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

18 March, 2009

INTERNATIONAL NEWS  

POLITICAL

-          Kabul (Picture) First political diplomat at foreign ministry Mian Abdul Sammad speaks to media people after signing a 16 million US dollar pact with Charge d’ affaires at Japanese Embassy here on Tuesday. (The Frontier Post, p-11)

-          Tokyo (Agencies) Japan’s Premier Taro Aso will delay a China visit that had been  planned for this month because Tokyo and Beijing could not agree a schedule, a senior government official was quoted as saying Tuesday. (The Frontier Post, p-11)