Pakistan didn't know about Bin Laden: Musharraf‎

In an interview with CBC News Musharraf said he is certain there was no complicity with ISI.


Express June 15, 2011

Former president Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday there is no way Pakistani authorities helped hide Osama bin Laden in their country.

In an interview with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) News about his plans to return to Pakistan in 2013, Musharraf said "I'm certain there was no complicity with Pakistani intelligence agencies."

"It's extremely embarrassing," Musharraf said. "Pakistan is not a banana republic. People coming in and out without the government knowing, that is bad from the government's point of view."

He expressed disappointment over the communiation gap between Pakistan and US intelligence.

In an interview last month, Musharraf said that the US raid which killed Bin Laden was technically “an act of war”.

Musharraf described US President Barack Obama’s statement that he would order another raid if necessary as “arrogant”.

Bin Laden was gunned down on May 2 by US Special Forces who attacked his hideout in Abbottabad. The US said it had carried out a unilateral assault.

Musharraf told CNN: “No country has a right to intrude into any other country.”

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Arshad Nadeem | 12 years ago | Reply No matter how Musharraf’s party and his well-wishers try to defend him, the fact of the matter is that he was at the helm of affairs when the PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in broad daylight in Rawalpindi. In fact, all the leads of the investigation point to him and his aides for their acts of omission and commission in this incident and in its aftermath. Mere statements cannot absolve him of his responsibility and involvement. Not only for Benazir Bhutto’s murder, General (retired) Musharraf has to answer for many other atrocities committed during his tenure, including the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti, launching of a military operation in Balochistan, embroiling Pakistan in a neo-jihadi movement of the ‘good Taliban’ while going after the ‘bad Taliban’, undermining institutions of the state and much more. Musharraf has announced that he would come to Pakistan on March 23, 2012 to organise his party and prepare for the next elections. However, public memory is not so short. Not only will he have to face the anti-terrorism court, but also the court of the public and will have to answer for his wrongdoings. Perhaps it is not a gainful proposition to leave behind a luxurious life in London and enter the minefield of politics in Pakistan. He would be better off if he avoids the latter.
Reality | 12 years ago | Reply @vasan: Kargil was forcely occupied by India in 1984, in response, Pakistan sent its troops in Siachen....If you go to that area, people will not support Indian presence, which has damaged natural habitat by deploying 1000s of troops....WHO WILL ANSWER TO THAT INITIATIVE? Do you expect a response for all actions that has been initiated....
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