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

6 April, 2009

LOCAL NEWS   

POLITICAL

-          Islamabad (Haq Nawaz) Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance Shaukat Tarin Friday said he expected to get pledges of $ 4 to 6 Billion in the forthcoming Friends of Pakistan meeting, to be held on April 17 in Japan, for the next two years. (The Nation, p-1)  

-          Multan (APP) Defeat in war on terror not Pak option: Qureshi. (The News, p-12)

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

POLITICAL

-          Tokyo/Seoul (AP) North Korea launches rocket defying world pressure. (The Frontier Post, p-1; Dawn, p-12; Daily Times, p-A9; The Frontier Post, p-5; The Nation, p-1; The News, p-1; The News, p-11; Dawn, p-10; Jang, p-3; Nawa-i-Waqt, p-12)

-          Prague (AP) N-weapons a legacy of Cold war: Obama. Says US will seek ratification of ban on testing of nuclear weapons; terms North Korea missile test a violation of international rules. (The News, p-11; Daily Times, p-A9; Jang, p-8; Nawa-i-Waqt, p-1)

-          Article (By John Gittings) N Korea’s satellite launch: a wake-up call. (Daily Times, p-A8)

-          Picture (Reuters) Anti-North Korean protestor’s burn a mock North Korean missile and portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong-1. (The News, p-11)  

MISC

-          Tokyo (AFP Picture) Fully bloomed cherry blossoms are seen at Ueno park on a sunny spring day. (The Nation, p-11)

-          Suita, Japan (AFP) Japan child robot mimicks infant learning. (The Nation, p-11)