Amusement park planned in Pakistan town where Osama lived

PESHAWAR (REUTERS) - Pakistan plans to build a US$30 million (S$37 million) amusement park and outdoor activity centre on the edge of the northwestern town of Abbottabad, where US 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 Mr Jamaluddin Khan, the deputy provincial minister for tourism.

"The project will take five years to complete," he told Reuters.

US 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.