No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men.

We should have a State in which we could live and breathe as free men and which we could develop according to our own lights and culture and where principles of Islamic social justice could find free play.

With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve.

The great majority of us are Muslims. We follow the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed (may peace be upon him). We are members of the brotherhood of Islam in which all are equal in rights, dignity and self-respect. Consequently, we have a special and a very deep sense of unity. But make no mistake: Pakistan is not a theocracy or anything like it.

My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation.

I am not going to respect... gray hairs unless there is wisdom beneath them.

I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right.