“... He cancelled all his engagements and, accompanied by Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, flew back to Delhi to attend his old friend’s funeral. Fearing that there would be no peaceful solution without Nehru, Abdullah travelled around the world, trying to get international support, and was received in several capitals with the honours ...”

“... normal relationships become impossible, can’t have friends. The prize narcissist Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was once thrown off balance when an old university friend, the writer Piloo Moody, turned up in Karachi. The two men hadn’t met in decades and, unaware of how much Bhutto’s ego had grown, Moody teased ...”