Ali Zardari
Ali Zardari
democracy elections fair region talking
there's a lot happening. Democracy is today's world order. Everybody's talking democracy in the region and the world. And they will have to give us free, fair elections and democracy.
arrest
They say if you come out we're going to arrest you.
courts dependent difficult food including jail prison
As an independent person, I find it difficult being dependent for everything, for even my food and medicine, to the prison authorities. I have had to fight through the courts for everything, including even physiotherapy, which is my right under the jail manual.
prison time
I have done prison time for 13 years without any conviction.
acts address against allow assured concerns india leads pakistan territory
Pakistan has assured that it would not allow its territory to be used against India for any acts of terror. India must also reciprocate and address our concerns which are very genuine. Dialogue is the only way forward. Absence of dialogue leads to tension.
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Nobody will be allowed to use Pakistan soil for any form of aggression toward any friend or foe.
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Not all political actors share our vision of fighting terrorism, lessening tensions in the region and focusing on building the economy. It is natural that they would challenge the government, but we have fought every challenge effectively. The daily ups and down of democracy should not be interpreted as lack of stability.
aspire economic peace promote strategic understanding
On the international political landscape, there is better understanding of Pakistan's political economic and strategic issues. We aspire to promote peace and harmony with the region.
asked civil close existence federation people
After the assassination of my wife, our nation was perilously close to civil strife. If I, as the co-chairman of the Party, had asked my people to take to the streets, the very existence of the federation would have been threatened.
war expression democracy
Democracies do not go to war. War is not our expression of thought.
adversity wife parks
I studied in Britain and spent great moments of my life there as a student living in Belsize Park. I admire the British trait of the stiff upper lip in the face of adversity. My wife studied in Britain, too, and both of us have many friends there.
bigger terrorist journalist
Journalists are bigger terrorists than terrorists themselves.
records behinds
One comes, and one goes. Basically, what you leave behind is the record.
book government actors
Hamid Gul is an actor who is definitely not in our good books. Hamid Gul is somebody who was never appreciated by our government.