Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 25 Jun 2020, 09:41 am Print
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan apparently shocked many as he referred dreaded terrorist and former Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden as a 'martyr' on Thursday. He made the comment on the floor of the country's Parliament.
Attacking the US, Khan said American security forces entered Pakistan and killed Osama Bin Laden without informing Islamabad.
He said following the incident everyone in the world started abusing Pakistan which caused embarrassment to the country.
Khan said: "We helped America in the ‘War on Terror’. For doing this, Pakistan faced grave humiliation."
"America came and killed Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad... martyred him," Khan said.
"What happened after that? The entire world hurled abuses at us. Our own ally (US) entered our country and killed someone without even telling us about it. It was a big humiliation," he said.
Senior Pakistani politician Khawaja Asif criticised Khan for his remark.
PML-N senior leader Khawaja Asif attacked Khan and was quoted as saying by Dawn News: "Imran Khan called Osama bin Laden shaheed. Bin Laden brought terrorism to our lands, he was a terrorist through and through and he [premier] calls him shaheed?"
PPP Senator Sherry Rehman said that Pakistan was still a victim of terrorist attacks due to Osama Bin Laden, reports Dawn News.
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