“I think Pakistan was not a factor in terms of decision India to obtain nuclear weapon. Because there was no talk of Pakistan having any capability. The main factor was China. And the international prestige that China was getting as a consequence of having its own nuclear weapons.” ThinkingTermDecisionWeaponsConsequenceIndiaInternationalChinaNuclearFactorsCapabilityNuclear WeaponsPakistanPrestige Author:Subramanian Swamy
“Bin Laden was very keen to point out to me that his forces had fought the Americans in Somalia. He also wanted to talk about how many mullahs in Pakistan were putting up posters saying, "We follow bin Laden." He even produced a sort of Kodak set of snapshots of graffiti supporting him.” WantedForcePakistanBin LadenPostersGraffitiSnapshotsSomaliaKodakMullahs Author:Robert Fisk
“I've never seen a single demonstration in Pakistan, in the streets of Gaza, in the West Bank, in which the people have come out with signs saying, "Please give us better roads. Please give us new prenatal clinics. Please give us a new sewage system." I'm sure they'd like those things, but it's not what they demand in the demonstrations. In the demonstrations, they talk about justice, they talk about an end to Israeli occupation.” PeopleGivingEndsJusticeStreetsPleaseDemandWestOccupationPakistanIsraeliDemonstrationGazaClinicSewageSaying PleaseIsraeli OccupationSign Sayings Author:Robert Fisk
“If women are all of a sudden complaining all the time about getting sent to Pakistan, then if I were an editor, I probably wouldn't send a woman.” IfsComplainingEditorsPakistan Author:Lynsey Addario
“Sarah Palin has already had an effect on foreign relations... The new president of Pakistan, Ali Zardari, is in hot water, because last week, Sarah was on a class trip to New York, where she met foreign leaders... And one of the leaders she met was Zardari, and he was gushing over her. He said, oh, you're more gorgeous in person than you are on TV. And so the people in his home country of Pakistan, the Islamists, they issued a fatwa on him, for being too 'flirty.' And when Sarah today was told that Zardari had gotten a fatwa because of her, she said, 'I know, I felt it when he hugged me.'” PeopleKnowsPersonsSaidCountryHomeTodayLastsFeltPresidentWaterLeaderClassWeekEffectsNew YorkTvsMetsRelationHotPakistanGorgeousPalinFlirtyIslamistsHot WaterForeign RelationsHome Country Author:Bill Maher
“John McCain will follow the fanatics to their caves in Pakistan or to the gates of hell. What Obama wants to do is give them a place setting at the table.” WantGivingHellTablesSettingSettingsGatesPakistanCavesFanaticsMccainGates Of Hell Author:Mike Huckabee
“In Pakistan lies our deliverance, defence and honour...In our solidarity, unity and discipline lie the strength, power and sanction behind us to carry on this fight successfully. No sacrifice should be considered too great. We shall never accept any future constitution on the basis of a united India.” ShouldLyingFightingUnitedBehindsAcceptingSacrificeDisciplineIndiaBasesConstitutionUnityHonourSolidarityPakistanDefenceSanctionsDeliveranceQuaid Azam Author:Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“The weak and the defenseless in this world invite aggression from others. The best way we can serve peace is by removing the temptation from the path of those who think we are weak and, for that reason, they can bully or attack us. That temptation can only be removed if we make ourselves so strong that nobody dare entertain any aggressive designs against us. Pakistan has come to stay and no power on earth can destroy it” IfsThinkingWorldWayReasonEarthStrongPathDesignThis WorldWeakDareBest WayTemptationAggressiveInvitesAggressionBullyPakistanDefenseless Author:Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“We have weathered the worst storms and the safety of the shore, though distant, is in sight. We can look to the future with robust confidence provided we do not relax and fritter away our energies in internal dissensions. There never was greater need for discipline and unity in our ranks. It is only with united effort and faith in our destiny that we shall be able to translate the Pakistan of our dreams into reality.” NeedsLooksDreamRealityAbleEnergyUnitedEffortDestinyGreaterWorstDisciplineSightSafetyUnityStormRelaxInternalsShoreTranslatePakistanOur DreamsOur