When The United States Aligns With Dictatorships

I Seek To Lead A Democratic Pakistan Which Is Free From The Yoke Of Military Dictatorship And That Will Cease To Be A Haven, The Very Petri Dish Of International Terrorism.

We Learned At An Early Age That It Was Men's Interpretation Of Our Religion That Restricted Women's Opportunities, Not Our Religion Itself. Islam In Fact Had Been Quite Progressive Toward Women From Its Inception.

To Make Peace, One Must Be An Uncompromising Leader. To Make Peace, One Must Also Embody Compromise.

All 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.

I Found That A Whole Series Of People Opposed Me Simply On The Grounds That I Was A Woman. The 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.