Posts tagged as: Abbottabad

2nd death anniversary of Osama bin Laden

The U.S. commandos killed Osama Bin Laden in Abbotabad exactly two years ago in a unilateral raid that had strained relationship between Pakistan and the United States.   The militants had carried out major revenge attacks on security installations, including one on the naval air base in Karachi, days after the incident.   Besides Osama, […]

Pakistan Army rejects claims of American journalists

Pakistan Army has ruled out the claim made by US journalist in his book that a colonel of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) tipped off the United States about the location of Osama bin Laden, the former al-Qaeda chief. According to a report published in Foreign Policy, DG Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asim Saleem […]

ISI colonel helped in locating Osama bin Laden: Book

Richard Miniter, a famous America journalist, claimed that a colonel of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) assisted the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) track down Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden. In what appeared to be another shocking claim, the book claimed that Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani may have been informed about the May […]

Pakistan and US should end alliance: Hussain Haqqani

Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States (US) Hussain Haqqani has said that the US and Pakistan should end their alliance, citing unrealistic expectation in both sides. While addressing the Centre for the National Interest he said, “If in 65 years, you haven’t been able to find sufficient common ground to live together and you […]

Sherry Rehman urges US to end drone attacks

Ahead of intelligence summit between Washington and Islamabad, Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States Sherry Rehman has called for a halt to drone attacks in tribal belt. Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum, the Pakistani envoy said the drone strikes succeeded in damaging Al-Qaeda network but are also forming new terrorists in the region. She […]

Hillary Clinton says cooperative ties with Pakistan in US interests

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said it was in the Washington’s interest to keep the cooperative ties with Islamabad. Her statement came at a time when the bilateral ties between Islamabad and Washington are in a troubled spot. While interviewing to an American TV channel, the Secretary of State underscored that severing relationships with […]

Hussain Haqqani defends civil rule in Pakistan

Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States, Hussain Haqqani, resolutely defended civilian rule and efforts to improve relationships with America. In his article in The Washington Post, the former ambassador rejected claims that he authored the infamous memogate, saying it was illogical to accuse him of being a traitor. A couple of days ago, the […]

Authorities were unaware of Osama bin Laden’s presence: PM Gilani

Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani rejected the impression that his country had been sheltered Osama bin Laden, terming it a universal intelligence failure to detect him for so long time. In an interview with British media, the Pakistani Prime Minister defended his security agencies saying they were not involved in sheltering the Al-Qaeda leader. […]

Pakistan’s response to Hillary Clinton’s allegations

In quite an odd move, the Foreign Office expressed its lack of knowledge that Pakistan has been used as safe hideaway by Al-Qaeda and its ally outfits. In reply to the allegations leveled by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who said she believed Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri is somewhere in Pakistan, the Foreign Office […]

Washington should share information about Zawahiri: says Foreign Office

Islamabad dismissed US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s allegations Al-Qaeda chief, asking Washing to share intelligence information about Ayman al-Zawahiri’s presence in Pakistan. Foreign Office spokesman Moazzam Khan while replying to a query observed, “These are all conjectures. If the US has any evidence, information or actionable intelligence, they should share it with us”. Earlier, […]

9/11 mastermind to be formally charged at Guantanamo Bay

Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, the self-confessed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four co-accused were due to be charged formally at Guantanamo Bay, the US detention center in Cuba. A military tribunal will formally charge Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his co-defendants for planning and executing the September 11, 2001, attacks that killed 2,976 people in New […]

Osama bin Laden and Pakistan

On May 2, 2011, the US Special Forces attacked a compound of Al-Qaeda’s top leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, the Garrison town of Pakistan, killing him and taking his body away. Pakistan faced reactions triggered in result of killing of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, inside the Pakistani territory. Many felt that they had […]

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