Imran Khan referred to as Osama Bin Laden a martyr, his international minister says ‘I’ll let it go’

In 2020, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan had referred to as former Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of 9/11 terror assaults within the US in 2001, a ‘martyr’ whereas addressing the nation’s parliament, the National Assembly.His international minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi in his interview to an Afghanistan-based TV information channel ducked the query on Imran Khan’s view about Osama bin Laden, who was killed in a secret mission by the US forces in 2011 in Pakistan.After fluttering a short while responding to the query, Shah Mahmood Qureshi determined to “pass” it.“Prime Minister Imran Khan called Osama bin Laden a martyr,” stated TOLO information journalist Lotfullah Najafizada looking for Qureshi’s view in regards to the as soon as most-wanted terrorist on the planet.Shah Mahmood Qureshi initially stated Imran Khan was “well, uh, again, out of context Out of context He was quoted out of context. And, uh, you know, a particular section of the media played it up”When journalist Lotfullah Najafizada persevered asking, “Is he [Osama bin Laden] a martyr? You disagree [with Imran Khan]? Osama bin Laden?”Shah Mahmood Qureshi stated, “I will let that pass.”Addressing Pakistan’s parliament, Imran Khan in June 2020 stated, “I will never forget how we Pakistanis were embarrassed when the Americans came into Abbottabad and killed Osama Bin Laden, martyred him.”The speech was in Urdu. Imran Khan had used the phrase, “shaheed” whereas describing the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistani metropolis Abbottabad, the place he was hiding for a number of years. Shaheed is an Arabic time period used for martyrs of Islam.Osama bin Laden was being pursued by the US after the 9/11 terror assaults within the US. About 3,000 folks had died within the assaults that introduced down the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York. In May 2011, the US particular forces carried a raid at his Abbottabad hideout to kill Osama bin Laden. Pakistan had not been knowledgeable in regards to the raid.ALSO READ | Pakistani netizens say minor Christian woman raped for refusing to transform to Islam