Book Review: Truth Always Prevails by Sadruddin Hashwani

Truth Always Prevails is a memoir of Sadruddin Hashwani, a renowned businessman of Pakistan and also the chairman of the Hashoo group.  In this book he has mentioned major events in his life which led him to become one of the most prominent businessmen in Pakistan. Dedicating this work to the youth of Pakistan, he believes that his enterprise development is the enemy of dictatorship. Marking this as the reason he further mentions about his own struggle against corrupt politicians and dictators who were busy creating problems for him too.

In the initial pages of the book Hashwani talks about his early life and about his origins which he claims to be from Iran. He emphasizes on his early business adventures and the profits he earned through his business. He further talks about his love for cricket, when he used to play at Aga Khan Gymkhana Karachi and was a well known fast bowler at that time.

Throughout the book at various instances he has pointed out the business conditions of the political regimes from Ayub Khan to Zardari. Furthermore he has also discussed the military regimes of dictators in Pakistan. Under these different regimes the problems faced by him and the threats to his life have been discussed in considerable depth.

During the Zardari regime, Hashwani had to shift abroad as he felt that there was a threat to his life. The start of the clash between Zardari and Hashwani has been discussed in great detail. In addition he has also shared the stories which inspired him to create hotel Zaver Pearl Continental and Pearl continental Bhurban. Zaver PC was created in the memory of his late mother and the idea of PC Bhurban came into existence when Hashwani was on a trip with his daughters to Bhurban hill station.

Today Hashwani also heads the Hashoo Foundation, which works in the field of social development. On the other hand the Hashoo Group has large business interests ranging from property development, real estate, industries and oil and gas exploration and production.

Sadruddin Hashwani considers himself a true patriot and says that Faith, Truth and Honesty are the greatest human legacies which his forefathers have left for him to follow.