Pakistan Apologizes for Engineers’ Deaths
Pakistan’s president apologized Monday for the killing of three Chinese engineers by tribal militants in Pakistan, saying the attack brought “shame” on his country and promising the harshest punishment. “The man in the street (in Pakistan) loves the Chinese,” President Gen. Pervez Musharraf told China’s parliament chief Wu Bangguo during a meeting in Beijing. Musharraf, who arrived in neighboring China on Sunday for a five-day visit aimed at increasing business ties — and possibly working on a free trade deal — between the longtime close allies, also expressed Pakistan’s “regret and condolences” over the killings. Full Story