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The Pakistanis are very resilient people.

The Pakistani woman's image internationally is perceived to be regressive, which is not true.

Pakistani politics is complicated, and I think it's not something a foreigner can easily assimilate and understand.

I was thinking about the women of Pakistan, those who are not allowed to get education, those who are not allowed to do whatever they want to do in their life. I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.

Strong women only marry weak men.

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.'

Sadly, Indians are not very easily accepted in Pakistan, and that has a lot to do with the governments.

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.

Women are totally unsafe in Punjab.

If you actually get down to the nitty-gritty of the average Pakistani, the average Indian, the average whoever, what you really do know emotionally is that they're exactly the same.