Pakistan revenue official made Osama bin Laden pay Rs 50,000 bribe: Report

[karan.1970]

ISLAMABAD: Even the world's most wanted terrorist could not escape the bribery dragnet. Osama bin Laden's safe-house in Pakistan's garrison city Abbottabad was built after paying a bribe of Rs 50,000 to a revenue official, a media report said on Wednesday.

The bribe was paid to the 'patwari' so that Laden could construct a three-storey building within the compound surrounded by a 14-foot boundary wall and an iron fence.

Details of the bribe emerged after Pakistani officials translated a diary that was purportedly kept by bin Laden.

Bin Laden, 54, was killed by US commandos during a raid on the compound, located a short distance from the Pakistan Military Academy, on May 2 last year.

The compound was demolished by the Pakistan Army earlier this year. Officials found the diary along with 137,000 documents in the compound.

Bin Laden used to write in the diary every day, the report said.

The al-Qaida chief reportedly described in the diary how he had to bribe revenue officials for constructing his compound.

The patwari, who was later arrested by Pakistani security agencies, was completely ignorant about the identity of bin Laden when he took the bribe.

The diary reportedly revealed that bin Laden was well aware of the practice of revenue officials seeking bribes and even gave his permission for paying off the patwari.

A judicial commission that investigated bin Laden's presence in Pakistan and the US raid has pointed out "weaknesses" in state institutions in its report and "delineated the poor performance" of these organisations, the Jang reported.

The commission's report is yet to be presented to the government and officials have not said whether it will be made public.

 

[KRAIT]

They beat us in corruption too.

 

[third eye]

Good old patwaris !

Sala Osama ko bhi nahin chora !!

I am sure the poor fellow had no idea whose tail he was twisting.

What evidence will they produce in court to try the poor Patwari ? Osama's statement recorded in his diairy ?

Admissible ? Considering ppl here & most in Pak refuse to believe he existed / lived in that house.

 

[Amolthebest]

Why I am not surprised?

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

So revenue officials knew about Osama'a existence in Pakistan ?

 

[abbas.hasan]

Reminds me of a famous hadith of The Holy Prophet s.a.w.w about bribery... would it be applicable on both the patwari and OBL?

 

[third eye]

So revenue officials knew about Osama'a existence in Pakistan ?

Unlikely.

He must have taken his bribe as they always do in their ' line of duty'.

What if his lawyer contests the contents of the diary and asks for a handwriting expert to confirm if its actually OBL's handwriting ?

 

[haviZsultan]

Unsurprising.

 

[Pakistanisage]

So revenue officials knew about Osama'a existence in Pakistan ?

Are you really that DUMB or just reading / comprehension Challenged ?

The article States :


"The patwari, who was later arrested by Pakistani security agencies, was completely ignorant about the identity of bin Laden when he took the bribe."


Which part of the above statement are you having difficulty understanding, DUMMY ?


The transaction was probably carried out by Osama's front man.

 

[SpArK]

So revenue officials knew about Osama'a existence in Pakistan ?

He may even have a drivers license and a voter ID.

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

Are you really that DUMB or just reading / comprehension Challenged ?

The article States :


"The patwari, who was later arrested by Pakistani security agencies, was completely ignorant about the identity of bin Laden when he took the bribe."


Which part of the above statement are you having difficulty understanding, DUMMY ?


The transaction was probably carried out by Osama's front man.

That's why it was a question you idiot . Have hard hard time understanding what a question mark means ?

Thanks for answering anyway.

 

[Pakistanisage]

That's why it was a question you idiot . Have hard hard time understanding what a question mark means ?

Thanks for answering anyway.

The article said:


"The patwari, who was later arrested by Pakistani security agencies, was completely ignorant about the identity of bin Laden when he took the bribe."


After reading that part of article you asked the question:


" So revenue officials knew about Osama'a existence in Pakistan ? "


Only a MORON would ask that stupid question. Did you not read that the article clearly states that "the Patwari was completely ignorant abour the identity of Bin Ladin when he too the bribe".


So I repeat my question again.

How stupid are you that you cannot comprehend simple English ?

 

[Hyperion]

He may even have a drivers license and a voter ID.

LOL.... If he can have a TSA pass, then why not!

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

The article said:


"The patwari, who was later arrested by Pakistani security agencies, was completely ignorant about the identity of bin Laden when he took the bribe."


After reading that part of article you asked the question:


" So revenue officials knew about Osama'a existence in Pakistan ? "


Only a MORON would ask that stupid question. Did you not read that the article clearly states that "the Patwari was completely ignorant abour the identity of Bin Ladin when he too the bribe".


So I repeat my question again.

How stupid are you that you cannot comprehend simple English ?

Is there no possibility that the Patwari could be lying about not knowing about OSAMA in Pakistan ? to save his a$$ ?

This is well within the realm of possibility given the facts given in this news article.

That's why the question

 

[neehar]

hahaha heights of corruption...