ISLAMABAD, May 15: The Defence Committee of the Cabinet (DCC), the main decision-making body on country’s security policy, on Tuesday cleared the way for President Asif Ali Zardari to attend the coming Nato summit and gave its nod for the conclusion of an agreement for opening of ground supply routes, used for sustaining needs of coalition forces in Afghanistan, after de-linking the matter from demand for apology over the killing of 24 soldiers in last year’s border attack.

ISLAMABAD: The increasing strikes of anti-state elements and militants on security forces have compelled the federal government to launch a wide-ranging operation against foreign radical elements and fugitives present in North Waziristan Agency (NWA), sources said on Tuesday.