Re: Pakistan knew about Bin Laden hideout: Panetta
The government almost certainly did not know where OBL was. It would have been a huge boost ofr the PPP and its supporters if they had known as they would have almost certainly handed OBL over to the USA.
People talk of the government of Pakistan as if it has any control over so-called issues of national interest. The ISI most likely knew about the presence of OBL and I doubt they would have shared that with the government, which is considered a traitor and pro-american, even though the army and ISI loves taking orders from the Yanks.