"Her definition of romance was absentminded intimacy, the way someone else's hand stray to your plate of food.I replied: no, that's just friendship; romance is always knowing exactly where that someone..."
- Kamila Shamsie
"They will become Godly when they will have God in their hearts."
- Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi
"If we had more reliable systems of law and governance perhaps our friendship would be shallower."
"Remaining for a moment with the question of legality and illegality: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1368, unanimously passed, explicitly recognized the right of the United States to self-d..."
- Christopher Hitchens
"1. Bangladesh.... In 1971 ... Kissinger overrode all advice in order to support the Pakistani generals in both their civilian massacre policy in East Bengal and their armed attack on India from West P..."
"Democracy is in the blood of the Muslims, who look upon complete equality of mankind, and believe in fraternity, equality, and liberty."
- Muhammad Ali Jinnah
"No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you. We are victims of evil customs. It is a crime against humanity that our women are shut up within the four walls o..."
"You can get anywhere in Pakistan if you know people, even into jail."
- Salman Rushdie
"But since the subsequent US invasion of Afghanistan, terrorists have killed many times that number of people in Pakistan. Tens of thousands have died here in terror and counterterror violence, slain b..."
- Mohsin Hamid
"Few individuals significantly alter the course of history. Fewer still modify the map of the world. Hardly anyone can be credited with creating a nation-state. Mohammad Ali Jinnah did all three."
- Stanley Wolpert