Nawaz Sharif Quotes

Nawaz Sharif

Profession : Businessman

Birth : December 25, 1949

Pakistan is keen to promote its trade with India, we want economic ties getting stronger with India. Our business community is keen to reach out to their Indian counterparts. And of course, we want to resolve the issue of Kashmir, which is a flash point in our relations.

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What are we fighting the terrorists for if we ourselves do not even stand up for democracy - civil liberties and fundamental rights - which includes independence of the judiciary?

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I am being penalised for serving the masses, putting the country on the right track, constructing motorways and eradicating the power outages and terrorism.

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It is not justice when you beat someone after tying their hands, but award a clean chit to another who openly confesses his crimes.

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Ours is a government elected by the people and it will not succumb to threats.

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The sanctity of ballot should not be trampled.

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My conscience is clean.

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I don't have a problem with anybody or with any institution.

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Freedom, respect and prosperity are never served on a plate.

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When I became chief minister of Punjab in 1985, I got Murree Road carpeted for the first time.

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No one can stop a mass gathering of the people.

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Those who were behind conspiracies against me and my government will be exposed.

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India and Pakistan should fight only in the field of economy.

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There should be some other provisions in the Constitution whereby if the Government is not functioning well, it can be dealt with. In a parliamentary democracy, this should be done only by Parliament. The prime minister should be answerable only to Parliament and it should only be Parliament that can install him or remove him.

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We all condemn terrorism.

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My party was the party which was created by Mr Mohammad Ali Jinnah. He didn't create that party. But he was the main pillar of the party. Our party is a very forward-looking, progressive, democratic party.

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We have parliamentary democracy. It is the prime minister who runs the show, who is the chief executive of the country. The president must have powers defined under the 1973 constitution, nothing more.

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We must deregulate, we must provide an investment climate by giving incentives.

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I had a very good relationship with President Bill Clinton when I was prime minister.

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I said that we stand for strong relations with India, we stand for peaceful resolution of all our problems with India, including Kashmir.

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