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Saturday

Islamabad: Pakistani leaders step up their criticism of David Cameron for his remarks linking the country to terrorism, with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani saying it would have been better if the British premier had raised the issue of alleged rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir during his visit to India.

Islamabad: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court conducting the trial of seven suspects charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks reserves its judgement on a bail plea filed by LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and is expected to deliver it at the next hearing on August 7.

Sunday

London: British Premier David Cameron's remarks in India about Pakistan's alleged two-faced role on terrorism will not affect the forthcoming visit of President Asif Ali Zardari to Britain from August 3.

 

Peshawar: Over 1,300 people have died and tens of thousands others rendered homeless from the massive flood in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.

Monday:

London: As Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari prepares to commence his visit to Britain, the Downing Street rules out that Prime Minister David Cameron will back away or apologise for his remarks made about Islamabad "exporting terror" as "he meant it".

London: Prime Minister David Cameron's government launches a review of the student visa system after latest official figures reveal that the number of Indian and other non-European Union students entering Britain increased by 75,000 last year.

Tuesday

Islamabad: Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik meets Interior Minister Rehman Malik and discusses progress in the investigation into the Mumbai attacks and prosecution of Pakistani suspects.

Islamabad: A Pakistani Parliamentary panel dismisses as "uncalled for" David Cameron's remarks in India that Pakistan must stop promoting "export of terror," with its chief saying that even the place where the British Premier made the statement was "inappropriate".

Wednesday

United Nations: Responding to public criticism of Britain giving aid to an increasingly prosperous India, the Department for International Development says it is looking "carefully" at its current aid programmes to the country.

Islamabad: The coffin of a promising young Pakistani Hindu social worker, killed in the recent airliner crash here, has been marked as "kaafir" or infidel, causing anguish and revulsion among his friends and netizens.

Thursday

London: President Asif Ali Zardari spurns an offer to

spend the night at British Prime Minister's country retreat at Chequers, but is to go ahead with his meeting with David Cameron to confront his charges of Pakistan promoting "export of terror" head-on.

Kathmandu: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's special envoy Shyam Saran starts hectic parleys with Nepalese leaders to help form a consensus government amidst deepening political crisis here.

Friday

Washington: India remains at risk of fresh terror attacks, a US State Department report warns, saying that New Delhi was receiving volumes of such credible intelligence.

Kathmandu: Nepalese Parliament's fourth bid to elect a Prime Minister falls flat as both Maoist chief Prachanda and his NC rival Ram Chandra Poudyal fail to win simple majority in the 601-strong House, plunging the country into a deeper political crisis in the absence of a government.

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First Published: Aug 07 2010 | 12:21 PM IST

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