Used in electric vehicles, hard drives, wind turbines and missiles, rare earth elements are essential to the modern economy and national defence. AFP takes a look at how rare earths have become a key sticking point in talks between the US and China. Mining boom “The Middle East has oil. China has rare earths,” Deng […]
Overall, 152 prisoners have been rearrested from 225 inmates who fled during the recent jailbreak, officials said. Scores of absconding prisoners were rearrested by the police in operations or sent back to jail by their families, officials earlier said. Police conducting raids on their homes for arrest of remaining absconding prisoners. Police department has constituted […]
The visit reflects the deep-rooted fraternal ties between Pakistan and the UAE, which are marked by mutual trust, shared values, and close cooperation across multiple sectors, according to a Foreign Office press release. A high-level delegation, including the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, federal ministers, and other senior officers, will […]
As per details, the IHC decision prompted protests by PTI leaders and workers outside the court premises. The protestors include PTI lawyers, workers, Imran Khan’s sisters, Aleema Khan and Uzma Khan, along with Punjab Chief Organizer Alia Hamza and Senator Seeme Ezdi The protesters demanded the suspension of sentences and bail for Imran Khan and […]
As per details, the journalists were protesting the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) failure to provide a technical briefing on the Finance Bill 2025-26. The briefing, traditionally held to clarify tax proposals for media coverage, was not conducted yesterday. Responding to the boycott, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar acknowledged the journalists’ concerns, stating their grievances were […]
Yesterday, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb presented the Rs 17.573 trillion Budget for 2025-26 in the National Assembly. The finance minister congratulated Pakistan’s military and political leadership, highlighting the country’s exceptional success against its enemies. “Our armed forces displayed extraordinary capability and responded to threats with full strength,” he said. He stated this was the coalition […]
Looting and vandalism have scarred the heart of America’s second biggest city as largely peaceful protests over immigration arrests turned ugly after dark. “I have declared a local emergency and issued a curfew for downtown Los Angeles to stop the vandalism, to stop the looting,” Mayor Karen Bass told reporters. One square mile (2.5 square […]
Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway joined Britain in freezing the assets and imposing travel bans on Israel’s national security minister Ben-Gvir and finance minister Smotrich, both West Bank settlers. Signalling a rare split with its close British ally, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote on X that the U.S. condemned the move. He […]
At the end of two days of intense negotiations in London, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told reporters the framework deal puts “meat on the bones” of an agreement reached last month in Geneva to ease bilateral retaliatory tariffs that had reached crushing triple-digit levels. But the Geneva deal had faltered over China’s continued curbs […]
The handover took place after an initial swap of prisoners under the age of 25 was conducted on Monday. Today marks the first stage of the return of our seriously wounded and injured soldiers from Russian captivity. All of them require immediate medical attention. This is an important humanitarian act,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said […]
