Gen Pasha is believed to have embarked on a foreign trip, most likely to a “friendly” country, which could be either Saudi Arabia or China. It is understood that his visit is linked to the fallout of last Monday’s US raid.
An official statement issued on Thursday after a meeting of corps commanders chaired by army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said the military admitted its “own shortcomings in developing intelligence on the presence of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan”.