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News for Tuesday, 3 Jul 2012

Kayani regrets Allen’s soft apology

Chief of Army Staff General Pervez Ashraf Kayani has regretted the ‘privately rendered’ softest apology of ISAF commander General Allen over NATO attack on Salala checkpost. British broadcasting media BBC, quoting...

SORRY: Magic word reopens NATO supplies

Pakistan on Tuesday announced it would re-open the supply routes to NATO forces in Afghanistan after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Washington was sorry for the losses suffered...

Electricity finally gets president’s attention

President Asif Ali Zardari has ordered emergency measures to overcome the crippling power crisis. This order was issued at a high-level meeting, presided over by President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday. According...

Suu Kyi defiant in ‘Burma’ row

Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday brushed off orders from Myanmar's government to stop calling the country "Burma", a name widely used by democracy campaigners to defy the...

Mali boosts efforts to save north from Islamists

Mali's embattled interim government ramped up diplomatic efforts Tuesday to save the north from Islamist fighters who have smashed World Heritage shrines in Timbuktu and rigged another city with mines. The...

Musharraf wanted Iran to make peace with Israel

Former military ruler General (r) Pervez Musharraf has said that he tried as president to convince Iran to make peace with Israel and abandon its nuclear ambitions. Musharraf, during an...

Afridi to front Pakistan polio fight

Dashing cricketer Shahid Afridi is to front efforts to eradicate polio from Pakistan, going head-to-head with militants who have banned vaccinations in an Al-Qaeda-linked stronghold on the Afghan border. The charismatic...

Pakistan demands evidence on Abu Jundal

Pakistan on Tuesday asked India to share evidence and information regarding Abu Jundal, the 26/11 handler arrested by Saudi Arabia and deported to India. Visiting Pakistani Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani...

One security official killed, 4 injured in Bajaur blast

One person was killed and four others were injured in a remote-controlled blast in the Bara Kamangra area of Nawagai tehsil in Bajaur Agency on Tuesday. An official of the Nawagai...

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