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

11 September 2009

International News

Political

• Tokyo (Agencies) A partner in Japan’s incoming coalition government Thursday said it would not budge from its demand that the nation end a naval refueling mission backing US-led military operations in Afghanistan  (Pakistan Observer, p- 3)

Economic 

•  Tokyo (By Irfan Siddique) Japanese Yamaha company will set up a manufacturing plant in Karachi spread over 150 acres of land  (Daily Jang, p- 8)

• Tokyo (AFP) Japanese machinery orders hit a record low in July and deflation lingered as the world’s second-largest economy struggles to recover in the face of weak domestic demand, data showed Thursday (Daily Times, p- B5) 

Misc

• Tokyo (Agencies) Prisoners on death row in Japan are being driven towards insanity by harsh conditions, according to human rights group Amnesty International (The Frontier Post, p- 5)