Fawad Chaudhry said PM Imran Khan’s statement on OBL was a slip of the tongue

Federal Minister of Information Fawad Chowdhury clarified that Prime Minister Imran Khan “has slipped his tongue” when he called the killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden a martyr.

Chowdhury, talking with anchor Salim Safi Geographic News Show Jirga said that Pakistan considers Osama bin Laden to be a militant and Al Qaeda is a terrorist organization.

“Pakistan has voted for the war on terrorism in the United Nations [against militants], We are a voter [UN] Announce the list of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda terrorists,” he said.

“Pakistan has sacrificed the most in the war on terror,” Chowdhury added.

In a speech to the National Assembly in June last year, the Prime Minister recalled how the Americans acted in Abbottabad and “killed Osama bin Laden-made him martyred”.

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi (Shah Mahmood Qureshi) in an interview recently TOLO News Journalist Lotfullah Najafizada was asked to comment on the Prime Minister’s remarks in Parliament.

He said these remarks were taken out of context.

“he [PM Imran Khan] It was quoted out of context. And, uh, you know, a certain part of the media played it,” he added.

“Is he a martyr? Don’t you agree? Osama bin Laden?” Najafizada asked.

“I will let this pass,” Qureshi replied after a short pause.

When asked why the Minister of Foreign Affairs was hesitant to answer the Prime Minister’s statement on bin Laden, the Minister of Information said Qureshi might want to put this question behind his head and move on.

Note: The full interview with Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry will be broadcast on Geo News at 10:05 tonight