If you ask most Pakistanis, they believe earnestly that Republicans are the best, because they'll give us a lot of money, aide and weapons. The average person forgets that, in return, we have to do the American's dirty work for… — Fatima Bhutto Copy Share Image
However, I think we have to go back to the American bogeyman - we have to understand that this is a country which currently allows American drones to fly over our skies and bomb our people on an almost weekly basis, this is a country that survives on American aid in the billions. Today's headline in the newspapers is about… — Fatima Bhutto Copy Share
I think we can build democracy in Pakistan. But it will take time. And it will be a Pakistani democracy. Not one that's imposed… — Fatima Bhutto Copy Share Image
There are two things. There was the moral responsibility, and that, first, is creating an atmosphere where the security forces can kill with impunity, where they can turn up at a place, shoot seven people - really at point-blank fashions - and then get away with it and be, in fact, promoted. And then there is the actual responsibility, the… — Fatima Bhutto Copy Share
In a country like Pakistan where is politics is often an art form of the elite, and it's often very dynastic, it's hard to… — Fatima Bhutto Copy Share Image
Certainly, if we believe in democracy and democratic systems, when [Benazir Bhutto] failed to pass any legislation, really, at all in her first two years in government during her first term and in fact had a tenure that was marked not only by gross corruption but by human rights abuses, that should have been a time for people to say,… — Fatima Bhutto Copy Share
I have to say I like Obama a lot. His record is the best. He's always been vocal about his opposition to the war… — Fatima Bhutto Copy Share Image
“My Country I don't have any caps left made back home Nor any shoes that trod your roads I've worn out your last shirt… — Fatima Bhutto Copy Share Image
Well, I do write on political and social issues and the idea that one shouldn't - or the idea that we should censor ourselves… — Fatima Bhutto Copy Share Image
I think that our reliance on dynasty is part of the problem here, because dynasty is inherently undemocratic. It's a very entitled thing to… — Fatima Bhutto Copy Share Image
We didn't have an indigenous Taliban before 2008. We didn't have a war in Swat before 2008, we didn't have a war in Waziristan.… — Fatima Bhutto Copy Share Image
“Greece is internationally famous for three reasons. First it has more islands than people. Second, it used to be a part of Turkey. Third,… — Fatima Bhutto Copy Share Image
In fact, if you look at people within our government, they seem to be quite enthusiastically fighting the war against their own people at… — Fatima Bhutto Copy Share Image
