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

1 February 2010

International News

Political

•  Tokyo (Agencies) Tokyo has lodged a formal complaint after Russian border guards shot at two Japanese fishing boats off the disputed South Kuril islands, the Japanese  foreign ministry said (The Frontier Post, p- 6, Daily Express, p- 10)

Economic

• Tokyo (AFP) Japanese media on Sunday urged domestic carmakers to restore their reputation for “quality and safety” following Toyota’s massive recall of cars worldwide because of faulty accelerator pedals (Pakistan Observer, p- 7)