Nawaz Sharif... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Müslim League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
on Wednesday demanded a full independent investigation over the late Osama bin Laden's
... who has left the building...
presence in the country, rejecting the government's internal military probe.
"We completely reject the prime minister's committee. It is powerless and cannot investigate the matter in depth," he told a news conference shortly after returning to Pakistain from medical treatment in Perfidious Albion.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday announced that a lieutenant general would head an inquiry "to get to the bottom of how, when and why" bin Laden had been hiding in the garrison town where he was killed by US forces.
US President Barack
B.O.Obama has pressed Pakistain to probe how bin Laden managed to live for years under the nose of its military, saying he must have been supported by locals.
Paks have been outraged at the perceived impunity of the US raid, while asking whether their military was too incompetent to know bin Laden was living close to a major forces academy, or, worse, conspired to protect him.
Sharif, considered the most popular politician in Pakistain, called for the government to establish a revised commission within three days headed by the country's top judge and not the military.
"This commission should ascertain the full facts of Osama bin Laden's presence and the American operation in Pakistain," he said.