From the News, Nation, Dawn, Pakistan Observer, Daily Times, Frontier Post, Nawa-i-Waqt (Urdu) and Jang (Urdu) newspapers                                                                            

17 April, 2009

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

POLITICAL

-          Tokyo, April 16 (Picture & Article APP) Japan to provide up to $1bn aid to Pakistan. (Dawn, p-1 & p-3; The Nation, p-1& p-8; The Frontier Post, p-1 & P-12; Daily Times, p-A1; Pakistan Observer, p-1; The News, p-1 & p-11; Daily Times, p-B2; Daily Times, p-A1; Jang, p-1; Nawa-i-Waqt, p-1; Jang, p-8)

-          Tokyo (APP) Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone called on President Asif Ali Zardari here on Thursday and discussed matters of bilateral interest. (The Frontier Post, p-1; Nawa-i-Waqt, p-1)

-          Seoul (Agencies) UN nuclear inspectors left North Korea Thursday after the hardline communist state ordered them out and announced plans to restart production of weapons grade plutonium. (The Frontier Post, p-12)

ECONOMIC 

-     Tokyo (APP) Japanese Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry Tashihiro NIKAI called on President Asif Ali Zardari here on Thursday and discussed matters of Bilateral Interest. (The Nation, p-16; The Frontier Post, p-8; Daily Times, p-B3; The News, p-18)   

MISC

-          Tokyo, April 16 (AFP) A small Japanese town with a falling birth rate plans to auction four primary schools on the internet, a local official said on Thursday. (Dawn, p-15)

LOCAL NEWS  

ECONOMIC

-          Karachi – Uncertainty about Fop’s Tokyo meeting claims 137 pts at KSE. (Daily Times, p-B4)