“Pakistans future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions. My goal is to prove that the fundamental battle for the hearts and minds of a generation can be accomplished only under democracy.” PeopleMindHeartPoliticalLyingGoalDemocracyGenerationsSecurityBuildingBattleProveInstitutionsFundamentalsEmpoweringAccomplishedStabilityPakistanHeart And MindPolitical Institutions Author:Benazir Bhutto
“Political disagreements have the colour and fragrance that normally is seen and felt in a political bouquet, while remaining united on one issue that democracy is the future of Pakistan.” PoliticalFeltUnitedDemocracyIssuesColourPakistanFragranceDisagreementBouquets Author:Asif Ali Zardari
“What's happened recently in Pakistan, India and Kuwait only goes to show that it's futile to imitate Western democracy. They've ended up exactly where they started.” ShowsDemocracyHappenedIndiaWesternPakistanKuwait Author:Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
“Indira Gandhi had been this very powerful, dominating, ambiguous mother figure. Ambiguous because she was tyrannical, she had imposed...she had suspended Indian democracy for a few years but she also was the woman who had defeated Pakistan in war at a time when most male politicians in India had secretly feared fighting that war, so that here in India even today Indira Gandhi is called by Indian nationalists the only man ever to have governed India.” MenYearsWarTodayMotherFightingPowerfulDemocracyFiguresPoliticianIndiaMalesIndianDefeatedPakistanVery PowerfulAmbiguousSuspendedDominating Author:Aravind Adiga
“The only negative thing in Pakistan is not having a democracy.” DemocracyNegativePakistan Author:Imran Khan
“Pakistan is, I always feel, hopeful. You know, our system of government is not, and the system of foreign policy whereby we do whatever is asked of us as long as the price is right only proves to fundamentalist outfits and to militant groups that when we talk of things like democracy, when we talk of things like foreign policy, what we're really talking about is being pro-American.” KnowsFeelsLongGovernmentTalkingDemocracyGroupsPolicyProveHopefulForeign PolicyPakistanFundamentalistMilitantOutfitsSystems Of Government Author:Fatima Bhutto
“In 1988, when democracy was restored, the military establishment was still very powerful. The extremist groups were still there. And when the aid and assistance to Pakistan was cut, we had to adopt harsh economic policies. So in a way, it showed that democracy doesn't pay, and the military was able to reassert itself.” WayStillsAblePowerfulPayDemocracyCuttingGroupsEconomicMilitaryPolicyAidsEstablishmentHarshAssistancePakistanVery PowerfulExtremistEconomic PolicyExtremist Groups Author:Benazir Bhutto
“I note that [Benazir] Bhutto demonstrates her own deep commitment to democracy by giving herself the title chairperson for life of the Pakistan Peoples Party.” GivingPartyDemocracyCommitmentNotesTitlesPakistanBhutto Author:Ann Coulter
“You have to stand guard over the development and maintenance of democracy, Islamic social justice and the equality of manhood in your own native soil.” SocialJusticeDemocracyDevelopmentSocial JusticeEqualitySoilIslamicNativeManhoodPakistanMaintenanceQuaidQuaid Azam Author:Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“I think in Pakistan there is already democracy and no dictatorship. And recently a few years ago, the Pakistani people stood against the dictatorship of [Pervez] Musharraf and compelled him to resign. So now it is the people's democracy so I don't think any chance that the people should stand against this administration. Pakistan's situation is different than Egypt. They cannot be compared.” PeopleThinkingShouldYearsDifferentChanceSituationDemocracyYears AgoAdministrationDictatorshipEgyptPakistanCompelledMusharraf Author:Shahbaz Bhatti
“You don't help a country by supporting a military regime that denies any sign of democracy, and what defeated Pakistan was its military regime.” CountryHelpingDemocracyMilitaryDenyRegimesDefeatedPakistan Author:Indira Gandhi
“The first official statements of President Asif Ali Zardari's new government have been firm and robust. Pakistan is obviously a renewed democracy.” FirstsHas BeensGovernmentPresidentDemocracyStatementsFirmOfficialsPakistanRobustNew Government Author:David Petraeus
“When considering the Islamic world, Turkey is the best example of a country where democracy irreversibly gained a foothold despite religious and cultural traditions still respected today. With some reservation, this can be said about Pakistan, too, where we can observe dynamic political processes going on [and] governments change as a result of elections. In my opinion, it is up to the ruling elite to initiate cardinal changes.” WorldSaidStillsCountryGovernmentTodayPoliticalProcessReligiousResultsOpinionDemocracyExampleTraditionElectionDespiteIslamicElitesConsideringPakistanRulingTurkeysCardinalsReservationsInitiate Author:Garry Kasparov