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Why Kayani did not condemn Taseer murder

March 04, 2011

Before we end the Live! bulletin, here's something from Pakistan

Pakistan's army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who had "declined" to publicly condemn the January killing of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer, had told Western envoys that there were "too many soldiers" in the ranks who "sympathised" with the assassin, a noted author has claimed.