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A story that cuts too close: Review of 'Ikhtitam'

The Business Guardian

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September 11, 2025

I have read many works that claim to be "political thrillers." Most are entertainment, designed to pass the time. Ikhtitam is different.

- BOOK REVIEW

A story that cuts too close: Review of 'Ikhtitam'

It unsettles. Because behind the names and the changed details, one can sense the echo of real files, real choices, and real costs.

The book begins with elections—but not the routine kind. The narrative shows how politics, security, and foreign hands can tangle until no one is sure who is running the game. A party leader chasing power, intelligence whispers of terror plots, money flowing in strange ways, and the constant suspicion of betrayal—it is all there.

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