"We have repeatedly said that Pakistan wants tension-free relations with India and for that purpose desires to resolve the Jammu and Kashmir dispute and all other outstanding issues through peaceful means"
"I am going to postpone that (F-16s purchase)...but while we want to carry out massive relief and reconstruction effort, the other important issue is the security concern of Pakistan,"
"es, I am going to postpone that, ... I always say that while this is a concern - we want to bring maximum relief and reconstruction effort - the other issue, the aircraft, are a issue of security concern for Pakistan. We should never do something that jeopardizes one or the other. So, both have their importance"
"An act of wanton terrorism"
"Our plan is his plan, ... We will assist him all the way in whatever he wants to do here"
"We don't want war, but we are ready for war"
"We want to curb the menace of terrorism. The staff would be given training in modern skills to track down the culprits involved in such heinous crimes"
"Now that he is taunting me, well, all that I would like to say, I want to eliminate all of them"
"The people of Pakistan want (democracy), and I certainly want it. There is no problem there"
"We were not the first to test, and will not be the first to resume testing, ... We do not want to see an arms race, nuclear or conventional, in our region"