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

16 December 2009

Local News

 Economic
  

• Karachi (APP) The government of Japan would disburse development assistance worth one billion dollars to Pakistan. The amount was pledged at the Tokyo Donors Conference (Pakistan Observer, p- 7)

International News

Economic  

• Tokyo (Agencies) Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Tuesday the world’s number two economy was still in a tough position, as his cabinet formally approved a new stimulus spending package (The Frontier Post, p- 8)

MISC

• (AFP) Japan train line mulls anti-groping cameras (Daily Times, p- B8)