I think that not only is it necessary to have read something of what Salman Rushdie has written in order to express a cogent argument on the subject Carol. It would also help if you read something about the history of Pakistan if you're going to include that in your argument.
How did Musharraf come to power? What happened to Benazhir Bhutto. What happened to her father. Which Pakistani scientist and national hero gave the secrets of nuclear bomb manufacture to Iran and several other unstable powers,thus escalating the tension and threat of nuclear war in the region?
Now that's where you'll find real conspiracy, and not the imagined one you see in the elevation of an author, as a reward for his work.
Giok