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    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
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      Copper as lifeline and as investment Premium content

      If you think global warming can be solved, buy copper

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    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      News in-depthBarrick Gold Corp
      Miners’ hunt for copper takes Barrick to Pakistan’s western frontier

      Reko Diq has potential to be one of world’s biggest suppliers of metal needed for energy transition

      Local government officials visit the gold and copper mine site in the town of Reko Diq in Pakistan
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      Pakistan roiled by protests over surging electricity costs

      Popular anger threatens to derail crisis-hit country’s $3bn IMF programme

      People gather during a protest against the surge in electricity prices along a street in Muzaffarabad on Thursday
    • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
      Imran Khan
      Pakistan court blocks Imran Khan’s release from prison

      Popular former prime minister fights barrage of legal cases that threaten his political comeback

      Imran Khan
    • Saturday, 12 August, 2023
      Pakistan's politics
      Pakistan appoints caretaker prime minister

      Anwar ul-Haq Kakar set for longer than usual interim rule after elections delay

      Members of Imran Khan’s opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party protest in Karachi
    • Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
      News in-depthPakistan's politics
      Pakistan election delay raises fears for democracy

      Postponed poll and Imran Khan’s imprisonment deepen political crisis amid economic turmoil

      Supporters wave flags with Khan’s face on them
    • Sunday, 6 August, 2023
      Pakistan's politics
      Pakistan election set for delay as boundaries redrawn

      Move follows jailing of popular opposition leader Imran Khan

      An officer at a prison in Attock, Pakistan, where former prime minister Imran Khan is being held
    • Saturday, 5 August, 2023
      Pakistan's politics
      Pakistan court sentences Imran Khan to 3 years in jail

      Former prime minister taken into custody from his Lahore home after ruling on corruption charges

      Imran Khan
    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
      Pakistan’s leader vows to punish attackers after bomb attack

      At least 40 dead in one of country’s worst terrorist assaults in recent years

      An ambulance carries injured people after a bomb explosion in Pakistanon Sunday
    • Monday, 3 July, 2023
      Pakistan's economy
      Pakistan’s businesses urge more help for crisis-hit economy after IMF deal

      Short-term $3bn bailout eases default fears but looming election raises prospect reforms could be unwound

      Pakistan’s prime minister Shehbaz Sharif and finance minister Ishaq Dar
    • Friday, 30 June, 2023
      Pakistan's economy
      Pakistan and IMF reach $3bn rescue funding deal

      Preliminary agreement staves off threat of default but reforms needed to resolve economic crisis, say analysts

      Two men in silhouette greet each other after the Eid al-Adha prayers in Peshawar, Pakistan
    • Thursday, 22 June, 2023
      Imran Khan
      Pakistan’s Imran Khan fights for political survival

      Popular former prime minister acknowledges path to power is narrowing as army crackdown intensifies

      Imran Khan
    • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
      Pakistan's economy
      IMF criticises Pakistan budget as pressure mounts for bailout package

      Islamabad had hoped to end deadlock with multilateral lender over stalled $7bn support programme

      An adult holding a child, seen through the legs of another adult in shallow water in Karachi, Pakistan
    • Monday, 12 June, 2023
      OutlookJohn Reed
      India’s new map ruffles regional feathers

      Redrawing national boundaries has provoked concern in Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh

      Nepalese students hold a copy of the ‘undivided india’ map and placards and shout anti-India slogans
    • Friday, 26 May, 2023
      Pakistan launches crackdown on Imran Khan’s party

      Arrest of populist former prime minister’s supporters is a challenge to democracy, analysts say

      Activists gesticulate and hold political banners
    • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
      Pakistan pins hopes on Chinese help in debt crunch

      Islamabad expects Beijing to roll over debt repayments next month but further deadlines loom

      Protesters in Karachi, Pakistan, look down from a wall at marchers
    • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
      News in-depth
      The populist vs the general: Imran Khan takes on Pakistan’s military

      Former prime minister’s criticism of army chief Asim Munir heightens tensions amid political crisis

      Photos of Imran Khan and Asim Munir against a green background
    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Person in the News
      Imran Khan, the Pakistani politician taking on the army

      The cricketing star turned populist firebrand is at the centre of the country’s latest wave of unrest

      Illustration of Person in the News Imran Khan
    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Imran Khan
      Imran Khan freed on bail amid Pakistan’s deepening crisis

      Authorities braced for further unrest following release of former prime minister

      Imran Khan
    • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
      Imran Khan
      Pakistan’s supreme court declares Imran Khan arrest illegal

      Former PM released from custody of anti-graft agency after two days of political violence

      Khan talking during an interview
    • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
      Imran Khan held by anti-graft agency after arrest prompts violent protests

      Two provinces call on military to help restore order after Pakistan’s former PM spends night in custody

      Supporters of Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan protest in Karachi following his arrest on Tuesday
    • Tuesday, 9 May, 2023
      Imran Khan arrested by Pakistan anti-corruption force

      Social networks and messaging services restricted after opposition calls for protests in support of former PM

      Supporters of Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan attend a protest in Karachi following his arrest on Tuesday
    • Sunday, 7 May, 2023
      Afghanistan
      China holds security and trade talks with Taliban

      Beijing looks to boost investment in Afghanistan and bring country into Belt and Road project

      Qin Gang, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Amir Khan Muttaqi, the foreign ministers of China, Pakistan and Afghanistan respectively, after their meeting in Islamabad on Saturday
    • Tuesday, 2 May, 2023
      Pakistan eyes economic relief from Russian oil imports due in May

      Delicate diplomacy, refining capacity and forex payments pose challenges

      An oil tanker and bulk carrier are seen near the Russian port of Nakhodka in December 2022
    • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
      InterviewImran Khan
      Imran Khan says Pakistan’s economic crisis requires ‘surgery’

      Former prime minister warns debt burden on low-income countries is unmanageable

      Imran Khan, Pakistan’s former prime minister
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