prsident Musharaf mensioned in his Book " in the line of fire " A Memoir that
" Sehba was extremely beautiful, and I fell for her immediately. Any
man of that age who tells you he has anything except looks on his
mind is not being truthful. It is my good fortune that, apart from being
IN THE LINE OF FIRE
beautiful, Sehba also turned out to be a wonderful human being, a terrific
mother, and a perfect homemaker. She smoothed my rough edges
and managed to mellow me, little by little. “Quarrelling with superiors,
even if they are being stupid, will affect your career,” she would chide
me. Gradually, her advice started sinking in, but it took me some time
to calm down.
Sehba told me later that of all her family, it was her father, Ghulam
Ghaus Farid, who worked in the ministry of inforkation and broadcasting,
who was the most enthusiastic about me. “He is a very good
oficer and will go places,” he told her, though I’m sure that he had no
idea of the places I would go. Neither had I, nor anyone else.
Love came gradually, because after we were formally engaged I was
posted for two years to Chittagong in East Pakistan. We exchanged
letters. I would correct her spelling mistakes (this was neither very
romantic nor very chivalrous of me, considering that Sehba’s English is
far better than mine) and in retaliation she would correct my mistakes.
Whenever I was in Karachi we would go out on dates-innocent
little forays to parties or to a movie or to the disco at the old Metropole
Hotel.
Sehba Farid and I were married on December 27,1968. I was then a
captain. Immediately afterward, I was posted to Cherat, high up in the
mountains. A day or two after we got there, I was due to make a parachute
jump with about sixty-four other men, as part of a training exercise.
I decided to be romantic and asked a friend to take Sehba to the
place where we would drop. I told Sehba I would wave a white handkerchief
as I came down, so that she could identify me. I suppose there
was an element of machismo too, as I wanted to show off my bravery to
my new wife. The whole scheme was well coordinated and executed. I
carried my largest handkerchief and waved it vigorously. Sehba did
see me, and I loved seeing her wave back at me. "
i dont wana discusion …i hust wana know that this part is reallly very important …does is really req in the boook to mensioned , I gues Boook can be completed in the better way if he didnt include these kinda stuff …might be he wana create som romantic environment there .som kinda light stuff …actually most of chapters in this book is on Politics and tense in their nature
yeah ur right…
