Our people are dying, poverty and unemployment are on the rise, but the rest of the world says that Musharraf is needed because [only] he can stop nuclear proliferation, [only] he [can launch] an operation in the tribal areas. So he manipulates and dangles some kind of carrot in front of the world all the time. This is not good for the people [of Pakistan], and I think the world has got it all wrong.

Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.

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.

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

Purusing peace means rising above one's own wants, needs, and emotions.

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