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

19 February 2010

Local News

  Economic

• Islamabad (Observer Report) The Board of Investment has nominated Shun Imaizumi as honorary investment counselor in Japan  (Pakistan Observer, p- 7)

• Lahore (APP) A five member delegation of Punjab Irrigation and Drainage Authority (PIDA) Thursday left for Japan to attend a 15-day training course on “New Water Management Technologies” under project SIAP- Strengthening Irrigated Agriculture through Participatory Irrigation Management in Punjab (Pakistan Observer, p- 6)

International News

Economic

• Tokyo (AFP) Japan’s Central Bank kept its super-low interest rates unchanged Thursday and defied political pressure to take new steps to beat stubborn deflation in the world’s second largest economy (Pakistan Observer, p- 7, The Frontier Post, p- 8)