"We had basically asked the BRG to review his action in three months time instead of keeping him out of the game, which is his livelihood, for a year."
"The potatoes would note yet be peeled although she would have already finished making the curry in her imagination. I feel sometimes she may just go into the kitchen and come out again after being satiated by her imagination."
"The immediate task before you is to face the problem and bring the country back on the right path with the bugles of Quaid-i-Azam’s message. March forward under the banner of star and the crescent with unity in your ranks, faith in your mission and discipline. Fulfill your mission and a great sublime future awaits your enthusiasm and action. Remember: ‘cowards die many times before death; the valiant never taste death but once.’ This is the only course of action which suits any self-respecting people and certainly the Muslim Nation"
"Pakistan ... is prepared to take bold initiatives to change the status quo through a dialogue with India at any level, at any time and anywhere"
"We as a nation are going through a challenging time, ... We are overwhelmed by the support we are getting both within the country and outside the country and are thankful to those countries, friends and individuals who have made our task easier."
"Pakistan is against the nuclear proliferation but at the same time supports that every country has the right to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes under the IAEA (the International Atomic Energy Agency) regulations"
"A sustained dialogue for a principled and lasting settlement must commence without further delay, ... We remain ready for such a dialogue at any time, any place, any level"
"This is the first time that the Pakistan army and our civil armed forces have entered this region, and we are in the process of opening out this region"
"Therefore we thought this is a time where we need to show our own progress in relations"
"It is time that I reopen the tavern of Rumi: the shaikhs of the Kaaba are lying drunk in the courtyard of the church"