Quotes from Nawaz Sharif

Our armed forces have given many sacrifices to defeat terrorists and root out their hideouts. This fight will continue until all terrorists are defeated.

The people will demand answers from all the dictators and the people who have not allowed this country to function.

Investment comes to a halt in a country where sit-ins and protest rallies lead to political chaos.

I think I have a good rapport with the American government.

Ours is a government elected by the people and it will not succumb to threats.

I've done many rallies and it's been super-charged, highly charged. People are very receptive.

Drone attacks are against the national sovereignty and a challenge for the country's autonomy and independence. Therefore, we won't tolerate these attacks in our territorial jurisdictions.

We are not ready to tolerate any harm coming to our country, and we will fight all powers that cause harm to our country, that work against our country's interests.

If I take you back to the Nineties, our party came up with very bold reforms in the country, economic reforms. They were really revolutionary reforms.

We want to make Pakistan a safe place for every Pakistani regardless of his faith or ethnicity.

I said that we stand for strong relations with India, we stand for peaceful resolution of all our problems with India, including Kashmir.

There should be some other provisions in the Constitution whereby if the Government is not functioning well, it can be dealt with. In a parliamentary democracy, this should be done only by Parliament. The prime minister should be answerable only to Parliament and it should only be Parliament that can install him or remove him.

I am being penalised for serving the masses, putting the country on the right track, constructing motorways and eradicating the power outages and terrorism.

Pakistan is keen to promote its trade with India, we want economic ties getting stronger with India. Our business community is keen to reach out to their Indian counterparts. And of course, we want to resolve the issue of Kashmir, which is a flash point in our relations.

If I am actually a traitor or anti-national, come and form a national commission. I will be there, and those who call me a traitor should also be there, so that the 220 million people of Pakistan can see who is the actual culprit.

The sanctity of ballot should not be trampled.

We have to make sure we tread the right path, pursue the right policies - and not make any mistakes.

Investors avoid investing in a region where some elements cause political instability by their so-called movements.

I think for any society to develop and become a civilized society, they need an independent judiciary.

I believe that God and the people of Pakistan are with me, and I hope that, somewhere, justice is still alive.

No one can stop a mass gathering of the people.

It is not justice when you beat someone after tying their hands, but award a clean chit to another who openly confesses his crimes.

We want to strengthen democracy.

No force, oppression, imprisonment, jail... nothing will stop me.