Pakistan?s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha has reportedly offered to resign over intel failure on al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden living in Abbottabad for five years.
During an in-camera joint session of the Parliament on Friday, Pasha admitted intelligence failure by ISI and apologized to the nation.
“The failure was not intentional, but I admit it was a mistake. I am ready to resign,” ISI chief said.
However, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani reportedly rejected Pasha’s resignation offer.
Osama, who was killed in Pakistan on May 2 ending an almost decade long manhunt for the world’s most sought after terrorist, is survived by 18 children, having married five times. The U.S. however, have denied taking in anyone besides bin Laden?s body.
Responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, that killed about 3,000 people, bin Laden was hunted worldwide only to be found nearly ten years later in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, 60 km north of capital Islamabad, putting the country in a tight spot.