01586nam a22002777i 4500 176191 176191 OSt 20200127155933.0 200127s2017 enk g 000 1 eng d 9781908446596 RM59.95 paperback PPAK eng PPAK rda 23 813.6 813.6 MAU G Mausoof, S.S., author. (Saqib Mausoof), THE WAREHOUSE / S.S. Mausoof London : hoperoad ; 2017 258 pages : maps ; 20 cm rdacontent text rdamedia unmediated rdacarrier volume The Warehouse is an original and contemporary novel set in Pakistan's dreaded Waziristan, on the borders of Afghanistan, a hotbed of crime, terrorism and harsh brutality. Syed Qais, a Karachi-based insurance adjuster, is sent out to Waziristan to survey a fire at a tobacco warehouse in the FATA tribal region. He is persuaded to go on this dangerous journey by an old flame -- Sonya. There is also money to be made, money he can use to help fund his daughter's education in Karachi. On his trip he encounters corrupt police, scurrilous locals and, eventually, the Taliban, who kidnap him. They hold him prisoner and make use of his computer skills. He meets Bilqis, a beautiful widow, and after a year of captivity, he and his fellow prisoners make a desperate attempt to escape Taliban Fiction Insurance adjusters Fiction Waziristan (Pakistan) Fiction Detective and mystery stories ddc B 0 0 PPAK G 2020-03-12 4 1 813.6 MAU A01635029 2025-10-16 13:36:04 2025-10-04 B