A Journey to Disillusionment

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"Pakistani politicians typically write self-serving autobiographies that are short on analysis and big on ego trips. The exception is Sherbaz Mazari's contribution to recording Pakistan's unfortunate political history, which simply is the best autobiography of a Pakistani politician written in the past 50 years...

Herald magazine, Karachi, October 1999
"Mazaris journey is a highly sensitive and perceptive account of a world rent apart by soldiers and politicians ruthlessly vying for their pound of flesh. Refreshingly honest in its assumptions as well as details, a Journey to Disillusionment goes far beyond being Mazaris personalized version of key events that shaped Pakistans history.

The Herald, (Karachi, Pakistan), October 1999
If ever there was a book worth buying, this is it.

The Far Eastern Economic Review, Hong Kong, 13 January 2000
"If there is one book needed to remind the global audience of why Pakistan is in such a mess, A Journey to Dissillusionment is it This book is erudite, urbane and written with a degree of sophistication that is unique in Pakistani political biographies."

The Nation, (Lahore, Pakistan),15 Nov, 1999
Mazaris book is simply the best political autobiography in the last fifty years.It offers a substantial analysis of how and why Pakistan veered between military dictatorship and democratic authoritarianism and gives a stunning insider view of the venal, corrupt and even criminal nature of the countrys political elite.

Book Description
Though primarily the memoir of a leading Opposition figure, this book is also, in part, a history of Pakistan. Starting from Mazari's early years in opposition to the Ayub Khan government, and moving through the Bhutto and Zia periods, the book makes interesting revelations about the leading political players and the events of those turbulent times.

Card catalog description
Chronicle of political history of Pakistan; memoirs of a prominent Pakistani politician from 1964-1988.

From the Author
The book is dedicated to the people of Pakistan - leaderless and betrayed

About the Author
Sherbaz Mazari, born into an aristocratic Baloch family entered politics in Pakistan in the early 1960s. An ardent democrat he faced persecution at the hands of the Ayub Khan regime and later was imprisoned on several occasions during Z. A. Bhutto's autocratic rule, as well as, during Zia's twelve years of dictatorship. (While the book is about Sherbaz Mazari's life in politics, the book is actually authored by his son Shehryar Khan Mazari).


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Though primarily the memoirs of a leading Opposition figure during the Bhutto and Zia eras, the book is also, in part, a history of Pakistan." "The early chapters deal with Sirdar Sherbaz Khan Mazari's career in politics as a young man entering the fray in opposition to the Ayub Khan government, against a background of events that shaped the history of the country. This is followed by an account of the Bhutto and Zia periods. Sherbaz Khan Mazari provides an insider's description of the Opposition's dealings with Bhutto and makes revelations about the leading political players and the events of those tumultuous times, which eventually led to Bhutto's ouster in 1977. Much is also revealed about General Zia's long period of rule and his relations with the Opposition.


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