Faced with mounting criticism from the public and media for his government’s response to the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani would brief the Parliament on Monday to “take the nation into confidence” on the issue.

Bin Laden was killed along with his son, two al-Qaeda couriers and a woman during the pre-dawn raid by US forces on a compound located a short distance from the Pakistan Military Academy in Abbottabad, 80 kms from the federal capital Islamabad.

Gilani had earlier sought to deflect criticism of his government’s failure to detect bin Laden by describing it as an “intelligence failure of the whole world”.

Gilani said his visit to France had provided him an opportunity to present Pakistan’s point of view and to inform the French leadership about many things.

“There were many misunderstandings and I hope these have been removed,” he said.

Asked about the difference of opinion in various quarters of the government regarding the US military operation against bin Laden, Gilani said he would make a policy statement during the Senate or upper house of parliament.