I still want to return home whenever I get a chance.

The military destabilised my government on politically motivated charges.

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.

Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism.

I was brought up to believe that human beings are good, which is why it shocks me to the core when I see human beings behaving badly.

Pakistan is heir to an intellectual tradition of which the illustrious exponent was the poet and philosopher Mohammad Iqbal. He saw the future course for Islamic societies in a synthesis between adherence to the faith and adjustment to the modern age.

Through democracy we can address the basic needs of the people, involve them as participants in planning and restore the authority of the government.