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From a Minister’s Journal by Fakir Syed Aizajuddin narrates his impressions gathered over time, primarily spanning former President Pervez Musharraf’s term in Pakistan (1999-2008). Aizajuddin is a writer with wide ranging experience—first as a chartered accountant with considerable corporate experience, a keen student of politics and arts and later as a minister and administrator serving in the Punjab government. He has a pedigree—Fakir Azizuddin served Maharaja Ranjit Singh as his spokesman and chief negotiator for external relations about 170 years ago (p. 23).