Tag: Osama bin Laden

Elements in army, ISI helped Osama: Rogers

Elements within the Pakistan Army and the ISI provided some level of assistance to al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, who lived in a...

“Osama bin Ladin is a martyr”

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI), Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) teamed up with the outlawed Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) on...

Villagers bemused by hunt for bin Laden’s trail

Residents of a quiet Pakistani village were bemused on Sunday to find themselves at the centre of the investigation of the secret life of...

PbBC warns of protests if truth about US operation not revealed

The Punjab Bar Council (PbBC) on Saturday warned the federal government to bring true facts of the US operation in Abbottabad before the public,...

66% Pakistanis believe person killed in US raid was not Osama

A majority of urban Pakistanis believe that the person killed by US special forces during a raid in the garrison city of Abbottabad on...

Prove your commitment, show concrete actions: US tells Pakistan

The US has asked Pakistan to show "concrete actions" to prove its commitment in the war against terrorism, and has sought an explanation from...

Bin Laden raid undermined Pakistan’s “sovereignty, army and intelligence”: Musharraf

Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has slammed the United States for violating Islamabad's sovereignty in carrying out the raid that killed Osama bin Laden,...

Bin Laden “may have lived in Pakistan for over 7 years”

"Osama bin Laden may have lived in Pakistan for over seven years before being shot dead by U.S. forces", senior Pakistani security officials said...

Pak radars were active during US operation: PAF

Pakistan Air Forces (PAF) has strictly dismissed the reports that its radars were inactive during entry of American helicopters into Pakistani air space for...

US demands Pakistan disclose names of operatives: report

The administration of US President Barack Obama has demanded the identities of some of the top Pakistani intelligence operatives as United States tries to...

Al Qaeda confirms bin Laden death, vows revenge

Al-Qaeda has confirmed the death of its leader Osama bin Laden and vowed vengeance, in a statement posted on jihadist Internet forums on Friday,...

Obama to meet bin Laden raid commandos

President Barack Obama on Friday will meet members of the secretive team of elite commandos who stole deep into Pakistan in the dead of...

Rally in support of bin Laden in Cairo

Around 300 people rallied in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Friday in support of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, five days after US forces...

Obama refuses to release bin Laden photos

President Barack Obama decided Wednesday not to release photos of Osama bin Laden's corpse, citing national security risks and saying the United States should...

Lawyers denounce bin Laden killing

Groups of Pakistani lawyers on Wednesday held protests over the US killing of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, denouncing America and saying prayers for...

Bin Laden death ‘failure’ for US: Iran

Osama bin Laden's killing amounts to a "big failure" for Washington, Iranian Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on Wednesday, as he cast doubt on...

There is intelligence failure of the whole world, not Pakistan alone:...

Pakistan said Wednesday the world must share the blame for failing to unearth Osama bin Laden as a furore swelled over how the slain...