Samina Ahmed Quotations

What we really have to see is between now and the timetable given by the supreme court of Pakistan for the transfer of power to elected house which is October of next year,

There are the same sets of problems in Bangladesh now that Pakistan faced. Who is keeping an eye on these kids and what they are being taught?

We will see how far he addresses these concerns.

What one looks for is evidence, not rhetoric.

What is happening here is a gradual transformation -- although that is not to say it cannot be reversed.

What are these young children being educated for?, ... To be clerics. But how many clerics can an economy absorb? Very few. They are misfits and they can be exploited.

Broad perceptions among Pakistanis of the government as indifferent to them are being reinforced.

It would have made a difference if he had been elected president. It might have even made a difference if he had given up his title of chief of army staff,

It's just a silly allegation that Bangladesh has been denying the existence of extremists. We have been aggressively hunting them from the moment we knew they existed,

It's a huge decision for them to take; there will obviously be some that are averse to shifting the role.

I believe demonstrations have been planned by human rights groups who are far more annoyed at the human rights situation in Pakistan than General Musharraf.