DestinyRobustDream RealityDissensionLooking To The FutureWeathered Author:Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“My young friends, I look forward to you as the real makers of Pakistan, do not be exploited and do not be misled. Create amongst yourselves complete unity and solidarity. Set an example of what youth can do. Your main occupation should be in fairness to yourself, to your parents, in fairness to the State, to devote your attention to your studies. If you fritter away your energies now, you will always regret.” IfsShouldLooksRealStatesYoungEnergyParentCan DoAttentionStudyExampleYouthRegretUnityOccupationMakersFairnessSolidarityPakistanMisledYoung Friends Author:Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“Think 100 times before you take a decision, But once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man.” ThinkingMenLifeInspirationalDecisionTakenIntellectualOne ManEngagementPakistanQuaidQuaid AzamDevotion To Duty Author:Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.” WorldTwoThirdsStrongerCompetitionPensWomens RightsPakistanRivalryQuaidQuaid Azam Author:Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“Come forward as servants of Islam, organise the people economically, socially, educationally and politically and I am sure that you will be a power that will be accepted by everybody.” PeopleIslamAcceptedServantPakistanQuaidQuaid Azam Author:Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“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.” WayNationsCourageIssuesDisciplineMessagesResourcesDeterminationWorthyGravesPersistenceOrganizedPakistanGrimSystematicGreat NationsQuaidQuaid AzamHope Courage Author:Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“Pakistan not only means freedom and independence but the Muslim Ideology which has to be preserved, which has come to us as a precious gift and treasure and which, we hope other will share with us.” MeanShareIndependenceTreasureIdeologyPakistanPrecious GiftsIndependence Day PatrioticQuaidQuaid Azam Author:Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“We are victims of evil customs. It is a crime against humanity that our women are shut up within the four walls of the houses as prisoners. There is no sanction anywhere for the deplorable condition in which our women have to live.” HumanityEvilHouseFourConditionsCrimeWallVictimCustomsPrisonerShut UpPakistanSanctionsCrimes Against HumanityFour WallsQuaidQuaid Azam Author:Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve.” AchieveDutyDisciplineDevotionWorthwhileSelflessSelf DisciplineSelflessnessPakistanQuaidQuaid AzamWorthwhile ThingsDevotion To Duty Author:Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“Islam expect every Muslim to do this duty, and if we realise our responsibility time will come soon when we shall justify ourselves worthy of a glorious past.” IfsPastResponsibilityDutyIslamWorthyGloriousJustifyRealisingPakistanQuaidQuaid Azam Author:Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men.” MenSidesStruggleSucceedPakistanParticipatingQuaidQuaid Azam Author:Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you.” NationsSidesGloryHeightPakistanQuaidQuaid Azam Author:Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“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.” MenShouldStatesPlayLightCultureSocialJusticePrinciplesShould HaveSocial JusticeBreatheIslamicPakistanFree ManQuaidQuaid AzamFree PlayIslamic Culture Author:Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“Our object should be peace within, and peace without. We want to live peacefully and maintain cordial friendly relations with our immediate neighbours and with the world at large.” WorldWantShouldObjectsRelationFriendlyPakistanNeighbourPeace WithinQuaidQuaid Azam Author:Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“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 thought of America as this crazy, happy, exciting place where everybody's rich and there's stuff everywhere. Compared to Pakistan, it's not untrue.” AmericaStuffRichCrazyExcitingPakistanUntrue Author:Kumail Nanjiani
“Living in Pakistan, you didn't have a sense of how huge and varied America was, geographically.” AmericaHugePakistan Author:Kumail Nanjiani
