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

23 August 2009

International News

Political

• Tokyo (AFP) They are highly educated, mostly male and almost always wear grey suits and now they are in the cross-hairs of the man who hopes to become Japan’s next Prime Minister: government bureaucrats (Pakistan Observer, p- 3)

Economic

• Tokyo (AFP) Japanese shares could face more profit-taking next week because of concerns about a stronger yen, worries about the auto sector and political uncertainty, analysts said Friday  (Daily Times, p- B4)