Quotes About Musharraf

#1. It's true that General Musharraf opposes my return, seeing me as a symbol of democracy in the country. He is comfortable with dictatorship. I hope better sense prevails.

Benazir Bhutto

#2. General 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 Bhutto

#3. Play hardball with Musharraf, but don't cut off US aid.

Fred Thompson

#4. Pakistan's ruler Pervez Musharraf predicted the Taliban will fall for hiding Osama bin Laden. Ex-king Zahir Shah is standing by to replace Mullah Mohammed Omar. And the most ominous sign of all, President Bush has learned all their names.

Argus Hamilton

#5. Musharraf is a good man and wants to improve relations with India.

Lalu Prasad Yadav

#6. The U.S. came to understand that Bhutto was not a threat to stability but was instead the only possible way that we could guarantee stability and keep the presidency of Musharraf intact.

Benazir Bhutto

#7. Bhutto's regime is remembered for having one of the worst human rights records in Pakistan's history, and her government did not allow the media freedoms she criticizes Musharraf for crushing.

Richard Engel

#8. The Pakistani government under Musharraf is a strong and key player in the global war on terrorism, and their contribution has been second to none.

Cofer Black

#9. Islam teaches tolerance, not hatred; universal brotherhood, not enmity; peace, and not violence.

Parwez Musharraf

#10. I believe in sympathy, compassion and forgiveness.

Pervez Musharraf

#11. One day when I ventured into the garden to regard its bloom,
My eyes beheld on a bower a withered rose.
When I inquired what had caused the blight,
"My lips for a moment opened in a smile in this garden," it replied.

Musharraf Ali Farooqi

#12. Mona told herself that even if her recent feelings were a delusion, they were by far preferable to the thirty years of immaculate deception she had suffered in her first marriage. Yet she had to forgive Akbar Ahmad - perhaps because he was already dead.

Musharraf Ali Farooqi

#13. When one demands equal rights for women, one needs to assess in which areas women can work better than men, in which they can work like men, and in which they need protection and affirmative action for when they cannot work like men.

Pervez Musharraf

#14. There is nothing wrong with intellectual differences flowing from freedom of thought as long as such differences remain confined to intellectual debates.

Pervez Musharraf

#15. You always maintained that he was a good father, but I always told you and I'll say it again today, so what if he was a good father? How does that redeem him if he was a bad husband?

Musharraf Ali Farooqi

#16. We claim Islam as Deen or a complete way of life.

Pervez Musharraf

#17. We have our own brains.

Pervez Musharraf

#18. Yes I think so, absolutely. It should be stopped, nobody should be talking of hatred and militancy and aggression.

Pervez Musharraf

#19. You cannot have everyone else's happiness in mind as well when you go out seeking your own. It's not as if what you wish to of with your life is going to take away anything from theirs.

Musharraf Ali Farooqi

#20. Their casual discussion of the characteristics of the man who had shown interest in their mother had seemed unreal to her.

Musharraf Ali Farooqi

#21. Poverty and deprivation lead to frustration, making the masses vulnerable to exploitation by extremist organizations.

Pervez Musharraf

#22. Was Islam spread by them through force and coercion? No. They preached Islam by personal example.

Pervez Musharraf

#23. You must understand the environment in Pakistan. This has become a moneymaking concern. A lot of people say if you want to go abroad and get a visa for Canada or citizenship and be a millionaire, get yourself raped.

Pervez Musharraf

#24. Dr. A.Q. Khan's part is only enriching the uranium to weapons grade, ... He does not know about making the bomb, he does not know about the trigger mechanism, he does not know about the delivery system

Pervez Musharraf

#25. I am not at all a politician. I don't think I'm cut out for politics. I am certainly not going to stand for election.

Pervez Musharraf

#26. It is up to India to take this opportunity to start ... a process of dialogue,

Pervez Musharraf

#27. After sealing the door, Alqash went to the river to cleanse the blood from his hands and the dagger, and also to wash his hands of the faith that he had forfeited in exchange for short-lived riches.

Musharraf Ali Farooqi

#28. Who has suffered? The families of the dead, no doubt. But a greater loss was inflicted on Pakistan because, as I said, we lost the pillars of our society.

Pervez Musharraf

#29. Saying he is in Afghanistan in a spirit of brotherhood, we have also vowed that we will not allow each other's countries, ever, to be used against interests of ours.

Pervez Musharraf

#30. We must learn from history, there is no military solution for the Kashmir issue ... we have to understand this reality.

Pervez Musharraf

#31. Remember that mindsets can not be changed through force and coercion. No idea can ever be forcibly thrust upon any one.

Pervez Musharraf