Pak lawmaker quizzes ISI over US raid that killed bin Laden

From Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, May 15 (PTI) The in-camera joint session of
Pakistan's parliament on the US raid that killed Osama bin
Laden witnessed a testy exchange between the lawmaker of a
religious party and the ISI chief, according to media reports.
Parliamentarian Atta-ur-Rehman, the younger brother of
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) chief Fazlur Rehman, asked
Inter-Services Intelligence chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha who
had created the Taliban and financially supported them during
the joint session on Friday, sources were quoted as saying in
the media reports Saturday.
Rehman also questioned the military's decision to
conduct operations against 'mujahideen' like bin Laden and the
appearance of top military officials in parliament because
their "big boss", the US, was angry with them.
Pasha then requested the lawmaker not to get involved
in discussions about the history of the mujahideen.
He implied that parties like the JUI were receiving
funding from Libya and Saudi Arabia, the reports said.
"If we will discuss it, then things will go very far
and everyone will come to know who has been receiving dollars
from Saudi Arabia and Libya," the ISI chief was quoted as
saying.
Lawmakers thumped their desks on hearing Pasha's
remarks, sources said.
Rehman then staged a token walkout from the House
though he returned after 10 minutes, the sources said.