5th February, 2013
Govt plans park where bin Laden was killed
KP minister Syed Aqil Shah said the project in Abbottabad will have a zoo, paragliding club and water sports facilities. It will also have cultural heritage park.
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    3rd May, 2012
    One year after his death, OBL lives on
    There are no signs of decline in the theory that Osama bin Laden was not killed that day or that he was a “martyr” and not a terrorist.
    2nd May, 2012
    Abbottabad report at final stage, says commission
    A year after Osama bin Laden was killed in a US air raid in Abbottabad, the commission has announced that its report will be finalised during this month.
    2nd April, 2012
    Court sentences bin Laden wives, daughters to prison
    A Pakistani court on Monday sentenced former al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden’s three widows and two of his daughters to a month and a half in prison for illegal residency and ordered the government to arrange their repatriation.
    2nd April, 2012
    Details about Osama’s hideout in Haripur emerge
    HARIPUR, April 1: It’s an ornate but not lavish two-storey house tucked away at the end of a mud clogged street. This is where an intelligence agency believes Osama bin Laden lived for nearly a year until he moved into the villa in which he was eventually killed.
    1st April, 2012
    Details emerge about bin Laden’s other residences
    Retired Pakistani Brig. Shaukat Qadir, who has spent the last eight months tracking bin Laden's movements, told The Associated Press that he was taken to the Haripur house last November by intelligence agents who located it from a description they got from Amal Ahmed Abdel-Fatah al-Sada.
    29th March, 2012
    Doctor who helped track bin Laden sacked
    The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Thursday sacked a surgeon recruited by the CIA to help track al Qaeda terror leader Osama bin Laden, officials said.
    20th March, 2012
    Abbottabad Commission summons former spy chiefs
    The Abbottabad commission, tasked with probing the May 2 incidents in Abbottabad that resulted in the killing of Osama bin Laden, held a detailed interactive session on Tuesday with Air Marshal (Retd) Shahid Latif.
    16th March, 2012
    Bin Laden wanted to attack Obama directly: report
    Before his death, al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had ordered his followers in Afghanistan and Pakistan to attack the aircraft of President Barack Obama, the Washington Post reported Friday.
    8th December, 2011
    Abbottabad commission to complete report by month end
    ISLAMABAD: The judicial commission investigating how Osama bin Laden lived in Pakistan undetected for years until his killing by US special forces said on Thursday…
    8th December, 2011
    ‘Osama not at Qaeda helm before raid’
    A US expert said the 200 pieces of evidence recovered from the Abbottabad compound showed the al Qaeda leader no longer had any role in operations.
    13th October, 2011
    Commission records MI chief`s statement
    The commission investigating the May 2 US raid on Abbottabad recorded the statement of director-general of Military Intelligence on Wednesday to find out if the MI was aware of Osama bin Laden`s presence in the area.
    11th September, 2011
    Abbottabad commission visits PAF HQ
    The inquiry commission on the May 2 Abbottabad raid by US commandos visited the PAF headquarters in Chaklala on Saturday and received a briefing about functioning of the radar system.
    7th September, 2011
    Envoy set free after being held near Osama compound
    ABBOTTABAD: Danish Ambassador to Pakistan Uffe Wolffhechel and his wife were taken into custody on Tuesday by law-enforcement personnel from Bilal Town where Al Qaeda…
    24th June, 2011
    Osama wanted new name to repair al Qaeda image
    WASHINGTON: As Osama bin Laden watched his terrorist organization get picked apart, he lamented in his final writings that al Qaeda was suffering from a…
    1st June, 2011
    Doctor recalls treating kids from bin Laden house
    ABBOTTABAD: For pediatrician Mehar Dil Wazir, they were a normal bunch of kids, like the dozens of others he treats daily for tummy upsets, coughs…
    1st June, 2011
    Justice Javed to head May 2 commission
    ISLAMABAD: The government set up on Tuesday the much awaited commission to investigate the May 2 US operation in Abbottabad in which Al Qaeda founder…
    28th May, 2011
    CIA team inspects Osama compound
    ABBOTTABAD: A CIA team inspected the Osama bin Laden compound in Abbottabad on Friday after Islamabad’s permission. Sources said a CIA team, which consisted of…
    20th May, 2011
    Abbottabad inquiry body likely after PM`s return
    ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to form the much-debated independent commission to investigate the May 2 Abbottabad incident after the return of Prime Minister Yousuf…
    15th May, 2011
    Bin Laden in Pakistan, potent but past his prime
    WASHINGTON: Surrounded by the din of his multiple families within walls that were both his sanctuary and prison, Osama bin Laden pecked endlessly at a…