Tag: Osama bin Laden
Bin Laden theories flourish in Pakistan
A year after Osama bin Laden’s death, little is known about what the Pakistani authorities knew of his presence, allowing wild theories on what...
A year after bin Laden slain, Al-Qaeda ‘in ruins’
One year after the death of Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden, his network lies in ruins even if some supporters, whether lone wolf extremists...
Pakistan says it tipped off US on bin Laden: report
Pakistan’s intelligence service believes it deserves credit for helping US spy agencies locate the hideout of Osama bin Laden, who was killed by US...
Bin Laden widows’ deportation few days away: lawyer
The deportation of Osama bin Laden’s family from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia will take at least a few more days and is being discussed...
Bin Laden family’s deportation delayed: lawyer
The expected deportation of Osama bin Laden's family from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia has been delayed because their passports were not ready, their lawyer...
Bin Laden family ‘to leave Pakistan early Wednesday’
The family of Osama bin Laden is expected to be deported from Pakistan early on Wednesday morning, their lawyer and an intelligence official said.
The...
Bin Laden ‘fathered four children while on run’
Osama bin Laden fathered four children as he hid out in Pakistan after the 9/11 attacks, his youngest wife told interrogators, according to a...
Government sacks doctor who helped track down bin Laden
The government on Thursday sacked a government surgeon recruited by the CIA to help find Osama bin Laden, officials said, amid calls for him...
Osama’s brother-in-law allowed to meet sister
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday allowed Zakarya Ahmad Abd Alftah, brother of Osama bin Laden’s Yemni widow, to meet his sister. The...
Osama biggest martyr, Zardari biggest traitor, says JI chief
Jamaat-e-Islami chief Munawar Hasan has described Osama bin Laden as the greatest martyr and President Asif Ali Zardari as the biggest traitor.
Addressing a...
ISI in the doghouse
Transgression should not go unchecked
The SC is fed up with unending transgressions on the part of the agencies. On Thursday, the apex court referred...
On Balochistan
National integrity at stake
When the situation was starting to worsen in Balochistan and the media was almost mum, it was then that I drew...
Disturbing disclosure
Is the commission hearing this?
The revelation by a leaked email of a US-based intelligence firm that mid to senior level officials in the ISI...
Indonesian bomb suspect never met Bin Laden: lawyer
Suspected Indonesian bomb maker Umar Patek’s stay in the same town where Osama bin Laden was later killed in a US raid was a...
Umar Patek never met bin Laden: lawyer
Suspected Indonesian bombmaker Umar Patek's stay in Abbottabad, where Osama bin Laden was later killed in a US raid, was a coincidence and the...
Radical cleric in Britain ‘to be banned from school run’
A radical cleric once described as Osama bin Laden’s right-hand man in Europe will be banned from taking one of his children to school...
Go live in the West, bin Laden told children
Slain al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden urged his younger children to go live peacefully in the West and get a university education, his...
