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

8 January, 2009

LOCAL NEWS   

POLITICAL

-          Islamabad (Azam Khan) Dr. Ahmad Rashid Malik’s newly published book on “Pakistan-Japan Relations Continuity and Change in Economic Relations and Security interests” has exposed new dimensions of better relations between two countries, experts opined. (The Nation, p-15)

INTERNATIONAL NEWS  

POLITICAL

-          Seoul (AFP) South Korea said Wednesday it has urged Japan to not carry out scientific research near a cluster of islets at the centre of a long-running territorial dispute between the two countries. (Pakistan Observer, p-3)  

ECONOMIC 

-     Tokyo (AFP) “please erase your image of electric cars being like golf carts,” a spokesman for Japan’s fourth-biggest automaker said before taking a zero-emission vehicle out of a spin. (Pakistan Observer, p-6)

-     Tokyo (AFP) Japanese stocks extended a winning streak to seven days Wednesday, closing at a two month high thanks to a weaker yen and optimism about United States spending plans to boost the economy. (Daily Times, p-B5)