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

24th November 2009

Local News

Economic

• Karachi (APP) The Emirates has unveiled plans to launch direct services to Tokyo-Japan’s capital city and one of the world’s foremost economic centres (Pakistan Observer, p- 6)

International News

Political

• SANAA (AFP) A Japanese engineer kidnapped by tribesman near the Yemeni capital on November 15 was released on Monday, Sanaa’s governor Numan Duid announced (The News, p- 10)

MISC

• Tokyo (Picture AFP) Children play with yellow ginkgo leaves on Monday. Local residents came out to admire some 150 ginkgo trees displaying their autumnal colours along the tree-lined street (Daily Times, p- A12)