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

1 November 2009

International News

Political

• Tokyo (Agencies) Former US President George W. Bush plans to visit Japan next week to meet former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Kyodo News reported on Saturday (The Frontier Post, p- 5)

Economic

• Tokyo (AFP) Japan will fund a programme costing up to five billion dollars to help build roads and boost agriculture in conflict-torn Afghanistan, a newspaper reported on Saturday  (Pakistan Observer, p- 3, Dawn, p- 11, The Nation, p- 17)