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

4 December 2009

Local News

Culture

• Islamabad (Staff Report / APP ) The government of Japan will provide Pakistan Rs. 7.59 million as financial support for the promotion of girls education, through a project of constructing a girls school in Khushab, Punjab (Daily Times, p- B2, Pakistan Observer, p- 10, Dawn, p- 15,  Daily Express, p- 9, Daily Nawa-i-Waqt, p- 3, Daily Jang, p- 5)

International News

Political

• Tokyo (Reuters) The leader of Japan’s tiny Social Democratic Party threatened on Thursday to leave the ruling coalition if her views on a US military base were ignored, the latest sign of strains complicating policy decisions (Daily Times, p- A9)

Economic

• Tokyo (Reuters) American Airlines said it and other members of the Oneworld airline alliance along with private equity fund TPG are willing to invest $ 1.1 billion in Japan airlines to prevent it defecting to Delta Air Lines and the rival Skyteam group (Daily Times, p- B4)