‘We are the children of the Indus basin, one of the world’s largest natural resource and a cradle of ancient civilisations like Moenjodaro, Harappa and Gandhara that go back thousands of years. Today we are a multiethnic society sharing a rich history. Indeed our national language Urdu is an amalgam of Persian, Turkish, Arab, Central Asian and North Indian influences.

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‘Pakistan is our land, our home, rich in agriculture and mineral resources and alive with the spirit of enterprise of our hardworking people.

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Every inch of it is sacred and we treat it with reverence; and so we expect others who come here would behave, as one is supposed to behave when in someone else’s home. You have come in here uninvited, of your own volition and have not treated our soil with the respect it is worthy of.

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Do not mistake our smiling faces, our large-heartedness and our simple manners for fickle-mindedness.

‘Our God is benevolent, not angry and vindictive. Whilst proud of our homeland we are also citizens of a larger world that offers us opportunities to realise our larger aspirations.

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We can understand that the presence of American forces in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm in 1991 may have stoked your feelings, but today, your declaring jihad against your enemies, sitting on our soil outrages us.

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‘We are a nuclear-weapons state; we are proud of our military and our courageous people. We have friends around the world. We can look after our interests. We do not need you to fight for our causes.

If you must fight for yours, then please go elsewhere. Take your foreign fighters, Army, mercenaries and please leave. We ask you to leave and go find a home somewhere else or another playground to test your new toys.’

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