Chairman of Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) Zafar Masud\u2019s book titled \u201cSeat 1C: A Survivor\u2019s Tale of Hope, Resilience, and Renewal\u201d was launched on Tuesday at a well-attended ceremony hosted by the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI).
\nThe event was inaugurated by President IPRI, Lieutenant General (Retd) Majid Ehsan, HI(M). The book, which chronicles Masud\u2019s miraculous survival in a plane crash five years ago, offers a deeply personal reflection on life, trauma, and recovery.
\nThe panel discussion featured the author Zafar Masud, editor Syeda Amna Hassan, and academic Dr. Khurram Ellahi Khan. The event was moderated by Mr. Muhammad Shoaib.
\nSpeaking at the event, Zafar Masud said, \u201cI wrote this book primarily for myself, but it contains life lessons that can be beneficial for everyone.\u201d He noted that Seat 1C explores not just his experience of survival, but also broader themes such as mental health, tradition, courage, arrogance, and survivor\u2019s guilt.
\nAs the author and chief guest, Mr. Zafar Masud shared his thoughts and experiences centered on the importance of life and what happens before death. The memoir begins with the crucial 30 seconds before the crash\u2014a moment the author describes as a time of self-accountability and clarity. \u201cIn those 30 seconds, you are accountable to yourself. The way you live your life is the way you will experience those moments,\u201d Masud reflected. Zafar Masud also dismissed the belief that the location of his seat\u2014Seat 1C\u2014played a significant role in his survival.
\nThe launch event was attended by members of the diplomatic corps, academics, policy professionals, journalists, and representatives from civil society. Participants described the memoir as deeply human-centric, filled with introspection and universal lessons.
\nSeat 1C offers more than a survival narrative\u2014it is a meditation on how moments of crisis can illuminate the meaning of life and the value of resilience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chairman of Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) Zafar Masud\u2019s book titled \u201cSeat 1C: A Survivor\u2019s Tale of Hope, Resilience, and Renewal\u201d was launched on Tuesday at a well-attended ceremony hosted by the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI). The event was inaugurated by President IPRI, Lieutenant General (Retd) Majid Ehsan, HI(M). The book, which …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":80701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80702,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80686\/revisions\/80702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}