Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.

The next few months are critical to Pakistan's future direction as a democratic state committed to promoting peace, fighting terrorism and working for social justice.

While living in America when I attended Harvard in the early 1970s, I saw for myself the awesome, almost miraculous, power of a people to change policy through democratic means.

I'm not into smoke-filled rooms. I don't have the time for byzantine political intrigues.

General Musharraf needs my participation to give credibility to the electoral process, as well as to respect the fundamental right of all those who wish to vote for me.

Dictatorships by their nature are unrepresentative as they neglect the social needs of the people.

A political war can be fought from anywhere.