Report: Bin Laden met with Pakistan leader

KARACHI, Pakistan, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- A former Pakistani intelligence officer alleges Osama bin Laden has met five times with former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Khalid Khwaja, who worked for Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence, told a news program Wednesday he arranged meetings between bin Laden and Sharif at bin Laden's request, Karachi News.net reports.

Khwaja said so far the two have met five times.

"I challenge the deniers of such meetings and can present solid evidence in this respect," Khwaja said.

Sharif's Pakistan-Muslim League-Nawaz has denied that any meetings took place.