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

27 July 2009
Local News

Political

• (Article by Dr. Ahmad Rashid Malik) Political Change in Japan (The Nation, p- 7)

International News

Political

• Tokyo (AFP) Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso Sunday cancelled his visit to the disaster-hit western Yamaguchi prefecture, where 14 people died in landslides, as torrential rain continued to pound the area (Pakistan Observer, p- 3)

• Tokyo (AFP) Japan’s opposition leader Yukio Hatoyama hinted he would not run for a second term as premier if his party won power in next month’s general election, it was reported Sunday (Pakistan Observer, p- 3)