Musharraf says his guess is as good as anybody’s over Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts

October 7th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - US may know the whereabouts of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Wednesday. Talking to newspersons in Washington, Qureshi said US troops equipped with state of the art technology and weapons were present in the region.

October 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf says it would be "disastrous" for the United States to pull out of Afghanistan now, according to a media report. The Americans need to prepare for the likelihood that more US troops will be needed in Afghanistan and that they will be there many years, he told Des Moines Register in Iowa.

October 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has said that the US and Pakistan both lost track of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden five years ago, The Dawn reports. Musharraf, who is on a lecture tour of the US currently, told students and delegates at a college in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, that both Pakistani and US intelligence have failed to collect any details regarding Laden's whereabouts, and now they are even unable to ascertain whether he was dead or alive.

October 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Defending his eight year- long autocratic regime, former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has said that he 'introduced the essence of democracy' in the country. Musharraf, however, admitted that he had committed several blunders during his rule but said that he took several steps to develop Pakistan and build a strong nation.

September 25th, 2009 LAHORE - Continuing his animosity with the Pakistan Muslim League -Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif, former President General Pervez Musharraf has described the former Prime Minister as a 'closet Taliban'. In an interview to ABC News, Musharraf called Sharif 'abrasive' and 'confrontational'.

September 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf met his 'good old friend' former President George Bush earlier this week, The Nation reports. Musharaf's close friend and former federal minister Dr.

September 10th, 2009 LONDON - Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf still relishes his days in Presidency when he maintained a 'good friendship' with his former US counterpart George Bush. In an interview with a private television channel, Musharraf described Bush, as a 'very good man' and 'a good friend' of his.

September 10th, 2009 LONDON - : Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has urged the United States to hand over the unmanned drone aircrafts to Pakistan so that it could carry out the offensive against the extremists on its own rather than relying on foreign countries. In an interview with a private television channel, Musharraf said the war against terrorism was not only in Washington's interest but in the interest of Islamabad also.

September 10th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said he believes that Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is dead. In an interview with the BBC, Zardari said: "It seems as if Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Ladin is no longer alive." Zardari reiterated that democracy was working well in Pakistan, and the government is determined to fight extremism and root out militancy from the country's soil.

July 23rd, 2009 SLAMABAD - Al-Qaeda chief Osama-bin-Laden's son Saad-bin-Laden has reportedly been killed in a drone attack in Pakistan's insurgency hit Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). According to a US radio report, Saad, Laden's third son, was killed in a missile hit early this year.

July 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - The son of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been killed by a US missile attack in Pakistan, US National Public Radio has reported. Saad bin Laden was believed killed in a missile strike from a US drone earlier this year, intelligence officials told the broadcaster Wednesday.

July 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Al Qaeda chief Osama bin laden's son, Omar, has described his father as an evil man in his new memoir. According to the New York Daily News, Omar says that he first realized the depth of his father's evil when his beloved dogs were taken away and gassed in a chemical warfare experiment.

June 13th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan has rejected the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief, Leon Panetta's claims that Osama Bin Laden is hiding in the country. Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's spokesman Farhatullah Babar rebuffed Panetta's claims, saying reports about Bin Laden's presence in Pakistan do not have an iota of truth in them.

June 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director Leon Panetta has said that Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is hiding in Pakistan, and expressed hope that the ongoing offensive of the Pakistan Army would help the CIA to locate and nab bin Laden. When enquired that whether he has specific information about bin Laden's whereabouts and that he is hiding inside Pakistan's territory, Panetta said: "The last information we had, that's still the case." "I guess one of our hopes is that as Pakistani military moves in, combined with our operations, we may have a better chance to get at him," said Panetta on the sidelines of a function in Capitol Hill.

April 19th, 2009 LAHORE - Bollywood beauties Aishwarya Rai and Priyanka Chopra may have an unending list of fans, and the now the list also includes the name of former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf. In an interview to a television channel Musharraf admitted that the two most famous Bollywood actresses, Aishwarya Rai and Priyanka Chopra, were his favourites, The Daily Times reports.