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

25 July 2009
International News

Political

• (Article by Dr AR Colachal) Japan’s political crisis (Pakistan Observer, p- 5)

Economic

• Tokyo (Agencies) Toyota Motor Corp is moving toward liquidating its stake in a California manufacturing plant that it jointly operated with General Motors, the Japanese automaker said Friday (Pakistan Observer ,p- 8)

Misc

• Tokyo (AFP) The number of swine flu cases in Japan topped 5,000 on Friday, the health ministry said, as worries grew that the spread of the virus is speeding up (Pakistan Observer, p- 3, The Frontier Post, p- 5)