Silly Billy

Benazir has been saying this for a while, but I wonder why Qazi has decided to say the same at this time?

Osama was eager to see Sharif as premier: Qazi

Osama Bin Laden, the chief of Al Qaeda, was eager to see Nawaz Sharif as the prime minister of Pakistan, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) president and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief, has said. In an interview with daily Jang’s Sunday Magazine, Qazi said that Bin Laden visited Mansoora and was willing to buy parliamentarians’ loyalties to ensure Nawaz Sharif’s election as prime minister. Bin Laden said that if there was a way to buy votes, he was willing to pay for them, Qazi said. “He was a big supporter of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad and Nawaz Sharif,” he said. The JI chief said that he met Bin Laden several times, adding that he (Osama) visited the JI headquarters in Mansoora. Qazi said that bin Laden was also interested in a deal with the JI, which he (Qazi) declined. He said that a delegation sent by Bin Laden visited Peshawar to meet him (Qazi), adding that they wanted co-operation from the JI, but we declined the request. “We refused on the grounds that we could not make any agreement with someone who did not have a homeland and who was himself unsafe in Afghanistan. He said Bin Laden was not responsible for 9/11 as such an act was beyond him.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default...9-3-2006_pg1_6

TheRealDeal

Qazi is full of BS

Silly Billy

Yup, as is Benazir Bhutto and Naseerullah Khan Babur who have made such allegations repeatedly as well.

suhaib

for the first time i agree with mota qazi.

i heard this from an isi agent who was sitting with laden and nawas in the meeting.

belive it dudes, its true.

Haris

If true at all it's all definitely got to be from the time of IJI.
Osama at that time was just another US backed millionaire Arab ex-Jihadi of the Afghan war and what he thought and who he met was no where closely as significant as it may sound today.

Meanwhile PML-N freaks out after Qazi's saab's new mumblings.
Apparently Osama never met Nawaz...
Not even over sirri paye

http://dawn.com/2006/03/20/top6.htm

syedpk

Our army has strong religious elements many were replaced by the president saab most of these mulah faujis were inducted and promoted during the time of zia.

There is always mulah military connection in pakistan.MMA some call it mullah military alliance and its main parties which are jamaat e islami and jamiat ullema islam are always helping military to remain in power in some way or the other.The nizam e mustafa tehrik during the bhutto government and uptill now where they have a coalition government in balochistan and their own in NWFP.

All parties have in some way or the other had their relations with the GHQ but the mullahs have always had good relations with army and agencies

Dont you guys think that the GHQ ordered qazi saab to reveal the osama nawaz connection so that nawaz sharif could face problems in lobbying his return to pakistan and participating in the next elections.

Haris

Any updates on what everyone's saying?

Zakk

Yup this bit of info has been floating around..again this is all old news..considering how the IJI had effectively conceded all foreign affairs and particularly Afghan policy to the Faujis I doubt Nawaz could do much without approval


Sharif met Bin Laden three times, says ex-ISI official
From our correspondent

22 March 2006



ISLAMABAD — A former official of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) has said that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif met Osama bin Laden and received funds from him.


“Nawaz Sharif met Osama bin Laden on at least three occasions and was desperately seeking his financial assistance,” Khalid Khawaja told news web site Adnkronos International (AKI) in an interview.

Khawaja, a retired officer of the Pakistan Air Force who was in the ISI in the late 80s, rejected a recent denial by the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) that its leader had ever met Osama. “Osama is above all this politicking,” said Khawaja.

“He is a great man and will remain great.”

Muttahida Majlise Amal President Qazi Hussain Ahmed had said in a recent interview that Sharif had repeatedly met Bin Laden, who had offered him money to topple the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) government in 1990.

Khawaja, who developed a friendship with Bin Laden while fighting against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 80s, told AKI that the Al Qaeda head wanted the “secular” PPP government overthrown to ensure that Pakistan continued supporting the Afghan ‘jihad’. Khawaja said that Bin Laden gave him funds which he personally delivered to Sharif, AKI reported.

“Sharif insisted that I arrange a direct meeting with the ‘sheikh’ which I did in Saudi Arabia. Nawaz met Osama thrice in Saudi Arabia,” Khawaja said.

He said that the most “historic” meeting between the two men was held at the Green Palace Hotel in Madinah.

“Osama asked Nawaz to devote himself to ‘jihad’ in Kashmir. Nawaz immediately said: ‘I love jihad’.” “Osama smiled, and said. ‘Yes, you may love jihad, but your love for jihad is this much,’ pointing to a small portion of a nearby pillar.

“Your love for your children is this much,” he said, pointing to a larger portion of the pillar. “And your love for your parents is this much, he continued, pointing towards the largest portion.”

Khawaja said that such arguments were “beyond the comprehension” of Sharif, who kept asking “Manya key nai manya? (Has he agreed or not?)”.

The former premier was hoping for a grant of Rs500 million. Although Bin Laden gave a smaller amount, Khawaja said that he arranged for Sharif to meet the Saudi royal family, which pledged political support for him and kept its word until he was dislodged by President Pervez Musharraf in 1999, AKI reported.

“In fact, it was the royal family that secured Sharif’s pardon and exile to Saudi Arabia.

Haris

interesting. thanks Zakk.

Silly Billy

This has been an open secret for 15 years, but mota Qazi waited until now to publicly state it. There is obviously a political motive behind it.