Srinagar, Nov. 30 -- Farhatullah Babar's insider memoir, 'The Zardari Presidency: Now It Must Be Told', published by Rupa Books, is a rare look into the innards of Pakistan's turbulent political theatre between 2008 and 2013.Babar is a veteran journalist who later turned politician, serving officially as speechwriter to Benazir Bhutto during her first term from 1988 to 1990, and later as her spokesperson in the 1990s.Later, he served as presidential spokesperson to Asif Ali Zardari. His vantage point allows him to tell the high stakes drama of a presidency that was constantly under siege from the military, the judiciary, the media, and even allies.This is not a sanitised account. Candid, paradoxical, deeply human in fact, the book portray...