(24 May 2011) SHOTLIST
20 May 2011
1. Low angle of signboard, reading (Urdu/English) "Abbottabad"
2. High shot of Abbottabad city
5 May 2011
3. Various of people gathered outside compound where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was hiding
4. High shot of bin Laden's compound
20 May 2011
5. Various traffic in Abbottabad city
6. Pan from cafe Kabul Jan to street
7. Mohammad Ashraf, caf� owner talking to staff
8. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Mohammad Ashraf, Owner of Cafe Kabul Jan:
"The people are scared due to the incident which happened here. It was a very peaceful and calm area, but this incident created fear of a backlash and terrorism in the city."
9. People walking in bazaar
10. Mid of deputy head of Abbottabad's tourism office, Yar Mohammad checking file in office
11. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Yar Mohammed, deputy head of Abbottabad's tourism office
"Definitely this is my understanding it is not a normal incident. It was a very important event, If they (government) open it (Osama's compound) it will make a good effect on tourism, more tourists will come to see. I believe people from around the world would be very interested to visit it along with people from inside the country."
12. Exterior of Pakistan Tourism Development corporation (PTDC) hotel
13. Mid of Alpine hotel manager Nizakat Hussein Awan entering hotel
14. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Nizakat Hussein Awan, Manager of Alpine hotel:
"In my view, the building should be demolished."
(Q) Why?
"Because if it stands, it will always be a reminder of bin Laden. When this compound demolishes few people might come to visit."
15. Skyline of Abbottabad
STORYLINE:
Residents of Abbottabad, the hill town in northwest Pakistan named after a British colonial officer are still trying to come to grips with their newfound infamy as home to one of the greatest mass murderers in modern history.
Many still can't bring themselves to believe that Osama bin Laden lived in Abbottabad for at least five years before being killed by US Navy SEALs in a pre-dawn helicopter raid on May 2 that shocked the world.
They also wonder what will happen to the al-Qaida chief's three-storey concrete compound in the middle of town.
Some believe authorities should make it a museum that will attract foreign tourists and their cash.
Others think the town would be best served by demolishing the building, thus wiping out a symbol of worldwide insurgency.
The one thing they can all agree on is that they wish the entire episode had happened somewhere else.
While suicide attacks and other bombings are an almost daily affair in some parts of Pakistan, Abbottabad was an exception.
"It was a very peaceful and calm area, but this incident created fear of a backlash and terrorism in the city," said Mohammed Ashraf, the 65-year-old owner of the Kabul Jan Cafe, located on a busy street downtown.
Ashraf and other businessmen working in Abbottabad's main bazaar said the American raid had deterred tourists from visiting, a serious problem since the leafy town, which sits at over 4,000 feet (1,200 meters), generates a significant portion of its revenue from people who come to escape the searing heat in other parts of the country.
The real test will come when the high season starts in June, according to the manager of a local hotel.
That is when school lets out for the summer, and families head to Abbottabad and areas in the mountains farther north.
Major James Abbott, the British officer who founded the town that bears his name in 1853, is known for having written a poem extolling Abbottabad's beauty and tranquillity before he left, a poem that some have called the worst of all time.
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