I want people to remember that Pakistan is my country. It is like my mother, and I love it dearly. Even if its people hate me, I will still love it.

Pakistan is a peace-loving, democratic country.

In countries other than Pakistan - I won't necessarily call them 'Western' - people support me. This is because people there respect others. They don't do this because I am a Pashtun or a Punjabi, a Pakistani, or an Iranian, they do it because of one's words and character. This is why I am being respected and supported there.

All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.

If you go anywhere, even paradise, you will miss your home.

I thanked President Obama for the United States' work in supporting education in Pakistan and Afghanistan and for Syrian refugees.