As a woman leader, I thought I brought a different kind of leadership. I was interested in women's issues, in bringing down the population growth rate... as a woman, I entered politics with an additional dimension - that of a mother.

The military destabilised my government on politically motivated charges.

Pakistan is heir to an intellectual tradition of which the illustrious exponent was the poet and philosopher Mohammad Iqbal. He saw the future course for Islamic societies in a synthesis between adherence to the faith and adjustment to the modern age.

I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.

One way or another, Gaza's residents must live in peace with Israel.

The Crumbling of America' should be required viewing for local and national government, not to mention the local and national media who should be keeping their feet to the fire on guarding against disaster.

Ignorance is a menace to peace.

In times of peace, just as today in our fight against terror, the United States and Israel stand together.