mein say hoon, mein aap jaisa hoon” (alluding to the fact that he also has Muhajir roots).
On my various comments about Benazir becoming PM, its my belief that if fair elections are held, she will become PM not because I want it but because majority of the population will vote for her.