“The plan was always to come to America, because Pakistan's a scary place. They don't have religious freedom. It's very poor, and there's a lot of violence and corruption.” AmericaReligiousPoorViolencePlansCorruptionScaryPakistanReligious Freedom Author:Kumail Nanjiani
“Look at the violence in Pakistan and the presence of U.S. troops in Afghanistan: the more troops we put in the more violent Pakistan becomes.” LooksViolenceViolentAfghanistanTroopsPakistanTroops In Afghanistan Author:Michael Hastings
“I have witnessed firsthand the anguish of this humanitarian tragedy - in Palestine, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, and other conflict and post-conflict zones. The destruction of lives and hopes, the emotional trauma, and the economic, social, and political marginalization of the displaced, the human insecurity, with real and potentially devastating consequences over generations, in ever-widening arenas of conflict. We can and must ensure the human rights of the displaced. That begins by making their voices heard.” HumansRealPoliticalSocialVoiceRightsGenerationsHeardEconomicEmotionalConflictConsequenceDestructionTragedyHuman RightsIraqTraumaHumanitarianPostsZoneInsecuritySyriaAnguishPakistanPalestineArenaMarginalizationEmotional Trauma Author:Queen Noor of Jordan
“My mother was a tremendous woman. I was just cleaning up old trunks and I found a book with her notes written during the war years, in the 1940s. She was studying in Lahore, which became Pakistan. She was writing about how women alone could bring peace to the world, that the men with all their greed and egos were creating all these tensions and violence. I always knew she was a feminist, ahead of her time.” MenWorldWritingYearsBookWarMotherFoundStudyViolenceWrittenHe ManEgoCreatingNotesGreedFeministTensionPakistanCleaningTrunksCleaning UpLahore Author:Vandana Shiva
“I believe that the Israelis and the Palestinians, by and large, want peace, they each want their own country, and they want to get along, and they are going to get along. I know it sounds unbelievable, but I know enough about this, having been there, that these are sophisticated people. It's not like in Pakistan, where people have been told about Jews for a thousand years but don't know any. The Palestinians know the Jews.” PeopleKnowsWantYearsBelieveHas BeensCountryEnoughI BelieveSoundThousandJewPalestinianSophisticatedThousand YearsUnbelievablePakistan Author:Russ Feingold
“Well, one thing that has changed is the number of people killed by terrorists in Pakistan. Civilians killed has gone down really quite dramatically. There was a newspaper article here about a month ago that got big headlines which said that civilian deaths from terrorism were down something like 80 percent or 90 percent from their peak of two or three years ago.” PeopleYearsWellsSaidTwoBigsThreeNumbersGoneOne ThingChangedMonthsPercentYears AgoTerrorismTerroristNewspapersArticlesThree YearsPakistanCiviliansHeadlinesCivilian Deaths Author:Mohsin Hamid
“So in many ways, the bombing at the end of this year and the terrorist attack of last year in Peshawar have bookended both those years in a very unfortunate way. But at a bigger picture since, the impression in Pakistan is that things are actually improving on the terrorism front quite dramatically.” WayYearsEndsLastsFrontsBiggerTerrorismTerroristImpressionLast YearUnfortunateImprovingPakistanBombingTerrorist AttacksBigger Picture Author:Mohsin Hamid
“I think that things were getting really very bad a couple of years ago, and there's been a very significant change in response to that on the part of the security forces and the government, but particularly the army. And you see Pakistan actually fighting terrorism and terrorists in a much more wholehearted way than had been occurring previously. It's not anywhere close to over yet, but you've seen a big change in the antiterrorism campaign here.” ThinkingWayYearsBigsGovernmentFightingForceSecurityCoupleYears AgoArmyResponseTerrorismCampaignsTerroristSignificantPakistanBig ChangesSignificant ChangeSecurity ForcesFighting Terrorism Author:Mohsin Hamid
“And also I think the rise of other, you could say, destinations for international jihadis mean that Pakistan isn't necessarily the place where people from all over the world who want to engage in these activities gravitate to. They're going now to places like Syria or Yemen Libya, elsewhere.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantMeanActivityInternationalDestinationElsewhereSyriaPakistanLibyaYemen Author:Mohsin Hamid
