Democracy needs support and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies. Democratic nations should come together in an association designed to help each other and promote what is a universal value - democracy.

Like all children I had taken my father for granted. Now that I had lost him, I felt an emptiness that could never be filled. But I did not let myself cry, believing as a Muslim that tears pull a spirit earthward and won't let it be free.

The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.

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

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

I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.

Being in jail is difficult too because it's like being in a graveyard, you can't do much.