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

6 July, 2009

LOCAL NEWS  

POLITICAL

1. Multan (News Reporter) American and Japanese teams arrived in Multan to prepare feasibility reports for a new power plant. (Nawa-i-Waqt, p-12)  

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

POLITICAL

1. Tokyo (NNI) Japan’s Cabinet has approved a bill to extend its troops refueling operations in the Indian Ocean to help the US-led forces in Afghanistan by another six months till Jan 15 next year, a media report said. (The Frontier Post, p-9)  
2. Tokyo (Reuters) Japan is considering introducing a new ground-based missile defence system to complement the interceptors it currently has, a newspaper reported on Sunday, as North Korea stokes regional tensions with recent missile launches. (Daily Times, p-A9)

MISC

1. Tokyo (AFP) Japan’s Toyota unveils wheelchair steered by thought. (Daily Times, p-B4)