Experts say 'in shambles' Pak close to becoming 'failed state' following damning Osama op report

Pakistan is in complete shambles after a new leaked report unfolded the sequence of events that led the United States hunt for al-Qaeda chief, Osama bin Laden, in the South Asian country.

Pakistan has struggled for the past two years to explain how Laden managed to hide out in one of its military towns.

The answers lie in the 336-page leaked judicial inquiry report, suggesting the sheer incompetence and corruption practiced by low-level government and military officials in Pakistan.

According to the Christian Science Monitor, the judicial commission stops short of concluding that it was petty corruption and incompetence rather than official connivance that sheltered bin Laden.

Talat Aslam, senior editor at The News in Karachi, said that the report depicts that Pakistan is a country in complete shambles.

Aslam said that no one comes out completely competent. The military, civilians, revenue department is one big bunch of real incompetence.

He added that the report leaves everything open to interpretation, people could have been complicit, and it's very difficult to tell as there are lots of little things all over the place.

Aslam agreed that there is an enabling environment that could allow a repeat of the bin Laden episode.

According to the report, to be sure, Osama took extensive precautions to shield himself from prying eyes in the neighborhood - and beyond.

The report noted that the man 'wanted dead or alive' by Texan George W. Bush wore a cowboy hat to avoid the chance of being seen by surveillance in the sky, the report said.

Former spy chief Ahmad Shuja Pasha blamed the government and police for the situation in Pakistan.

He added that Pakistan is a very weak state and also a very scared state. There was 'apathy at every level; in every sector of national life.

Pasha said that Pakistani society was 'deeply penetrated.' The media was 'practically bought up' and nearly 'every elite was purchasable.'

A US intelligence officer said that Pakistan was so cheap that one can buy you with a visa, with a visit to the US, even with a dinner.

Accordingly, the officer said that Pakistan is a failing state even if it is not yet a failed state.