Pak PM under fire for bin Laden ‘martyrdom’ remark

Pakistani opposition parties criticized Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday after he told parliament that al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had been "martyred" in 2011 by US forces. Bin Laden, who masterminded the 9/11 attacks on the United States, was killed in a raid on his hideout in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad after eluding detection for nearly 10 years. "I will never forget how we Pakistanis were embarrassed when the Americans came into Abbottabad and killed Osama bin Laden, martyred him," Khan said in his speech while recounting the lows of the relationship between Islamabad and Washington. Khan's speech came as the country's foreign office hit out at a US State Department report that accused Pakistan of continuing to be a safe haven for "regionally focused terrorist groups".