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

12 February 2010

Local News

Economic

• Islamabad (Staff Report / APP) Japan has granted financial support of US$ 5.4 million to Pakistan for solar energy project (The Nation, p- 14, Daily Times, p- B2, Pakistan Observer, p- 6, The Nation, p- 16, The Frontier Post, p- 8, The Statesman, p- 5, The Post, p- B1,  Daily Nawa-i-Waqt, p- 12, Daily Express, p- 14)

• Karachi (By Equities Correspondent) Japan Power Generation Limited (JPGL) announced on Thursday that the power complex had resumed operations from Feb 6 “following the payment of interest bearing advance from Wapda / Pepco for the purchase of fuel and spares” (Dawn, p- 17, The News, p- 15)

International News

  Economic

• Tokyo (By Irfan Siddiqui) Japan has resumed its Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme for Pakistan as four projects of the energy and infrastructure sectors are being processed on an urgent basis which will be provided around $400 million (The News, p- 15)