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

16 February 2010

Local News

  Economic

• QUETTA (By Saleem Shahid) The Japanese government will provide a grant of Rs 800 million for the rehabilitation of the Pasni Fish Harbour aimed at benefitting the poor fishermen of the costal areas (Dawn, p- 17)

International News

  Economic

• Tokyo (AFP /Reuters) Japan narrowly retained its title as the world’s number two economy in 2009 ahead of China, extending a recovery from a brutal recession with a robust fourth-quarter performance, data showed Monday (Daily Times, p- B5)

• Tokyo (Agencies) Japan’s economy grew by a better than expected 1.1% in the final quarter of last year, according to official figures (The Frontier Post, p- 8)