Extremism Can Flourish Only In An Environment

It 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.

The Orange Revolution In Ukraine Is A Good Example Of How People, Who Are Robbed Of Their Right To Vote, Can Protest And Put An End To Dictatorship.

The Next Few Months Are Critical To Pakistan's Future Direction As A Democratic State Committed To Promoting Peace, Fighting Terrorism And Working For Social Justice.

I Find That Whenever I Am In Power, Or My Father Was In Power, Somehow Good Things Happen. The Economy Picks Up, We Have Good Rains, Water Comes, People Have Crops. I Think The Reason This Happens Is That We Want To Give Love And We Receive Love.

In 1988, When Democracy Was Restored, The Military Establishment Was Still Very Powerful. The Extremist Groups Were Still There. And When The Aid And Assistance To Pakistan Was Cut, We Had To Adopt Harsh Economic Policies. So In A Way, It Showed That Democracy Doesn't Pay, And The Military Was Able To Reassert Itself.