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

27 January, 2009

LOCAL NEWS  

EDUCATIONAL

-     Islamabad (APP) Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) under its Training Programme for Young Leaders organized a send-off ceremony at here Monday. (The Nation, p-5)   

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

ECONOMIC 

-     Tokyo (Reuters) Japan’s Nikkei stock average hit a nearly three-month closing low in thin trade on Monday, sliding 0.8 percent on earnings concerns after Komatsu Corp issued a profit warning and the dollar pared gains against the yen, sinking exporters. (Daily Times, p-B5)