Overview

• President Donald Trump told U.S. military leaders that Pakistan’s Field Marshal Asim Munir praised him for “saving millions of lives” after he used trade pressure to help end May’s four‑day India–Pakistan clashes.
• India continues to reject any U.S. mediation, saying the ceasefire was arranged through direct talks between the two militaries’ Directors General of Military Operations.
• The White House released a photo showing Munir presenting a wooden box of rare earth samples to Trump in the Oval Office as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif looked on.
• Pakistani senator Aimal Wali Khan denounced the minerals display as “a joke,” questioned Munir’s authority, and sought a joint parliamentary session to scrutinize his U.S. engagements and Pakistan’s support for Trump’s Gaza plan.
• Coverage referenced recent strategic minerals talks, including reports of an MoU involving U.S. firm Strategic Metals and Pakistan’s Frontier Works Organisation, intensifying debate over the military’s expanded economic and diplomatic role.