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

12 November 2009

Local News

Political

• Islamabad (Staff Report) Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan Dr. Fahmeeda Mirza is presenting a gift to the Ambassador of Japan Mr. Chihiro Atsumi (Daily Express, p- 3)

International News

Political

• Singapore (Photo) US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton along with her Japanese counterpart participating in the OPEC meeting (Daily Express, p- 3)

Economic

• WASHINGTON (AFP) The United States welcomed Wednesday a commitment by Japan to give five billion dollars of aid to Afghanistan and to implement quickly an earlier pledge to Pakistan (Daily Times, p- A4)

• Tokyo (AFP) Japan’s machinery orders increased at a much faster pace than expected in September, official data showed Wednesday, raising optimism about prospects for a recovery in the world’s number two economy (Daily Times, p- B5)