Quotes by Pakistani authors

"I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services"

"What I perceive, is above all justice, where everyone has the same law"

"But I don't need to use politics as a way of making money"

"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"

"So for us any gain we had in election, one vote that we got, was a win"

"It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country"

"In fact the experience at Oxford has really helped me later in life"

"But having set myself these goals, I had to work really hard to achieve them"

"The team which handles the pressure best, carries the day"

"There can only be democracy when money is not allowed to be spent in Politics"

"I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key"

"The team that is going to win is the one that does its homework the best by studying its opponents"

"During my 21 years of playing cricket, I have never been approached by anyone or offered a bribe"

"I believed in myself. I never imagined myself as just an ordinary player"

"I wanted to be an outstanding player, that was my ambition"

"I did not lose this election, or had a bad result compared with what we might have got because of Islam"

"If your house is burning, wouldn't you try and put out the fire?"

"Cricket is a pressure game, and when it comes to an India-Pakistan match the pressure is doubled"

"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"

"One is actually the democracy here, you know, people are, people assume that this election means that there is democracy in Pakistan. There is no democracy"

"Democracy is necessary to peace and to undermining the forces of terrorism"

"Hatred, intolerance, poor hygienic conditions and violence all have roots in illiteracy, so we're trying to do something to help the poor and the needy"

"I have to ask Allah's forgiveness and not get angry, because they come to me out of love, and it's not fitting that I should turn to them in hatred"

"The future of Indo-Pak cricket will depend on how the peace process goes"

"Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem"

"In Pakistan politics is hereditary"

"And when the pressure was on us, the team handled it very well. One has to learn to play well under pressure"

"But ultimately it comes down to how the team performs on the day"

"At the moment we have a ruling class that has one law and the people the other"

"Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system"