Washington, May 24 (ANI): Jailed Pakistani doctor, Shakil Afridi, who helped the US track down Osama bin Laden, had applied for asylum in the US but was denied by authorities, according to a classified Pakistani government report.

Karachi, May 9 (ANI): Pakistan's cricketers are reportedly focussing on improving their fitness and batting skills at a training camp in Abbottabad in the run-up to the ICC Champions Trophy tournament that is to be played in England in June.

Karachi, May 9 (ANI): Pakistan Test and one-day captain Misbah-ul Haq has said that he is confident that his team's experiences in South Africa and their progress in the six-day training camp at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium will help them win the last edition of the ICC Champions Trophy tournament.

Islamabad, May 5 (ANI): The Pakistan squad for the next month's ICC Champions Trophy have spent the second day of their conditioning camp in Abbottabad focusing on their batting under the guidance of former player Javed Miandad.

Karachi, May 4 (ANI): The training camp set up by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) at Abbottabad to prepare the team for the ICC Champions Trophy, along with the upcoming tours of Scotland and Ireland, had begun on Friday with fielding as the main focus, as it has been Pakistan's Achilles heel for a long time.

Islamabad, May. 1 (ANI): Earthquake tremors were felt in parts of Pakistan, including Lahore, Islamabad, Abbottabad, Haripur, Chakwal, Gujranwala, Sailkot, Battagram, Mirpur, Muridke, Jhelum and Swat.

Karachi, Apr 17 (ANI): Pakistan Twenty20 captain Mohammad Hafeez has expressed his satisfaction with the team's preparation for the ICC Champions Trophy, saying that they had received practice at the domestic President's Cup One-Day Tournament.

Islamabad, Feb. 28 (ANI): US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher has introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives declaring Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi a hero.

London, Feb. 5 (ANI): Abbottabad, the Pakistani city where Osama Bin Laden was found and killed by US special forces, is building an amusement park in the hope of boosting tourism.

Islamabad, Jan. 25 (ANI): The Awami National Party (ANP) has demanded that Abbottabad Commission's report be presented in parliament for further debate in the National Assembly.

Rawalpindi, Jan 22 (ANI): A Pakistani Army officer has filed a petition in the Lahore High Court, saying that he possess vital information on the May 2011 raid on slain Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad.

Washington, Jan. 7 (ANI): Bloody interrogations like those shown in Hollywood movie Zero Dark Thirty, which is based on the hunt for Osama bin Laden, never really happened, a former CIA official, who ran such programs, said.

Islamabad, Dec 31 (ANI): The much-awaited report of the probe into the US attack that killed Osama bin Laden in his Abbottabad compound last year has been completed and is likely to be presented to Pakistan's Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf this week.

Islamabad, Dec. 17 (ANI): The findings of the Abbottabad Commission, which will be presented to Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf soon, are completely different from the American version, according to a law ministry official.

Islamabad, Dec 8 (ANI): The Abbottabad Commission has reportedly completed its report on the covert US military operation that led to the killing of Osama bin Laden in on May 2, 2011.

New Delhi, Nov. 29 (ANI): Former Vice Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. (Retd.) S.K. Sinha, released a book 'After Abbottabad: Terror to Turmoil in Pakistan' authored by Lt. Col. Anil Bhat (Retd.) at an event attended by a select gathering here on Wednesday.

Melbourne, Nov. 22 (ANI): Internal emails exchanged amongst US military officers have revealed that no sailors watched Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's burial at sea from the ship and that traditional Islamic procedures were followed during the ceremony.

Islamabad, Nov. 19 (ANI): Pakistani intelligence needs to make a genuine bid to combat terrorism by going after its key perpetrators with full force, rather than opening ways for other countries to do so, according to an editorial in a Pakistani daily.

New Delhi, Nov. 18 (ANI): Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf, while commenting on Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's undiscovered presence in the garrison town of Abbottabad in the country, said it was the negligence of the army and intelligence agencies and not their complicity.

Islamabad, Nov 17 (ANI): Pakistan did not know the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden before the CIA raid, an official US assessment of the Al-Qaeda leader's presence in Abbottabad has concluded.

Washington, Nov. 1 (ANI): A year-and-a-half after the Pakistani government formed the Abbottabad Commission to probe in to the May 2011 U.S. raid, which killed Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden, the only thing that has come from a formal investigation are rumours, and analysts believe that the whole exercise may have been futile.

Lahore, Oct. 25 (ANI): The judicial commission assigned to investigate the U.S. raid in Abbottabad, which killed Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden in May 2011, has said it will present its report to the government immediately after Eidul Azha, which falls on October 27.

Karachi, Oct. 25 (ANI): Pakistani cricket chiefs have approved the purchase of bulletproof buses as part of efforts to persuade foreign teams to return to the country after a long suspension of games over security fears.

Islamabad, Oct. 24 (ANI): The Chairman of Abbottabad Commission, Justice (Retired) Javed Iqbal, has rejected reports of him having submitted a report to the Pakistan Government on events and factors that led to the death of former Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.

Washington, Oct. 23 (ANI): U.S. President Barack Obama has said Osama bin Laden would have escaped if the United States had sought Pakistan's permission to carry out a raid on the Al-Qaeda leader's compound in Abbottabad.