THE LISTS discussion

"There is an ancient saying that when lovers fall out, a plane goes down. This is the story of one such plane. Why did a Hercules C130, the world's sturdiest plane, carrying Pakistan's military dictator General Zia ul-Haq, three other generals, American Ambassador to Pakistan Arnold Raphel and General Herbert M. Wassom, the head of the US military aid mission to Pakistan go down on 17 August 1988? Was it because of:

1.Mechanical failure

2.Human error

3.The CIA's impatience

4.A blind woman's curse

5.Generals not happy with their pension plans

6.The mango season

Or could it be the narrator Ali Shigri?"

The book A Case of Exploding Mangoes criticizes the domestic Politics of Pakistan as well as the foreign politics and foreign influences on Pakistan and General Zia during the 1980's, which again ultimately affected the domestic politics.

Hence the book A Case of Exploding Mangoes reaches the conclusion that the death of Zia was caused by him giving into the pressures of foreign powers such as America which led disaster towards the nation of Pakistan and ultimately to his murder.