Pakistan has made no mention of ending our tests. We have a missile program, and it is in the national interest whatever we want to do.

Pakistan has made no mention of ending our tests, ... We have a missile program, and it is in the national interest whatever we want to do.

We shouldn't be thinking about individuals or departments. We should be thinking about national interest. Lifting the standard of Pakistan squash is like working towards national interest.

I wanted to put the national interest before my personal interests.

Any effort which wittingly or unwittingly draws a wedge between the people and Armed Forces of Pakistan undermines the larger national interest.

My belief is that the nation-state remains the one entity that can function, the one entity that can demand sacrifice from its constituents in the national interest.