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

9 September 2009

Local News

Misc

• Islamabad (Online) The children park, a gift of Japan for Pakistani children, located near Islamabad zoo, is disappointing visitors due to poor maintenance and negligence on the part of the authorities concerned (The Nation, p- 14, The News, p- 13)

International News

Political

• Tokyo (AFP) Japan’s centre-left Democratic Party and two prospective junior coalition partners failed to strike a deal on Tuesday to form a government following last month’s elections, local media said (Daily Times, p- A9)

• BEIJING (Reuters) China will host the new Japanese prime minister at a trilateral summit with South Korea, it announced on Tuesday, with reclusive North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme expected to be high on the agenda (The News, p- 11)

•  (By William Pfaff / Courtesy TRUTHDIG) Will Japan’s new leader maintain his country’s fealty to Washington? (Daily Times, p-A8)