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

11 November 2009

Local News

Economic

• Islamabad (APP) The government of Japan has approved $ 2 billion aid for Pakistan, which it will be receiving through installments in next five years (The News, p- 12, Daily Times, p- A12)

• Islamabad (Staff Report / APP) Zarai Taraqiati Bank Ltd (ZTBL) will collaborate with Japanese firm M/S Finetech for the transfer of Japanese technology for improvement of soil quality and enhancement of crop productivity (The Nation, p- 16, Daily Times, p- B3, Dawn, p- 15, Nawa-i-Waqt, p- 5, Jang, p- 7)

International News

Political

• Tokyo (AFP) US President Barack Obama urged Japan’s new centre-left government on Tuesday to keep a pact allowing US bases on its territory, as both sides laid the groundwork for his visit to Tokyo this week (Dawn, p- 11 , Daily Times, p- A9)

• Tokyo (NNI) Japan-US talks (The Frontier Post, p- 2)

• Tokyo (AFP) US President Barack Obama is willing to visit the nuclear-bombed cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki while in office but won’t go there during a Japan trip this week, he said in an NHK TV interview Tuesday (Pakistan Observer, p- 3, Daily Express, p- 3, Nawa-i-Waqt, p- 10)

Economic

• Tokyo (AFP) Japan said Tuesday it would give up to five billion dollars in new aid to Afghanistan over the next five years to help rebuild the war-torn nation (Daily Times, p- A5, Jang, p- 8, The Frontier Post, p- 2)

• Tokyo (AFP) Japan’s current account surplus edged up 0.2 percent in September from a year earlier as a higher trade surplus offset a drop in gains on portfolio and other investment, official data showed Tuesday (Daily Times, p- B5)