The more you study, the more you know; how less you know.
Because I'm anti-war, I've been called pro-Taliban.
I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services.
During my 21 years of playing cricket, I have never been approached by anyone or offered a bribe.
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?
In most of Pakistan it is a feudal country. People are very scared and oppressed by authority. But when you move to these wilder areas, they are not so easily suppressed.
Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system.
These so-called extremists in Pakistan should be brought into the mainstream; if you marginalize them, you radicalize them.
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.
The future of Indo-Pak cricket will depend on how the peace process goes.
Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance.
At the moment we have a ruling class that has one law and the people the other.
What most people didn't realize in the Western countries is that here its not a question of having supporters, its a question of getting these votes to the polling stations.
I am called an Islamic fundamentalist by Rushdie. My critics in Pakistan say I am a Zionist agent. I must be doing something right.
