LONDON: Former prime minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday launched his political memoir “From Banking to the thorny world of Politics”.
At the launch event, Shaukat disclosed that he had never met Pervaiz Musharraf until he had called him on phone and asked him to join his government. “Before that I was a banker, which was a very difficult job,” he said.
Shaukat was at first a finance minister who then went on to become prime minister during the Musharraf era. Shaukat details what life was like for him at the time when he was the prime minister of one of the most challenging countries to govern. He also details in his book how he dealt with then British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Donald Rumsfeld and General Jones.
The book is co-authored by Sunday Times journalist Anna Mikhailova. Shaukat succeeded Zafarullah Khan Jamali to become the prime minister from 2004-2007. During his time in office, the country underwent turmoil internally due to the Lal Masjid episode as well as the lawyer’s movement, which ultimately led to Musharraf’s ouster from power.
