Osama operation: PM takes nation into confidence today

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani will take the nation into confidence today through the platform of the Parliament over Abottabad operation during which US forces killed Osama Bin Laden, world’s most waned terrorist.

PM Gilani on Saturday held extensive consultations with President Asif Zardari, Defence Minister, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Chief of the Army Staff on the situation arising from the Abbotabad operation resulting in the death of Osama Bin Laden.

The situation was comprehensively reviewed in the perspective of Pakistan's national security and foreign policy. It was decided that the prime minister will take the nation into confidence through the platform of the Parliament on Monday while looking forward to a full debate on the matter on the floor of the House.

The prime minister emphasized during these consultations that the sole criteria for formulating the government's stance is safeguarding Pakistan's supreme national interest, by all means, by all state institutions, in accordance with the aspirations of the people of Pakistan, who above all value their dignity and honour.