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

21 January, 2009

LOCAL NEWS  

POLITICAL

-          Islamabad (APP) Japanese Ambassador Chihiro Atsumi calls on Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Noman Bashir at Naval Headquarters on Tuesday. (The Frontier Post, p-15)

-          Islamabad (APP) The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) President, Mian Shaukat Masud here on Tuesday stressed the need for enhancing efforts to attract Japanese investment into the country. (The Frontier Post, p-15; Pakistan Observer, p-6; Jang, p-7)  

CULTURAL

-          Islamabad, Jan 20 (Picture & Article) Visitors show interest in a calendar at the inauguration ceremony of the Japanese calendar exhibition at National Art gallery in Islamabad on Tuesday. (Dawn, p-19; Daily Times, p-B1; The News, p-20; The Nation, p-4; Pakistan Observer, p-9; The Post, p-B1; The Statesman, p-3; Nawa-i-Waqt, p-2; Jang, p-2)  

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

POLITICAL

-          Riyadh, Jan 20 (By Syed Rashid Husain) The third round of Asian Ministerial Roundtable will be held in Tokyo on April 19. (Dawn, p-10)