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

25 September 2009

International News
Political

• New York : The Japanese Foreign Minister assured Foreign Minister of Pakistan of his government’s commitment to provide reconstruction and economic assistance to Pakistan.  (Daily Times , p-A2) , (The News , p-8) , (Dawn , p-12) , (Jang , p-1, p-8) , (Nawa-i-Waqt , p-1)
• New York : Japan’s new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama told President Obama he would look for ways to support Afghanistan.  (The Frontier Post , p-2)

Economic

• Tokyo: The president of Japan Airlines (JAL) said that airline plans to apply for public funds under the industrial revitalization law to turn around its business. (Pakistan Observer, p-6) , (The Frontier Post , p-8) , (The News , p-18)
• Tokyo: Japan’s exports exceed its imports for a seventh straight month in August, keeping the world’s number two economy on recovery path after its worst recession.                   (Daily Times , p-B5) , (The News , p-15) , (Jang , p-7)

Sports

• Tokyo: Tokyo should host the 2016 Olympics because it has most compact set up, said one of Japan’s top sports figures, Mikako Kotani.

Miscellaneous

• A Japanese woman embraced Islam and married to a Pakistani man while travelling in flight Pk-852 for Islamabad from Tokyo.