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More terrorists and extremists have been captured or killed in Pakistan than in any place in the world.

The world seems concerned with Pakistan primarily as an actor in global attempts to combat terrorism.

On the ground, Pakistan is the most virulently anti-American state on the planet.

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 is not a unified country.

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

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.

We all know the epicentre of terrorism in the world today is Pakistan. The world community has to come to grips with this harsh reality.

There is barely a country in the world where you will be completely safe.

I think - I think the real nightmare place now is less Afghanistan than it is Pakistan. I mean, again, Pakistan is this gigantic country, deeply troubled, kind of almost ungovernable, sitting on top of probably 50 or 60 nuclear warheads. Nobody really knows where the warheads are; the Americans certainly don't know where they are.