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

6 January 2010

International News

Economic

• Tokyo (Agencies) Japan’s aged finance minister offered to quit on Tuesday after weeks of exhausting debate over the budget, media said, a fresh blow for Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama as he wrestles with a stubbornly frail economy and huge public debt (Pakistan Observer, p- 3)

• Tokyo (Agencies) Japan Airlines agrees to staff pension cuts (The Frontier Post, p- 8, Pakistan Observer, p- 6)

• Tokyo (AFP) Japan Airlines’ shares soar on credit lifeline (Daily Times, p- B4)