Pak Prez and General Knew Osama Bin Laden Lived in Abbotabad

‘The truth behind the Osama Bin Laden killing’ — CNN-IBN’s news break.

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5 Reasons Why This is an Important Story, according to CNN-IBN

• The admission by a Pakistani official is on record.
• This nails claims by both Zardari and Kayani.
• Exposes Pakistan’s stand of not knowing Osama’s whereabouts.
• This admission means Pakistan was complicit in hiding Osama.
• Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar, who has revealed this information, was number 2 and Zardari’s confidante.

Updated at:13th Oct, 2015 at 10:49 PM

KC Singh, Former Diplomat: The Defence Minister knew, that I’m surprised. That means that he could blackmail the army. That is a bit difficult to believe. I don’t think the Pakistani army knew about the operation. Because if they did, they would’ve taken him to the border and handed him over.

Shashi Tharoor, Congress MP: I too am sceptical about the theory that Mukhtar has floated. It seems unlikely. But it is obvious that the compound Osama Bin Laden was living in could not have been built without help from the Pakistani army.

Updated at:13th Oct, 2015 at 8:38 PM

The information given by Mukhtar is now opened to discussion. Former RAW Chief AS Dulat, KC Singh, former diplomat, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor are on the panel.

Updated at:13th Oct, 2015 at 8:25 PM

Here’s part of the interview CNN-IBN did with former Pakistan Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar.

Updated at:13th Oct, 2015 at 8:25 PM

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CNN-IBN report claims:

1. General Ashfaq Kayani knew that Osama Bin Laden lived in Abbotabad, next to a military academy.

2. The then President Asif Ali Zardari knew that Osama Bin Laden lived in Abbotabad.

3. Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar, then Defence Minister of Pakistan says in an interview that Pakistan knew the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden.

Updated at:13th Oct, 2015 at 8:12 PM

More details: Pakistan’s government, including then President Asif Ali Zardari knew of Osama Bin Laden’s existence in the country, claims CNN-IBN in its report.

Updated at:13th Oct, 2015 at 8:07 PM

Is CNN-IBN making a mountain out of a molehill?

We won’t know for sure because all the channel claims now is that the big news break is ‘the truth behind the Osama killing’.

Stay tuned.

Updated at:13th Oct, 2015 at 8:07 PM

CNN-IBN has been running a promo advertising ‘the decade’s world biggest exclusive’ since morning. If you’d turned the channel on, you wouldn’t have missed it.

In a few minutes we’ll know. Unless CNN-IBN decides to ‘tease’ the news all the way up to 9:30 pm — which will be irritating for audiences, but understandable from a professional perspective.

Here’s what we know from its adverts:

1. It’s an interview with someone who is of deep interest to India.

2. The interviewee is perhaps someone who is based in Pakistan.

“CNN-IBN unravels the decade’s biggest exclusive: Osama bin Laden’s truth, Pakistan’s lie,” claims the channel in a push notification.

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Updated at:13th Oct, 2015 at 8:02 PM