“There really still is a deep wound, you know, in the collective psyche of Pakistan. And the violence has left enormous human and emotional and psychic damage. That's not going to go away. But that said, I think I'm cautiously optimistic that we're looking at a better future.” ThinkingKnowsHumansSaidStillsLeftViolenceEmotionalWoundsEnormousOptimisticDamageCollectivesGoing AwayPsychicsPakistanBetter FutureDeep Wounds Author:Mohsin Hamid
“After the revolution of 1979, Iran embarked on a policy of sectarianism. Iran began a policy of expanding its revolution, of interfering with the affairs of its neighbors, a policy of assassinating diplomats and of attacking embassies. Iran is responsible for a number of terrorist attacks in the Kingdom, it is responsible for smuggling explosives and drugs into Saudi Arabia. And Iran is responsible for setting up sectarian militias in Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen, whose objective is to destabilize those countries.” CountryNumbersPolicyRevolutionDrugResponsibleAffairIraqNeighborTerroristSettingKingdomsObjectivesSettingsIranAfghanistanInterferePakistanExpandingAttackingArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisExplosivesDiplomatsMilitiaTerrorist AttacksSectarianismEmbassyYemenSmuggling Author:Adel al-Jubeir
“Researchers have been asking a basic question of young people. Should men be allowed to beat their wives? How you answer that question may depend on where you live. U.N. researchers put that question to adolescent girls in India and Pakistan and 53 percent - a majority of girls - said yes, wife beating is justifiable even if it's for refusing sex.” PeopleIfsMenShouldMayHas BeensSaidYoungGirlSexAnswersWifeDependsBeatsPercentIndiaAskingMajorityPakistanResearchersWhere You LiveIndia And PakistanWife Beating Author:Steve Inskeep
“The novelist loses, every time. Politics is insidious, the modern conduct of war (from shoulder-launched rockets to drone strikes) is insidious. Someone presses a button in California and twenty people are incinerated at a wedding in Pakistan. The killer is spared the sight of the corpses.” PeopleWarLosesModernSightTwentiesPressesStrikesShouldersCaliforniaNovelistsKillersButtonsPakistanCorpsesRocketsDronesInsidious Author:Teju Cole
“As a critic, I try to stay neutral about movies before I see them, but I really wanted "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" to be great. It's based on a barbed memoir by Kim Barker called "The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days In Afghanistan And Pakistan." And its stars Tina Fey, out of her comfort zone, just as Barker was a fish out of water when, in 2004, she began covering the Afghanistan occupation for the Chicago Tribune.” TryingWantedStarsWaterStrangeComfortCriticsFishesMemoirZoneOccupationChicagoAfghanistanComfort ZonePakistanCoveringWhiskeyTalibanKimTangoShuffleFeyStrange Days Author:David Edelstein
“The second part of that war was that Muslims came from all over the country to Pakistan, and they met each other. For the first time those men had an awareness of the Islamic world as a whole, not of just Egypt or Algeria or Indonesia, but of what Muslims call the Uma, the Islamic community. And that's an extraordinarily important thing. And that emanated in Pakistan.” MenWorldFirstsImportantWarCountryWholeCommunityAwarenessMetsFirst TimeImportant ThingsIslamicEgyptPakistanIndonesiaAlgeria Author:Michael Scheuer
“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
“First of all, let me give my comments on the blasphemy law. This law was introduced by the military dictator General Ziaul Haq. No one demanded the blasphemy law in Pakistan. But he wanted to give protection to his undemocratic rule, dictatorship, by using religion. So Pakistan came into being in 1947, and from 1947 until 1986 no case against any minorities was registered under the protection of the blasphemy law. Nobody from minorities was killed and no act of violence happened [against them].” GivingFirstsWantedLawCasesViolenceHappenedMilitaryLet MeProtectionMinoritiesCommentDictatorshipDictatorPakistanBlasphemyActs Of Violence Author:Shahbaz Bhatti
