“A country that relies on aid? Death is better than that. It stops you from achieving your potential, just as colonialism did.”
“If one area I felt it was a tough election was I couldn't see my young son and I couldn't see my wife a lot, but apart from that for her also it was an experience.”
“In fact the experience at Oxford has really helped me later in life.”
“The future of Indo-Pak cricket will depend on how the peace process goes.”
“I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services.”
“Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system.”
“If your house is burning, wouldn't you try and put out the fire?”
“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.”
“I believed in myself. I never imagined myself as just an ordinary player.”
“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.”
“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.”
“You don't kill your way to peace.”
“In Pakistan politics is hereditary.”
“There can only be democracy when money is not allowed to be spent in Politics.”
“But I don't need to use politics as a way of making money.”
“When I came into politics I always thought there was a possibility I would be killed.”
“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.”
“The war on terror is the most insane and immoral war of all time. The Americans are doing what they did in Vietnam, bombing villages. But how can a civilised nation do this? How can you can eliminate suspects, their wives, their children, their families, their neighbours? How can you justify this?”