I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.

The United Nations charter gives every nation the right to self defence, therefore when the American embassies were bombed it was a matter of time before the Americans responded by going for what they suspected were the causes of the attack.

Right now, they feel they have lost their voice, and their miseries have increased since my departure.

I dream ...of a world where we can commit our social resources to the development of human life and not to its destruction

My father was the Prime Minister of Pakistan. My grandfather had been in politics, too; however, my own inclination was for a job other than politics. I wanted to be a diplomat, perhaps do some journalism - certainly not politics.

The next decade cannot be a decade of confrontation and contention. It cannot be east vs. West. It cannot be men vs. women. It cannot be Islam vs. Christianity. That is what the enemies of dialogue want.

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