Nawaz Sharif

“My conscience is clean.”

“Freedom, respect and prosperity are never served on a plate.”

“Investors avoid investing in a region where some elements cause political instability by their so-called movements.”

“I believe that Islam is a faith of progress and welfare.”

“It is not justice when you beat someone after tying their hands, but award a clean chit to another who openly confesses his crimes.”

“Our commitment for the cause of Pakistan is based on honesty.”

“We applauded and endorsed the One Belt, One Road initiative and we are proud that together with China, we are implementing its flagship mega project - China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.”

“There should be some other provisions in the Constitution whereby if the Government is not functioning well, it can be dealt with. In a parliamentary democracy, this should be done only by Parliament. The prime minister should be answerable only to Parliament and it should only be Parliament that can install him or remove him.”

“We have sacrificed everything for the sake of democracy.”

“We want to make Pakistan a safe place for every Pakistani regardless of his faith or ethnicity.”

“Terrorism and the fight against extremism is our fight.”

“We are not ready to tolerate any harm coming to our country, and we will fight all powers that cause harm to our country, that work against our country's interests.”

“I am being penalised for serving the masses, putting the country on the right track, constructing motorways and eradicating the power outages and terrorism.”

“My party was the party which was created by Mr Mohammad Ali Jinnah. He didn't create that party. But he was the main pillar of the party. Our party is a very forward-looking, progressive, democratic party.”

“Those who were behind conspiracies against me and my government will be exposed.”

“We have to make sure we tread the right path, pursue the right policies - and not make any mistakes.”

“I don't have a problem with anybody or with any institution.”

“If I am actually a traitor or anti-national, come and form a national commission. I will be there, and those who call me a traitor should also be there, so that the 220 million people of Pakistan can see who is the actual culprit.”

“No force, oppression, imprisonment, jail... nothing will stop me.”

“I think I have a good rapport with the American government.”