"Supporting an undivided Pakistan cannot be an offence unless crimes were committed on his direct orders."
TAJUL ISLAM
Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid's counsel
about Jamaat leader Mojahid who is facing crimes against humanity in 1971.

"I will quit politics if the government can prove that our chairperson's speech was false."
MIRZA FAKHRUL ISLAM ALAMGIR
BNP acting secretary general
about Khaleda Zia's speech in the parliament.

"It seemed as if we were playing against Australia in the final."
SHAHID AFRIDI
Pakistani cricket player
about the Asia Cup final against Bangladesh.

"Just imagine, one of these men had the gumption to walk up to me and tell me that if I cleared the tranche, he would give me 140 million rupees [$2.7m; £1.7m]. He was offering a bribe to me, to the army chief."
GEN VK SINGH
India's army chief
about a defence equipment lobbyist offering him a bribe.

"It is time for these criminals to stop marketing their terrorist acts in the name of Palestine and to stop pretending to stand up for the rights of Palestinian children who only ask for a decent life."
SALAM FAYYAD
Palestinian prime minister
about the attacker's claim that he attacked the school and killed three Jewish children and a teacher to avenge Palestinian children killed in the conflict with Israel.

Cartoon: Sadat