Pakistan is to launch an investigation into how Osama Bin Laden was able to live in the garrison city of Abbottabad undetected, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has told parliament.
But he insisted that allegations of Pakistani complicity and incompetence were "absurd".US President Barack Obama has urged Pakistan to investigate the suspected network that sustained Bin Laden.
Mr Obama said it had to find out if any officials knew of his whereabouts.
In a statement to MPs about the raid by US special forces which led to the death of Bin Laden last week, Mr Gilani said Lt-Gen Javed Iqbal would lead the investigation into the failures to detect the al-Qaeda leader.
"We are determined to get to the bottom of how, when and why about OBL's presence in Abbottabad," Mr Gilani said.
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