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

5 April, 2009

LOCAL NEWS   

POLITICAL

-          Islamabad (By Ijaz Kakakhel) Pakistan has decided to table a demand of $ 18.528 billion before the donors and friends of democratic Pakistan (FoDP) for enhancing country’s hydel power generation and water storage capacity for irrigation. (Daily Times, p-B2)  

INTERNATIONAL NEWS  

POLITICAL

-          Seoul (AP) North Korea said it would blast its controversial rocket into the skies over Japan “soon,” but the window for lift off passed on Saturday without word of a launch, possibly because of strong winds. (Dawn, p-15; The News, p-10)

-          Washington (AFP) Senior envoys from Japan, which has longstanding ties with Iran, held talks in Washington as the United States Tries to chart a new course with the Islamic republic, officials said Friday. (Daily Times, p-A5)