The overwhelming problem in the world today, everyone knows, is terrorism, where people in the name of religion kill each other, kill others just to go to heaven, and thinking only they will go to heaven.

The Kashmir issue is essential to the relationship and can be resolved if all parties engage with a willingness to address their concerns in mutually acceptable ways, ... Issues must be resolved through peaceful political and diplomatic means, not through violence or reliance on force, but with determined respect for human rights.

We are ready for talks, and we want to resolve the Kashmir issue, but the militants have to take a decision of their own.

There is absolutely no scope for any third party intervention or role in as far as the Jammu and Kashmir dispute is concerned between Pakistan and India.

For India there is a problem in Kashmir, but for Pakistan Kashmir is a problem.

On Jammu and Kashmir, the two sides agreed to continue to address the issue in a sincere and purposeful manner.

I have a deep feeling for Kashmir, and I just had to write this book, ... [But] it's very hard to write about real events. It becomes unbearable. The challenge in writing this book was: how do you write about these things bearably without sweetening the pill?