PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan plans to build a $30 million amusement park and outdoor activity centre in Abbottabad, where U.S. special forces killed Osama bin Laden, an official said on Monday.
The private venture will include a zoo, water sports, a mini-golf course, rock climbing and paragliding, said Jamaluddin Khan, the deputy provincial minister for tourism.
“The project will take five years to complete,” he told Reuters.
Authorities have demolished the large white villa where bin Laden lived, and senior regional official Khalid Omarzai said he had advised the government to build houses for local officials on the site.
“The government officers in Abbottabad have been facing residential problems and we have enough space now where bin Laden’s compound was demolished,” he said.
Omarzai added that some people suggested the government should build a public park on the land but he had rejected the idea because some might call it “Osama Park”.
