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

17 November 2009

Local News

Economic

• Tokyo(APP) Japanese economy recovered from recession (Jang , p- 3)
• Tokyo(APP) Japanese company Hitachi announced investment of  4.06 billion dollars to support its declining economic position (Jang , p- 3)

International News

Political

• NEW YORK (NNI) Japan and United States must undertake a long term commitment to Afghanistan to ensure that it never becomes a ‘forgotten country’ again, according to Mrs. Sadako Ogata, President of JICA. (The Nation, p- 9)

MISC

• London (AFP) Tomoyuki Abe of Japanese restaurant chain Sushizen was named best chef at a sushi awards ceremony in London. (Daily Times, p- B8)