| Musharraf apologises for killing of 3 China engineers
Beijing, Feb. 20: Pakistan’s visiting President apologised on Monday for the killing of three Chinese engineers by tribal militants in Pakistan, saying the attacks 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.
Gen. Musharraf, who arrived in neighbouring 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. “It is a shame of the country,” he said. He earlier promised the “strongest and harshest punishment” for the attackers, said China’s official Xinhua News Agency.
A militant tribal group in Baluchistan province cla-imed responsibility for last week’s drive-by shooting that killed the three Chinese engineers, who were working at a cement factory, and their Pakistani driver. Pakistan has since detained 50 suspects. Scores of attacks have been blamed on militants demanding more royalties for resources from their territories. | 
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