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

13 October 2009

Local News

Political

• Islamabad (Photo) President Asif Ali Zardari meeting Foreign Minister of Japan Katsuya Okada at the Presidency on Monday afternoon (The News, p- 12)

• Islamabad (Photo APP) Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi shaking hands with Japanese Foreign Minister on Monday (The Nation, p- 15)

• Islamabad (By Asim Yasin) President Asif Ali Zardari said on Monday that the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FoDP) was not a donors club but a platform to extend support to the democratic Pakistan (The News, p- 1, The Frontier Post, p- 12)

• Islamabad (By Afzal Bajwa) Though he was running short of time to depart for the US, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi was also afraid of questions on Kerry Lugar Bill so he avoided addressing a joint press conference with his Japanese counterpart (The Nation, p- 1)

• Islamabad ( By Staff Reporter) Japan is all set to suspend its naval refueling mission in Indian Ocean in January after the expiry of the legislation authorising the dispatch of ships, diplomatic sources said on Monday (Dawn, p- 12)

• Islamabad (Staff Report) Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday said Pakistan was destined to become a hub of economic activity and asked Japan to invest in various sectors in the country (Daily Times, p- A2)

• Islamabad (By Sajjad Malik) Japan expressed concern on Monday over the Abdul Qadeer Khan’s “network” , and urged Pakistan to sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) (Daily Times, p- A2)

• Islamabad ( Staff Report) Japanese and Pakistani Foreign Ministers hold meeting and discussed regional and international issues including terrorism and arms reduction (Daily Nawa-i-Waqt, p- 1)

• Islamabad (Photo) Japanese Foreign Minister exchanging views with President Zardari (Daily Nawa-i-Waqt, p- 1)

• Islamabad ( Photo) Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada arriving in Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Daily Jang, p- 8, Daily Express, p- 1)

• Islamabad ( By Special Correspondent / Online) Japan’s policy about terrorism is unchanged. Japan has already paid 47 million dollars to Pakistan as a part of aid, briefing of spokesman of Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Daily Express, p- 3)  

• Islamabad (By Peer Muhammad / Sherish Wasif) After the United States, Japan also pressed Pakistani government to ensure transparent and effective utilization of its $ 1 billion assistance pledged during the Tokyo conference in April 2008 (Business Recorder, p- 1)

International News

Political  

• Tokyo (AP) US and Japanese officials said on Monday that they plan to speed up negotiations over the relocation of a key Marine base ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit to Tokyo next month (Daily Times, p- A8)

• KABUL (Photo AFP) Afghan President Hamid Karzai ( R ) administering polio vaccination drops as Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Katsuya Okada ( 2nd R ) holds a baby at the Presidentail Palace (The Nation, p- 9)