Mishal Husain

‘Today’ programme on Radio 4, BBC1 on Sundays, sometimes elsewhere. Where there are views - these are not the BBC’s. Insta: @mishalhusain

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Fergal’s ‘Letter to Daniel’ was broadcast in 1996 & its words have stayed with me ever since. It later became a book. Just one example of a stunning body of work from a brilliant journalist and man https://t.co/po1swRkuTS https://t.co/ctDlrcrncN (from X)

Fergal Keane is one of the BBC's best known foreign correspondents. His latest work for Radio 4 was "Letter to Daniel", an emotional message to his newborn son. This work contains a collection of his pieces and includes the "Letter to Daniel" and a similar despatch he wrote to his deceased father. The book also features many of his pieces for "From Our Own Correspondent" and articles written for the "Spectator", the "Guardian" and the "BBC Worldwide" magazine.

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A gripping and timely take on a family and a country—past, present and future. (from Amazon)

A major new investigation into the Bhutto family, examining their influence in Pakistan from the colonial era to the present day “Students of geopolitics and South Asia will find this a valuable book.”—Kirkus Reviews “Fluently written, impeccably researched and never short of extraordinary insights, this is a landmark publication.”—Farzana Shaikh, Literary Review The Bhutto family has long been one of the most ambitious and powerful in Pakistan. But politics has cost the Bhuttos dear. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, widely regarded as the most talented politician in the country’s history, was removed from power in 1977 and executed two years later, at the age of 51. Of his four children, three met unnatural deaths: Shahnawaz was poisoned in 1985 at the age of 27; Murtaza was shot by the police outside his home in 1996, aged 42; and Benazir Bhutto, who led the Pakistan Peoples Party and became Prime Minister twice, was killed by a suicide bomber in Rawalpindi in 2007, aged 54. Drawing on original research and unpublished documents gathered over twenty years, Owen Bennett-Jones explores the turbulent existence of this extraordinary family, including their volatile relationship with British colonialists, the Pakistani armed forces, and the United States.