ISLAMABAD – Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry clarified that Pakistan considers former Al-Qaeeda chief Osama bin Laden a militant of the terrorist outfit.
Speaking in a prime time show, which is yet to release tonight, said that the premier made a ‘slip of the tongue when he called Osama bin Laden a martyr.
Rationalizing his narrative, the PTI leader said ‘Pakistan has voted in the United Nations on the War on Terror, we are a voter on a UN list that declared Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda terrorists. Pakistan has sacrificed the most in the war against terrorism,’ he added.
Earlier, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, in an interview with an Afghan News outlet commented that the remarks of PM were taken out of context. PM was quoted out of context and a particular section of the media played it up,’ he said.
‘Is he a martyr? You disagree? Osama bin Laden? asked the Afghan journalist. Qureshi after a brief pause responded ‘I will let that pass’.
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