Pakistan & Terrorism: 6 Freudian slips by Pak leaders on Osama, Hafiz Saeed & Masood Azhar that give it all away

While Pakistan has often denied claims of harbouring terror outfits on ir soil, re have been instances with Pakistani, including Imran Khan, have through Freudian slips laid bare reality of Pakistan's intimacy with terrorism. 

From former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to former President Pervez Musharraf and current Pakistani leader Imran Khan, re has been a recorded legacy of Pakistani premiers divulging ir backing for globally designated terrorists including Al Qaeda chief mastermind Osama bin Laden, 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed and Pulwama terror attack perpetrator Masood Azhar. 

Imran Khan admits JeM is active in India 

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan asserting his duplicity towards terror in a gigantic admission has claimed that UN-designated terrorist Masood Azhar's Jaish-e-Mohammed in 'operative in India' on July 23 during his visit to United States this year. 

"But because this group claimed responsibility which was in India as well, Jaish-e-Muhammad was operating in India but Pakistan suddenly came into limelight. So even before this had happened, we decided to disarm all militant groups," he said. 

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Imran Khan admits 'ISI knew where Osama bin Laden was'

On July 23, during same press brief, Khan for first time revealed that ISI provided intelligence to CIA which helped US track down and kill Osama bin Laden in Pakistan's Abbottabad. This comes as a significant development as Islamabad had so far denied having any kwledge of dreaded al-Qaeda chief in country. He was shot dead by US Navy Seals in 2011.

Imran Khan's Minister admits 'Masood Azhar is in Pakistan'

On March 1, weeks after Pulwama terror attack Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has admitted that Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar is in Pakistan and is "unwell."

next day, in an interaction with ar international news media organisation, Qureshi confessed that  Pakistan leadership is in contact with JeM a UN-designated terror organisation.

Nawaz Sharif's 26/11 admission

For first time on May 12, 2018, ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif publicly ackwledged that terror outfits are active in Pakistan, moreover questioned policy to allow 'n-state actors' to cross border and 'kill' people in Mumbai. 

Without naming LeT chief Hafiz Saeed and JeM chief Masood Azhar, he had admitted that "militant organisations are active in Pakistan."

He said, "Call m n-state actors, should we allow m to cross border and kill over 150 people in Mumbai? Explain it to me. Why can’t we complete trial."

Pervez Musharraf calls himself ‘biggest supporter’ of LeT, Hafiz Saeed

Calling himself "biggest supporter" of LeT and its founder Hafiz Saeed, Pakistan’s former dictator Parvez Musharraf had said on vember 29, 2017, that he backs terror group’s role in "suppressing" Indian Army in Kashmir.

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"y (LeT) are biggest force. India got m declared as terrorists after partnering with US. Yes, y (LeT) are involved in Kashmir but in Kashmir, it is between us and India," he told ARY News.

Pervez Musharraf called Osama bin Laden and Taliban 'heroes for Pakistan'

former President of neighbour on October 28, 2015, had ted that former Al Qaeda chief and 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden and Taliban were heroes for Pakistan. 

He admitted that LeT were 'supported and trained' in Pakistan, moreover called Mumbai terror attacks perpetrators Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and Hafiz Saeed as 'freedom fighters'

"In 1990s freedom struggle began in Kashmir...At that time Lashkar-e-Toiba and 11 or 12 or organisations were formed. We supported m and trained m as y were fighting in Kashmir at cost of ir lives," Musharraf said.

" Kashmiri freedom fighters including Hafiz Saeed and Lakhvi were our heroes at that time. Later on, religious militancy turned into terrorism. w y (referring to terrorism in Pakistan) are killing ir own people here and this should be controlled and stopped. We trained Taliban and sent m to fight against Russia. Taliban, Haqqani, Osama Bin Laden and Zawahiri were our heroes n. Later y became villains," he added.