‘No evidence’ bin Laden in Pakistan: Islamabad

AFP
Friday, July 31, 2009

Pakistan’s civilian government reiterated Thursday it had “no evidence” that Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden was in the nuclear-armed Muslim country, as Washington has charged.

“Al-Qaeda and Taliban have threatened Pakistan, attacked our security forces, killing innocent civilians and targeted our leadership,” said Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira in a statement.

“We are therefore combating terrorism in our own interest. We do not want our efforts to be undermined by hypothetical assumptions,” he added.

The statement from his office said there “is no evidence that Osama bin Ladenis present in Pakistan” and that “those making claims of his presence in the country should provide valid proof of it”.

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