The military destabilised my government on politically motivated charges.

Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.

I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.

Military dictatorship is born from the power of the gun, and so it undermines the concept of the rule of law and gives birth to a culture of might, a culture of weapons, violence and intolerance.

Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions. My goal is to prove that the fundamental battle for the hearts and minds of a generation can be accomplished only under democracy.

The Orange Revolution in Ukraine is a good example of how people, who are robbed of their right to vote, can protest and put an end to dictatorship.

Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return.