So he manipulates and dangles some kind of carrot in front of the world all the time. This is not good for the people [of Pakistan], and I think the world has got it all wrong.
BENAZIR BHUTTOSo he manipulates and dangles some kind of carrot in front of the world all the time. This is not good for the people [of Pakistan], and I think the world has got it all wrong.
BENAZIR BHUTTOOur people are dying, poverty and unemployment are on the rise, but the rest of the world says that Musharraf is needed because [only] he can stop nuclear proliferation, [only] he [can launch] an operation in the tribal areas.
BENAZIR BHUTTOAll through the years of the Soviet empire, its Politburo held ‘elections.’ Of course, calling something an election and actually having it be an election are different things.
BENAZIR BHUTTOMilitary hardliners called me a ‘security threat’ for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad-based government in Afghanistan.
BENAZIR BHUTTOGeneral Musharraf needs my participation to give credibility to the electoral process, as well as to respect the fundamental right of all those who wish to vote for me.
BENAZIR BHUTTOThe next decade cannot be a decade of confrontation and contention. It cannot be east vs. West. It cannot be men vs. women. It cannot be Islam vs. Christianity. That is what the enemies of dialogue want.
BENAZIR BHUTTOYou can imprison a man, but not an idea. You can exile a man, but not an idea. You can kill a man, but not an idea.
BENAZIR BHUTTOI am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.
BENAZIR BHUTTOI dream …of a world where we can commit our social resources to the development of human life and not to its destruction
BENAZIR BHUTTOThrough democracy we can address the basic needs of the people, involve them as participants in planning and restore the authority of the government.
BENAZIR BHUTTODemocracy is the best revenge.
BENAZIR BHUTTOPurusing peace means rising above one’s own wants, needs, and emotions.
BENAZIR BHUTTOMy father was the Prime Minister of Pakistan. My grandfather had been in politics, too; however, my own inclination was for a job other than politics. I wanted to be a diplomat, perhaps do some journalism – certainly not politics.
BENAZIR BHUTTOThe clerics took to the mosque saying that Pakistan had thrown itself outside the Muslim world and the Muslim umar by voting for a woman, that a woman had usurped a man’s place in the Islamic society.
BENAZIR BHUTTOIt is one thing being able to contest an election and to give the people hope that I can be the next prime minister. It is a totally different situation where the people of Pakistan are told that the results are already taken and the leader of your choice is banned.
BENAZIR BHUTTOI’m not into smoke-filled rooms. I don’t have the time for byzantine political intrigues.
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