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Summary Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir has said that Osamas affair will be discussed in parliament.
Giving a media briefing in Islamabad, the foreign secretary said that the United States conducted the operation in Abbottabad without taking Pakistan into confidence and thus breached international laws.“Our radars were jammed and civil and military leadership was not taken into confidence in the operation against Bin Laden. Osama has become a thing of the past, but if these kinds of acts are repeated, then results can be devastating”, he said.Bashir said that the national security and country’s sovereignty were top priorities of the government.He said that Pakistan and United States were strategic partners, but admitted that their relationship was passing through a difficult phase.The foreign secretary said that Osama’s presence near the Pakistan Military Academy would be investigated. He said that the armed forces of Pakistan were fully capable of defending the country and the nation trust in them and the security agencies. He said that accusing ISI of having links with Al Qaeda was a baseless thing.He urged the world powers to stop telling Pakistan to ‘do more’. He said that most of the terrorists on the CIA website were arrested by Pakistan. He said, “We don’t call the 9/11 attacks as the CIA’s failure.”Bashir said that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would visit Pakistan this month.
