A seminary for women run by a controversial hardline cleric in this Pakistani city has named its library in honour of slain al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.
The seminary is run by Maulana Abdul Aziz, the imam of the Lal Masjid that was once the target of a military operation during Pervez Musharraf regime.
In an interview with Geo TV, Aziz said, "He (Osama) might be a terrorist for others but we do not consider him as a terrorist. For us he was a hero of Islam. He is a martyr."
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The nameplate outside the library which read, 'Maktbah Usama bin Ladon Sheeed' was also shown during the show.
Bin Laden was killed in a US special forces raid in Abbottabad in May 2011.
The cleric's brother Rasheed was killed during the Lal Masjid operation in 2007.
The operation had ended in a bloody eight-day siege killing at least 58 Pakistani troops and seminary students.
The operation, ordered by Musharraf, followed a week-long standoff between the mosque's supporters and security forces.
