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

2nd October 2009

Local News

Political

• Islamabad ( By Ishrat Hyatt/Ashraf Ansari) Japan celebrates Self-Defence Forces Day (The News, p- 14, Pakistan Observer, p- 9)

• Islamabad (By Correspondent) Federal Minister for Science and Technology Mr. Azam Swati will leave for Japan today to participate in International Conference on Science and Technology (Daily Jang, p- 5)

International News

Sports

• COPENHAGEN (AFP) A One of the tightest and most bitterly fought campaigns to win the right to host the Olympics will reach a nerve-wracking climax here on Friday when the winner will emerge of the four candidates to host the 2016 election (Dawn, p- 20)