249 Quotes About Pakistan
- Author Husain Haqqani
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Bhutto brought up the coup in Afghanistan, which has resulted in deposing the country’s monarchy and replacing it with a republic under a nationalist cousin of the king. Kissinger said he had discussed the matter with the Soviet Ambassador. “I told him if the recent coup in Afghanistan remained an internal Afghan affair, that would be one matter” he said, “but if it resurrected the Pashtunistan dispute, the U.S. would be engaged. This is the basic policy of the president.
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- Author Fotini Christia
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There is no clear evidence that Pakistan was involved in the Taliban's inception per se, but it certainly featured in the Taliban's transformation from a movement of clerics from within the Jihad driven by their local agendas and supported by their peers to an organized political unit with countrywide objectives.
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- Author Imran Khan
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Lack of rule of law is the main reason Pakistan could not join the ranks of progressive nations.
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- Author Omar Shahid Hamid
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Constantine cursed the faujis again, and then he cursed Tom Cruise for having made that bloody Top Gun movie. Since then, an entire generation of faujis had grown up thinking they could be like him just by buying those cheap rip-off sunglasses for 200 rupees from Zainab Market.
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- Author Imran Khan
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Certain folks start playing Sindh Card despite having ravaged the life of the common Sindhi.
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- Author Nadeem Farooq Paracha
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With Zia's controversial demise in 1988, Jinnah was finally spared the false beard Zia kept pinning on the founder's otherwise clean-shaven face.
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- Author Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
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মহাত্মা গান্ধি থেকে শুরু করে কবি রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর সবাই মানুষের ওপর বিশ্বাস রাখতে বলেছেন। তারা যদি ১৯৭১ সালে বাংলাদেশে থাকতেন তাহলে এত আত্মবিশ্বাস নিয়ে মানুষকে বিশ্বাস করার কথা বলতে পারতেন কিনা আমি নিশ্চিত নই।
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- Author Khushwant Singh
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I believe I did succeed in making Indian uslims look upon me as a friend: when I was nominated to be a member of the Rajya Sabha many said, "We have another Muslim in Parliament." Others who disliked my views called me an unpaid agent of Pakistan. I treated both views as compliments.
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