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Amusement park planned in Pakistan town where bin Laden lived | Reuters
(Reuters) - Pakistan plans to build a $30
million amusement park and outdoor
activity centre on the edge of the
northwestern town of Abbottabad,
where U.S. special forces killed Osama
bin Laden, an official said on Monday.
The private venture in the foothills of the
Himalayas will include a zoo, water sports, a mini-
golf course, rock climbing and paragliding, said
Jamaluddin Khan, the deputy provincial minister
for tourism. "The project will take five years to complete," he
told Reuters. U.S. Navy SEALs killed the al Qaeda leader in 2011
in a secret raid that humiliated Pakistan's military
- which has an academy nearby - and heavily
strained ties between strategic allies Washington
and Islamabad. Some U.S. officials suspected that Pakistan's
intelligence agencies had sheltered bin Laden.
Pakistan dismissed the idea. Authorities have demolished the large white villa
where bin Laden lived, and senior regional
official Khalid Omarzai said he had advised the
government to build houses for local officials on
the site. "The government officers in Abbottabad have
been facing residential problems and we have
enough space now where bin Laden's
compound was demolished," he said. Omarzai added that some people suggested the
government should build a public park on the
land but he had rejected the idea because some
might call it "Osama Park". (Reporting by Jibran
Ahmad; Writing by Michael Georgy; Editing by
Kevin Liffey)
(Reuters) - Pakistan plans to build a $30
million amusement park and outdoor
activity centre on the edge of the
northwestern town of Abbottabad,
where U.S. special forces killed Osama
bin Laden, an official said on Monday.
The private venture in the foothills of the
Himalayas will include a zoo, water sports, a mini-
golf course, rock climbing and paragliding, said
Jamaluddin Khan, the deputy provincial minister
for tourism. "The project will take five years to complete," he
told Reuters. U.S. Navy SEALs killed the al Qaeda leader in 2011
in a secret raid that humiliated Pakistan's military
- which has an academy nearby - and heavily
strained ties between strategic allies Washington
and Islamabad. Some U.S. officials suspected that Pakistan's
intelligence agencies had sheltered bin Laden.
Pakistan dismissed the idea. Authorities have demolished the large white villa
where bin Laden lived, and senior regional
official Khalid Omarzai said he had advised the
government to build houses for local officials on
the site. "The government officers in Abbottabad have
been facing residential problems and we have
enough space now where bin Laden's
compound was demolished," he said. Omarzai added that some people suggested the
government should build a public park on the
land but he had rejected the idea because some
might call it "Osama Park". (Reporting by Jibran
Ahmad; Writing by Michael Georgy; Editing by
Kevin Liffey)
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