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Pakistan is not about to crack down on terror groups or cut its military budget in order to build roads, schools and hospitals.

To increase aid to the Pakistan government when religious freedom is not upheld is tantamount to an anti-Christian foreign policy.

Pakistan has done some really terrible things, and yet they also have facilitated our military capabilities in ways that are critical to our country.

You must keep in mind that Pakistan has suffered the aftermaths of the Cold War, and that Cold War had left deep imprints on our society. We were the worst sufferers from the ills of the Afghan war.

Aid can work where there is good governance, and usually fails where governments are unable or unwilling to commit aid to improve the lives of their people.

Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system.

I don't want to be a propagandist or say that Pakistan is just great. There are problems, but it is a much more complex place than we are given to believe.

Unfortunately, the American policy towards Pakistan is just to worry and express concern, and that is not a clear policy at all.

Pakistan is a peace-loving, democratic country.

The Pakistanis are very resilient people.