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

4 August 2009

International News

Political

• Tokyo (Article by Yoko Kubota / Reuters) Japan eyes e-politics as political rivalry grows (Dawn, p- 10)

Misc

• Tokyo ( Agencies) Japan opened its first jury trial since World War II on Monday under a          major overhaul of a legal system that has often been criticized as unfair and arduous (The       Frontier Post, p- 5)

• (AFP) Beauty queen’s outfit falls short of Japanese tastes (Daily Times, p- B12, The Nation, p- 11)