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Shahab served Governor-General Ghulam Muhammad, President Iskander Mirza and President Ayub Khan as secretary. The book mixes memories of his childhood, Partition and life close to power, with a strong spiritual (Sufi) element in its final chapters.
Memoir of a senior bureaucrat who served Governors-General and Presidents; a popular inside view of Pakistan's early decades.