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

18 March 2010

Local News

Economic

• Islamabad (Staff Report/APP) Japan would give a grant of about Rs. 7.8 million to M.H.Sufi Foundation, a non-governmental organization, under the “Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects” for the construction of a primary school in Hafizabad, Punjab    (The Statesman, p- 5, Pakistan Observer, p- 10, The Post, p- A2, Dawn, p- 15, Daily Times, p- A2, Daily Business Recorder, p- 5, Daily Nawa-i-Waqt, p- 3)

• Peshawar (Staff Reporter) The Learning Awareness and Motivation Programme (LAMP), a local NGO, with the financial assistance of the Japan constructed a primary school in New Shakas, a far-flung area of Jamrud, Khyber Agency (The Nation, p- 19)

International News

   Economic

• Tokyo (By Irfan Siddiqui) The government of Japan has agreed to provide $ 100 million to Pakistan as budgetary support fund by end of June and Japan has informed Pakistani authorities of its decision, Iftikhar Babar, Minister Economic at Pakistan Embassy said on Wednesday (The News, p- 15)