The impression of Pakistan is that people are corrupt. I don't think they are as corrupt as they are made out to be. I can look you in the eye and tell you I've never bribed anybody.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Pakistani politics is complicated, and I think it's not something a foreigner can easily assimilate and understand.
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.
Pakistan destroyed its own reputation. If anything, I have improved Pakistan's image.
Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system.
Sadly, Indians are not very easily accepted in Pakistan, and that has a lot to do with the governments.
Corruption is just another form of tyranny.
Pakistan is riddled with problems that are rooted in the disproportionate power of the state. Aid has only boosted that power.
Pakistanis can't trust. They've seen in history that people, particularly politicians, are corrupt. And they're misguided by people in the name of Islam. They're told: 'Malala is not a Muslim, she's not in purdah, she's working for America.'
One is actually the democracy here, you know, people are, people assume that this election means that there is democracy in Pakistan. There is no democracy.
I'm not a representative of Pakistan; I'm just an example that Pakistanis are different from each other. I believe it in my fiction and I believe it personally.