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A Case of Exploding Mangoes

A grasping story of General Zia's plane explosion in August 1988. The author lets you meet the alleged suspects of General Zia's murder. One of the suspects is Ali Shigri, a junior under officer whose father was a colonel in the army and served in the Afghan war. Colonel Shigri was found dead, hanging down the ceiling fan one morning. Ali suspects military of killing his father and wants revenge from General Zia. His roommate Obaidullah is found missing one day along with a plane, which is the beggining of hard times for Ali. General Akhtar who was the then chief of ISI is another suspect who could've been involved.
A number of questionable deaths mentioned in the story;Brigadier TM points out a hidden camera at general Zia's residence and meets death afterwards. Zainab who is a blind girl gets prisoned on account of adultery which was a gang rape. She curses whoever prisoned her to have his innards eaten by worms and that his children may never see his dead face. Was it her curse that took General Zia to such a horrible end? When General Zia gets a little hint to his fate, he makes all his key generals along with the American ambassador to Pakistan, borad his  plane that was to take off from Bahawalpur to Islamabad but never makes it to its destnation. The book is so well written that you wont be able to put it down untill the end.

Writer    :Muhammad Hanif
Category: Historical Fiction   
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