Quotes by Pakistani authors
Only in novels can we take another human being into our head and create something jointly.
Mohsin Hamid
British-Pakistani novelist
There is a tremendous amount of pressure when you are a world No. 1 with everyone behind you trying to knock you down. But I always believe you should be enjoying the pressure at the top. It is a case of being able to relax and keep playing the game that got you there in the first place.
Jahangir Khan
Pakistani squash player.
Why hast thou made me born in this country, The inhabitant of which is satisfied with being a slave?
Muhammad Iqbal
Writer
Life was very tough, and there were times I thought I might not be able to play again.
Mohammad Amir
Pakistani bowler
Without hard work and discipline it is difficult to be a top professional.
Jahangir Khan
Pakistani squash player.
Sexual self-restraint is only a preliminary stage in the ego's evolution.
Muhammad Iqbal
Writer
President Zardari came to power just as the global recession hit. He had to cobble together an unruly coalition, put up with a constant assault from a conservative supreme court who sought to undermine him at every term. This does not include dealing with Pakistani's omnipotent establishment and the menace of terrorism.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan
Given enough time, polar bears might migrate off the Arctic ice, evolve darker coats, find a different diet, and thrive in a new, warmer climate. But if the ice on which they depend disappears in a few decades, they are likely to die.
Mohsin Hamid
British-Pakistani novelist
I try to play like Kohli and compete with him.
Babar Azam
Pakistani cricketer
I don't want to be jack of all, master of none. I want to focus completely and excel as an actor with every project.
Mawra Hocane
Pakistani actress
The court can, and must, only maintain its legitimacy through the dispensation of justice, not by coercion and censorship.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan
We recognise that, with time, every human being will cease being, will only have been. And so we seek to resist time. We rebel against it. We are drawn like lovers to the unreachable past, to imagined memories, to nostalgia.
Mohsin Hamid
British-Pakistani novelist
Adjusting to life without cricket hasn't been very tough.
Inzamam-Ul-Haq
Cricketer
One of the biggest drawbacks of our industry is that we haven't nurtured our writers for years. Now, we realise we need to but we can't nurture our writers overnight.
Kabir Khan
Pakistani cricket coach
Words, without power, is mere philosophy.
Muhammad Iqbal
Writer
Hizb ut-Tahrir spearheaded the radicalization of the 1990s and cultivated an atmosphere of anger.
Maajid Nawaz
activist and former radio presenter
We have an active program. We have nuclear weapons, we are a nuclear power. We have an advanced missiles program.
Ayub Khan
Former President of Pakistan
For more than 300 years Qawwali music and Sufism have been deeply anchored in my family's roots and we spread it around to the public.
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Pakistani singer
No matter how tough my life was, I was always looking up at the sky and wishing for good things.
Mahira Khan
Pakistani actress
I remember, before the 2003 World Cup, I worked extremely hard on my fitness. A great deal of training and dietary discipline. I believe I lost 19 kg. And 19 is the number of runs I scored in the entire tournament.
Inzamam-Ul-Haq
Cricketer
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