Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance.
They do not understand Islam, and I think that is one area where perhaps I hope one day I will play a role in actually making people understand what we perceive Islam to be.
Cross-cultural marriage is difficult, especially when one person has to live in another country. But I thought there was a very good chance of it working because people grow together if they have a common passion.
I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services.
I am called an Islamic fundamentalist by Rushdie. My critics in Pakistan say I am a Zionist agent. I must be doing something right.
I want to have a president in the U.S. who tries to win the hearts and minds of the Muslim world.
Spirituality does two things for you. One, you are forced to become more selfless, two, you trust to providence. The opposite of a spiritual man is a materialist. If I was a materialist I would be making lots of money doing endorsements, doing cricket commentary. I have no interest in that.
If your house is burning, wouldn't you try and put out the fire?
In fact the experience at Oxford has really helped me later in life.
In Pakistan politics is hereditary.
Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system.
You don't kill your way to peace.
There can only be democracy when money is not allowed to be spent in Politics.
In most of Pakistan it is a feudal country. People are very scared and oppressed by authority. But when you move to these wilder areas, they are not so easily suppressed.
When I came into politics I always thought there was a possibility I would be killed.
I am basically a private person.
I have fruit trees. Cows for fresh milk, yoghurt. My own wheat. I'm basically self-sufficient.
So for us any gain we had in election, one vote that we got, was a win.
People didn't wasn't the People's party to come in to power again, so they saw NS a viable alternative not us, because everyone knew we were not ready.
What most people didn't realize in the Western countries is that here its not a question of having supporters, its a question of getting these votes to the polling stations.