“But when General Ziaul Haq introduced the strict blasphemy - 295 A, B, C - of Pakistan's penal code, then from 1986 to today there are hundreds cases that are registered under the protection of blasphemy law. And until today, no case against any minorities, and especially Christians, is proved in the higher court. The lower court would order punishment but the higher court would always acquit people. So it proves that this law is being used as a tool of victimization against minorities and innocent people of Pakistan.” PeopleTodayChristianLawUsedOrderCasesHigherProveToolsCourtProtectionPunishmentInnocentCodeMinoritiesStrictPakistanBlasphemyVictimization Author:Shahbaz Bhatti
“However, after the assassination of Salman Taseer, the killer of Salman Taseer was welcomed by the religious fanatics. And they showered rose petals on him and declared him a hero of Islam. That is a matter of concern for every peace-loving citizen of Pakistan because terrorists and killers should not be given this type of encouragement. And this is encouragement for other people to take lives with their own hands and kill innocent people.” PeopleShouldMatterHandsGivenReligiousTypeHeroCitizensConcernEncouragementRoseIslamTerroristInnocentKillersPakistanFanaticsAssassinationEver AfterPetalsReligious FanaticsRed RoseRose Petals Author:Shahbaz Bhatti
“I think religious freedom is part of the U.S.'s policy and Congress mandated the creation of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. So it is important that the U.S. focus in dialogue, development projects, cooperation with Pakistan and other countries to give more importance to religious freedom issues.” ThinkingGivingImportantCountryReligiousIssuesFocusPolicyCreationDevelopmentProjectsImportanceInternationalCongressDialogueCooperationOther CountriesPakistanReligious Freedom Author:Shahbaz Bhatti
“I made it clear that I will consider - this is the important phrase I am trying to say - myself most fortunate if Jesus Christ will accept the sacrifice of my blood to raise the voice for the justice and rights of the persecuted and victimized Christians and other minorities in Pakistan.” IfsTryingMadeImportantChristianJesusVoiceChristJusticeAcceptingClearRightsSacrificeBloodJesus ChristRaisesMade ItFortunatePhrasesMinoritiesPakistanPersecuted Author:Shahbaz Bhatti
“What we can do is make sure that Afghanistan is not a safe haven for Al Qaeda. What we can do it make sure that it is not destabilizing neighboring Pakistan, which has nuclear weapons. The key is we’ve got to have a clear objective...” Can DoClearHavensKeysSafeWeaponsNuclearObjectivesAlsAfghanistanNuclear WeaponsPakistanSafe Haven Author:Barack Obama
“At some point, deliberation begins to look more like indecisiveness which then becomes a way of emboldening our enemies and allies and causing our allies to question our resolve. So we shouldn't let one component of this determine our national security here which depends on providing an Afghanistan which denies a safe haven to terrorists as well as stabilizing Pakistan. Those are our two national security interests at stake in Afghanistan.” WayWellsLooksTwoInterestEnemySecurityHavensDependsSafeDetermineDenyTerroristResolveAlliesAfghanistanStakesProvidingNational SecurityPakistanComponentsDeliberationSafe HavenIndecisiveness Author:Rahm Emanuel
“We need to deal with the problem of al Qaeda, make sure that they can't have a sanctuary in Afghanistan and guarantee that we have regional stabilization and particularly focused on Pakistan.” NeedsProblemDealsFocusedGuaranteesAlsAfghanistanPakistanSanctuaryAl QaedaGuarantees That Author:Rahm Emanuel
“The Islamists had control over territory that was about half the size of the Federal Republic of Germany. For years, we have been putting the lives of our troops on the line, we have taken huge losses and the Europeans cut the budget? If money is more important than the lives of our children, what else is this than the usual arrogance and superficiality? And where is all this terror coming from? It is a result of mistakes the West committed in Pakistan and Afghanistan in the 1980s, when they armed the Islamic rebels against the Soviet troops.” IfsYearsChildrenHas BeensImportantLinesLossResultsMistakeHalfTakenCuttingHugeOur ChildrenWestSizeTerrorCommittedBudgetsArroganceGermanyIslamicRepublicTerritoryRebelAfghanistanUsualSovietTroopsPakistanOur TroopsSuperficialityIslamists Author:Yoweri Museveni